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Appendix A

Bid Item #1 Item – Helicopter Logging with Removal of Tops and Limbs

Felling and removal of designated timber with tops and limbs attached by helicopter in the following harvest units:

(18 – 14 ac.), (19 – 3 ac.), (20 – 16 ac.), (21 – 66 ac.), (25 – 51 ac.), (26 – 3 ac.), (27 – 2 ac.), (28 – 4 ac.), (29 – 5 ac.), (30 – 7 ac.), (60 – 25 ac.), (61 – 7 ac.), (62 – 4 ac.), (63 – 17 ac.), (64 – 4 ac.), (65 – 56 ac.), (65A – 21 ac.), and (66

– 9 ac.).

Total Acres: 314

A. SCOPE OF THIS ACTIVITY

The activity consists of cutting and removing timber from harvest units using helicopter logging. This includes furnishing all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, supplies and incidentals.

B. LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION

The Contract Area Map shows the location of the harvest units considered for this activity. Exterior boundaries are marked in the field with orange paint on the boundary trees.

C. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Desired End Results:

The desired end result of the helicopter logging is to treat stands that are otherwise inaccessible to conventional logging systems.

2. Obligations of the Contractor Before work begins on this Stewardship Activity, the Contractor shall designate, in writing, the person, or persons who shall represent the Contractor during any absence from the project site. In the designation, the Contractor shall describe the areas of responsibility assigned to the representative. Designated representative(s) shall be fully conversant in the English language, and shall be able to fully communicate with all parties.

3. Helicopter Logging Specifications, Inspection and Acceptance

Logging and all other associated work under this activity will be done in accordance with:

• Timber Removal Specifications as described in Appendix B of this document.

• Project road information and maintenance specifications as described in Appendix C of this document.

• Any other requirements, regulations and required contract clauses as described in Part I and II of the

Solicitation portion of this document

The tops and limbs of harvested trees must remain attached to the stems until the trees are removed to the landings.

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This activity consists of thinning and lopping sapling size trees, thinning and removing trees that meet merchantability specifications in specified areas; and related work in compliance with the terms, specifications and provisions in this contract. This includes furnishing all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, supplies, and incidentals.

B. LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION

The work is located on the Council Ranger District of the Payette National Forest in Adams County, Idaho. The Stewardship Activity Map shows the location of these units. Exterior boundaries are marked in the field with pink ribbon and white boundary tags on boundary trees.

C. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Desired End Results: The desired end result is to thin all units, and remove material from a specified unit to move stands towards desired conditions for vegetation. These actions are intended to increase tree growth and tree vigor.

2. Obligations of the Contractor Before work begins on this Stewardship Activity, the Contractor shall designate, in writing, the person, or persons who shall represent the Contractor during any absence from the project site. In the designation, the Contractor shall describe the areas of responsibility assigned to the representative. Designated representative(s) shall be fully conversant in the English language, and shall be able to fully communicate with all parties.

3. Specifications Unit MCSF 38 This unit is composed of larger diameter planted trees interspersed with smaller trees that regenerated naturally. The objective in this unit is to thin the planted trees and remove cut trees that meet merchantability specifications. Fell and lop all trees that are at least 4.5 feet tall that do not meet retention criteria and hand pile slash. Retention criteria:

a. Thin to a stem spacing of 30 feet (25% allowable variance).

b. Retain trees that are free of insect and disease infections or other damage.

c. Retain the larger diameter trees that are in the dominant or co-dominant crown canopy positions.

d. Retain trees with straight boles, including a single, straight, live, undamaged terminal leader.

e. Retain trees with good vigor, as evidenced by dark green coloration and good leader and intermodal growth;

Bid Item # 2 Mandatory Item – Plantation Thinning (with 6 ac. removal of merchantable trees)

Fell all trees 4.5 feet tall to 12 inches DBH that do not meet retention criteria. Lop and scatter slash.

