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AS27-8 Mill Creek (Moab) Restoration 7 (WRI 7829)
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This is a Scope of Work document for the Mill Creek (Moab) Restoration 7 project (WRI 7829), issued by the State of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources through the Division of Purchasing. The successful contractor will provide conservation corps services to perform restoration work across approximately 106.5 acres in the Moab and Spanish Valley area under the direction of Rim to Rim Restoration's Project Manager in coordination with multiple partner agencies including the Grand County Weed Department, Bureau of Land Management, US Forest Service, and various private landowners. The work consists of three primary components: non-native tree and vegetation removal across 56.5 acres (including Russian olive and tamarisk clearing with follow-up treatments), fine fuel and herbaceous weed control across 45.6 acres in riparian areas, and native plant revegetation for channel and bank stabilization across 4.4 acres. The project requires a crew of five personnel for up to 31 weeks, with work scheduled to commence during summer 2026 (up to six hitches) and continue through September-November 2026, with remaining work scheduled for March-June 2027, with all work to be completed by June 30, 2027.

The contractor must provide equipment including herbicide application equipment, chainsaws, brushcutters, hand tools, vehicles, pumping systems for planting projects, tablets or phones for data gathering, and camping and waste management supplies. The State will provide herbicides, maps and plans, plant materials, and certain equipment such as brushcutters, string trimmers, and mowers. The contractor must maintain a local presence in the Moab area to respond to changing site conditions and coordinate with multiple project partners. Daily Pesticide Application Records must be submitted after each work hitch, along with post-hitch reporting including before-and-after photos, herbicide records, work area documentation in KMZ file format, and completion records. The contract is a single award to the lowest cost responsive and responsible vendor from the Conservation Corps approved vendor list, with pricing guaranteed through project completion by June 30, 2027.

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SCOPE OF WORK

MILL CREEK (MOAB) RESTORATION 7FY 2027 (WRI 7829)

YOUTH CORPS WORK

Project Name:

Mill Creek (Moab) Restoration 7 - WRI # 7829

Description of Work:

The successful corps will be familiar with Mill and Pack Creeks in the Moab and Spanish valley area and be able to provide equipment for projects throughout this area under the direction of a Project Manager from Rim to Rim Restoration with various project partners including private landowners, the Grand County Weed Department (GCWD), the Forestry Fire and State Lands (FFSL) Wildland Urban Interface Coordinator, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and US Forest Service (USFS) staff. Work locations covering approximately 100 acres are under various land ownerships including private, Federal, County and City. General requirements include, but are not limited to:

• Familiarity with site names and jurisdictional boundaries at project sites (this information will be included in specific project work plans provided a week before each work period). This is front country work, so individual scopes may be more complicated than backcountry settings.

• Work with project manager and partner organizations to perform Russian Olive, tamarisk and other woody invasive clearing, thinning and follow-up in selected areas.

• Work with project manager and partner organizations to conduct native planting projects.

• Work with project manager and partner organizations to map and remove herbaceous weeds in riparian areas and in areas nearby to reduce the spread of these target species throughout the project area.

• Provide shovels, mattocks, and other hand tools, as well as chainsaws, string trimmers and brush cutters, chippers and herbicide equipment and properly trained crews to implement the work as outlined in the SOW for the project.

• Have a local presence in the Moab area to allow for rapid response to changing site conditions, project needs and equipment malfunctions including scheduling changes due to weather, land owner needs, and coordination with other contractors on project sites, or other shifts in project needs that arise.

• Work with the project manager and partner organizations on scheduling work and ensuring the work is done in proper sequence; be able to make up work if project timelines are impacted by weather or other conditions, work is unable to be completed for various reasons, and to ensure work is done by June 30, 2027.

Location Description:

Various locations along Mill and Pack Creeks in the populated areas of Moab and Spanish Valley to be finalized in August 2026 with at least some work done during the summer months (up to 6 hitches). Remaining work will be scheduled for September through November 2026, or in March through June of 2027. Detailed scopes of work will be provided at least one week prior each work period. Work summaries are included here:

Non-native removal treatments and Mowing Non-native tree removal, resprout and sapling treatments, herbicide application and fine fuels mowing throughout the lower watershed with at least 4 weeks of olive removal work on Pack Creek above the Pack Creek Road bridge. Work will include some chainsaw work. If a chipper is needed it will be provided by MVFD or FFSL.

Native plant revegetation for channel/bank stabilization work Work in assorted locations along Mill and Pack creeks in town planting, seeding and providing other follow-up at sites. Work will include multiple methods of planting and seeding wattles at sites near Moab, and conducting follow-up channel work in Upper Pack Creek.

Acreages:

Non-native removal and retreatments: 56.5 Fine fuel and other weed control: 45.6 Native Revegetation for bank stabilization: 4.4

TOTAL ANTICIPATED ACRES OF WORK 106.5

Performance Time: (Work Schedule/hours, start and end date) Up to 31weeks with a crew of 5 in FY27

Equipment & Materials Provided:

1) Herbicide

2) Maps & Plans developed with land managers

3) Plant materials including seed

4) Brushcutters/string trimmers (3)

5) Mowers (2) When equipment is provided by the project, UCC provides adequate crew training to appropriately use equipment, and PPE to do so. Brush cutters are likely to be part of at least one work period.

Equipment Provided by Youth Corps

1) Herbicide Application Equipment

2) Chainsaws/Fuel

3) Brushcutters or string trimmers/Fuel

4) Pruning saws/Loppers/Hatchets/Axes/Shovels/Other Hand Tools including shovels, rakes and

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

5) Vehicles/Fuel

6) Pump for planting projects and associated hoses and water storage

7) Tablets or phones for gathering post-hitch reporting data

8) Food, Drinking Water, and other supplies

9) Camping Supplies

10) Wagbags/groover/porta potty/ method for human waste disposal

Additional Information:

Pesticide Application Records (PAR) need to be filled out each day that herbicides are applied and submitted to the project manager after each hitch.

Post hitch reporting is required, providing before and after photos, herbicide records, areas of work completed (kmz file) and records of work completed.

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