Units:

COAL 03 (9 ac.), MCSF 01 (19 ac.), MCSF 03 (7 ac.), MCSF 05 (19 ac.), MCSF 11 (15 ac), MCSF 12 (13 ac.), MCSF 13 (21 ac.), MCSF 31 (8 ac.), MCSF 50 (17 ac.), MCSF 51 (31 ac.), MCSF 109 (7 ac.), MCSF 111 (19 ac.), MCSF 112 (14 ac.), MCSF 115 (18 ac.), MCSF 150 (10 ac.), MCSF 211 (49 ac.), MCSFBF 01 (13 ac.), MCSFBF 03 (10 ac.), MCSFBF 05 (10 ac.)

Fell all trees 4.5 feet tall and greater that do not meet retention criteria. Remove trees that meet merchantability specifications. Lop and hand pile slash.

Unit:

MCSF 38 (6 ac.)

Total Acres: 316

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f. Retain trees with higher crown ratios.

g. Retain western larch (WL) rather than ponderosa pine (PP), and PP rather than Douglas-fir (DF), then retain

DF. Cut all other conifers.

h. Do not cut aspen. Ignore aspen in average spacing estimates.

i. A five foot wide strip of trees along the top of the cutslope of Road 50183 should be left for bank stabilization

All cut trees that meet merchantability specification in Division A. – Volume Estimate and Utilization Standards will be skidded to landings with tops and limbs attached. The logs from these trees will be removed at the same stumpage rate as other merchantable logs in this contract.

See K-G.4.2# - SKIDDING AND YARDING for skidding requirements. This is an off-road jammer unit. All logs must be skidded using an off-road jammer located no closer than 240 feet from Shingle Creek. The Forest Service will flag this 240 foot distance.

All cut trees that do not meet merchantability specifications will be lopped and hand piled. Piles should be no wider than 6 feet in diameter and should be located as far as possible from retained trees. Piles should not be placed within 100 feet of Road 50183. Sections of boles that are at least 3 inches in diameter on the small end and at least 6 feet long should have the limbs removed and then be scattered evenly over the ground and not placed in piles. Piles should be taller than they are wide, and compact. Boles and limbs should be cut so that they do not project from the main body of the pile more than 2 feet.

See K-G.7# - SLASH TREATMENT for landing slash piling requirements.

See K-F.3.4# - OBLITERATION OF TEMPORARY ROADS, SKIDTRAILS, AND LANDINGS for landing and skidtrail obliteration requirements.

Units COAL 03, MCSF 01, MCSF 03, MCSF 05, MCSF 11, MCSF 12, MCSF 13, MCSF 31, MCSF 50, MCSF 51, MCSF 109, MCSF 111, MCSF 112, MCSF 115, MCSF 150, MCSF 211, MCSFBF 01, MCSFBF 03, MCSFBF

These units are composed of planted sapling size trees interspersed with smaller trees that regenerated naturally and scattered older trees that were retained after the previous harvest. The objective in these units is to thin these trees. Fell and lop all trees 4.5 feet tall to 12 inches DBH that do not meet retention criteria. Leave trees shall generally be those of the tallest height, largest crown (in dominant & co-dominant crown positions), and straightest stems without forking that are free of damage due to insects, disease, physical, or mechanical causes. Retention criteria:

a. Retain all older, larger trees that were left after the previous harvest. These trees are generally 12 inches DBH and larger and are taller than the planted sapling size trees. If these older trees are infected with dwarf mistletoe and are within 30 feet of planted sapling size trees to be retained of the same species, these older trees are required to be girdled. Girdling cuts must be at least 3 inches wide and cut to a depth at least ½ inch inside the cambium layer.

b. Thin to a stem spacing of 20 feet (25% allowable variance).

c. Retain trees that are free of insect and disease infections or other damage. Retain the larger diameter trees that are in the dominant or co-dominant crown canopy positions.

d. Retain trees with straight boles, including a single, straight, live, undamaged terminal leader.

e. Retain trees with good vigor, as evidenced by dark green coloration and good leader and intermodal growth;

and trees with small branch diameter.

f. Retain trees with higher crown ratios.

g. Retain western larch (WL) rather than ponderosa pine (PP), and PP rather than Douglas-fir (DF) then retain

DF. Cut all other conifers.

h. Do not cut aspen. Ignore aspen in average spacing estimates.

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All trees felled will have limbs and tops cut from the bole in such a way that no cut material will extend over 2 feet in height above the ground. Brush must be cut as necessary to attain this result.

All Units Trees selected to be cut shall be cut at or below eight (8) inches above the ground level. If natural obstacles prevent cutting the bole at 8 inches, then the stump shall not exceed six (6) inches above the obstacle. All live limbs shall be removed from the stump. Stumps shall be cut horizontally.

Trees shall be directionally felled to protect residual trees, improvements, RCA’s, meadows, or private property. Such directional felling shall not be required when in the faller’s judgment it is unsafe to do so, and the tree shall be left standing. Felled trees hung up by brush shall have brush felled to allow tops and boles to lie closer to the ground.

Material to be cut within 50 feet of the boundary of a unit shall be felled toward the center of the unit, where it is safe to do so. Any material that falls outside of the unit shall be returned to a minimum of 10 feet inside the boundary. All system roads within these units shall be kept free of cut material. Cut vegetation shall be felled parallel to the contour as much as possible for water runoff soil movement protection.

Leave all snags standing unless they are a safety hazard.

Definition of Terms

• Bole - The main stem portion of a tree.

• Cambium Layer – The layer inside the bark of a tree where water and nutrients are transported.

• Conifer - A cone-bearing tree with needles.

• Codominant – Trees with crowns extending above the general level of the crown cover and receiving full light from above and partly from the side; larger than the average trees in the stand, and with crowns well developed but possibly somewhat crowded on the sides.

• Crook - A defect in trees, consisting of an abrupt curvature or bend.

• Crown - That portion of a tree that has green needles or leaves.

• Crown Ratio – The ratio of the live crown length to total tree height.

• Crown Spacing - The horizontal distance from the crown of one tree to the crown of another tree. The measurement is made from the average outside branch of each tree. The lower limbs are generally the longest or most outside.

• Cut-tree – Trees not chosen as a leave tree; trees designated for removal from the stand.

• Damaged Trees – any conifer tree with any of the following characteristics:

(a) Three or more tops in the live crown, or dead or broken out tops of the bole (double topped trees are acceptable leave trees only where they are the best tree to leave.

(b) Bent over or leaning more than 30 degrees from vertical.

(c) Bole damage where the bark is removed from more than 50 percent of the tree’s stem circumference for ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, and western larch and more than 33 percent for grand fir, alpine fir, lodgepole pine, and Engelmann spruce.

• DBH. - (Diameter at Breast Height) - Diameter of the bole measured at a point 4-1/2 feet above the ground level on the uphill side of a tree.

• Diseased Trees

(a) Any ponderosa pine with evidence of western gall rust in the bole of the tree (trees with branch infections only are acceptable leave trees where they are the best tree to leave).

(b) Any tree with dwarf mistletoe present on the tree.

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• Dripline – The line extending vertically from the exterior edge of a tree’s live crown to the ground.

• Dominant – Trees with crowns extending above the general level of the crown cover and receiving full light from above and partly from the side; larger than the average trees in the stand and with crowns well developed but possibly somewhat crowded on the sides.

• Excess Trees - Uncut trees that do not meet specifications and should have been cut.

• Excessive Damage - Damage caused by Contractor to leave trees in excess of contract specifications. Excessive damage will include damage to the bole of the tree where the wood is exposed, broken out tops, root damage as evidenced by lean or splitting of the bole, and any tree pushed out of the soil.

• Girdle – to make a continuous incision around a living stem, through at least the bark and cambium with the object of killing the tree.

• Hang-up Tree - Any tree with one end suspended more than 3 feet off the ground.

• Intermodal growth - the vertical distance of a plant stem growth between two branch nodes.

• Insect Infections – Any tree with evidence of bark beetle infection.

• Leave Tree - Any tree that is selected or required to be left standing as provided in the specifications. Conifers planned to become part of the forest canopy in the long term

• Live Limb - A branch that exceeds 2.0 inches in length, with green needles growing from it.

• Minor Damage - Crooks in the trunk, which are, offset less than 3 inches from the long axis and within 13 feet of the ground, no forks, broken top, or bark damage extending more than one-fourth of the circumference of the tree.

• Missing Leave Trees - Those trees cut that should have been left.

• Roads - The area between the outside edges of the fill-slope and back-slope.

• Slash - Limbs and boles of down trees.

• Snag - Any dead standing tree.

• Stump diameter – Measured outside bark at 6 inches above the ground on the uphill side of the tree.

• Sweep - Gentle curvature in the bole of a tree.

• Thinning - The removal of trees to accelerate diameter growth on residual trees by reducing competition for moisture, nutrients, and sunlight.

• Unit – An area of where contract work will be completed.

D. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

1. CONTRACTOR QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTION SYSTEM

The Contractor shall identify the quality control inspection system they will use to ensure that contract specifications will be achieved. At no time shall the Contractor rely upon Government inspections to provide notification of unsatisfactory performance. The Contractor shall produce written inspection records in a format and at times and places satisfactory to the Contracting Officer’s Representative. Inspection records shall be made available upon request of the Contracting Officer and be maintained until the date of contract closure. The Contracting Officer’s Representative may observe the Contractor’s inspection at any time and shall otherwise have unlimited access to the inspection data.

The Government will make periodic visual inspections of the entire unit to determine adherence to the specifications. If the visual inspection indicates unsatisfactory work, then a series of plots, as outlined below for thinning, lopping and piling will be taken to determine the quality of the work performed. The Contractor or designated representative is encouraged to observe the inspection and will receive inspection summaries upon request.

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2. ACCEPTANCE

The Forest Service shall perform an inspection upon Contractor’s written request and assurance that work has been completed. Request shall be for a reasonable portion of work. Acceptance may be made for all or portions of work.

Each unit as designated on the Stewardship Activity Map will be inspected as a separate unit for acceptance or Stewardship Credit. Each sub-item (thinning, lopping, piling and removal of merchantable trees) will be inspected separately. If any sub-item is rated below 90% quality, the sub-item will be reworked so it meets at least 90% or the unit will not be paid for.

3. THINNING INSPECTION

a. Inspection The Government and Contractor or Contractor’s Representative will make periodic visual inspections of the entire unit to determine adherence to the specifications. If the visual inspection indicates unsatisfactory work and no agreement can be reached, then the Contractor will provide written inspection records. If work is still unsatisfactory the Government will conduct its own inspection.

The Government and Contractor will inspect units reported completed for acceptance, as follows:

1) Each Unit, as designated on the attached maps, will be visually inspected separately to determine adherence to the specifications. If the visual inspection indicates unsatisfactory work, then a series of plots, as outlined below, will be taken to determine the quality of work performed.

2) The inspector(s) will mark a series of 1/20-acre (26.33 ft. horizontal plot radius) plots on the ground. Plot center will be located and marked on the ground. The number of plots to be taken will be based on the unit’s treatment size:

a. Treatment areas less than 6 acres = a minimum of 3 plots total.

b. Treatment areas 6 acres or greater = 1 plot per 2 acres.

3) Plots will be randomly distributed over the entire acreage within each unit.

4) Each tree (including stumps) on each plot will be examined, and each tree will be classified as a

Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory Tree (based on specifications),

5) Lopping, piling and other requirements will be inspected on these plots based on unit specifications.

REMOVAL OF MERCHANTABLE TREES

All merchantable trees must be removed in specified units for unit to be accepted.

b. Thinning Quality Calculation The Government will use the above information to compute the tree thinning quality using the following formula:

Thinning quality (percent) = (#Satisfactory trees/#Trees on Plot) X 100 Percentage of thinning quality as calculated above will be rounded up to the nearest whole percent. See plot form detailed instructions.

c. Rework and Reinspection after Rework When inspection results are below 90 percent payment will not be made. Inspections after rework will be made in the same manner as the first inspection but on different plot lines.

Reinspection of Thinning Upon Contractor Request. If the original inspection results are unacceptable to the contractor and a second inspection is requested without rework, the same inspection procedure will be used. However, the inspection pattern will be shifted. If the second inspection shows less than 5 percentage point improvement from the first inspection, the Contractor shall pay the cost of the second inspection, and the result of the first inspection will be used in determining payment. Requests for inspection must be made in writing.

E. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION

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1. Method of Payment - Payment, less deductions will be made for completed pay items at the unit contract price wherever the work is acceptable based on inspection as outlined above. Where inspection determines the work is not acceptable and rework would not bring the work up to acceptable standards, Contractor would not receive payment for pay item.

2. Stewardship Credit - After inspection of completed units, the Forest Service must calculate the Stewardship Credit amount.

The Stewardship Credit amount must be calculated by multiplying the number of acres treated times the Stewardship Activity unit price per acre when the quality of the Stewardship Activity is acceptable. No Stewardship credits will be established if Stewardship Activity quality is not acceptable.

Stewardship Credit shall be made on a completed unit basis only, unless otherwise approved in writing by the Forest Service.

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MANDATORY ITEM – TREATMENT OF SAPLING SIZE TREES AND SLASH

Fell and lop all trees 2 inches D.B.H to 7.9 inches D.B.H) that do not meet retention criteria; and rearrange or pile logging slash, slash created in felling sapling size trees, and slash that existed prior to harvest operations.

Units:

BID ITEM # 3

T/ORJ - (1-124ac), (2-5ac), (3-21ac), (4-83ac), (5-3ac), (7-30ac), (8-28ac), (9-40ac), (10-7ac), (11-6ac), (12-15ac), (13-34ac), (14-32ac), (15-6ac), (16-64ac), (22-3ac), (36-7ac), (42-11ac), (56-8ac), (57-79ac), (58-7ac), (59-13ac), (124- 8ac), (125-1ac), (126-10ac), (131-4ac).

BID ITEM # 4

Helicopter - (18-14ac), (19—3ac), (20-16ac), (21-66ac), (25-51ac), (26-3ac), (27-2ac), (28-4ac), (29-5ac), (30-7ac), (60-25ac), (61-7ac), (62-4ac), (63-17ac), (64-4ac), (65-56ac), (65A-21ac), (66-9ac)

Approximately 649 acres T/ORJ and 314 acres of Helicopter.

This activity consists of thinning and lopping sapling size trees, rearranging slash away from retained trees, and/or piling slash and related work in compliance with the terms, specifications and provisions in this contract. This includes furnishing all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, supplies, and incidentals.

B. LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION

The work is located on the Council Ranger District of the Payette National Forest in Adams County, Idaho. The Stewardship Activity Map shows the location of these units.

C. SCHEDULING OF OPERATIONS

Unless otherwise agreed, contractor shall complete required work in a unit within the same calendar year as the logging operation in that unit.

D. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Desired End Results The desired end result of the thinning, lopping, slash rearrangement and piling is to protect retained trees during burning operations and thin dense patches of saplings.

2. Obligations of the Contractor

Before work begins on this Stewardship Activity, the Contractor shall designate, in writing, the person, or persons who shall represent the Contractor during any absence from the project site. In the designation, the Contractor shall describe the areas of responsibility assigned to the representative. Designated representative(s) shall be fully conversant in the English language, and shall be able to fully communicate with all parties.

3. Specifications for treatment of sapling size trees

Following and/or during harvest operations, trees that are less than 8 inches DBH and more than 2 inches D.B.H that do not meet retention criteria will be cut and lopped, or cut and skidded to landings. Retention criteria:

a. Retain western larch (WL), ponderosa pine (PP), and Douglas-fir (DF) saplings that are 5 inches and greater

DBH, have 40% and greater crown ratios, and do not have insect or disease infections or other damage.

b. Do not retain these trees if their boles are within 15 feet of the drip line of retained trees that are 8 inches and greater DBH.

c. Where saplings meeting the above retention criteria occur in dense patches ¼ acre or larger in size, thin to an average spacing of 20 feet between boles. Retain trees in these thinning patches based on the following criteria:

1) Diameter. Retain the larger diameter trees. Do not retain trees less than 5 inches DBH.

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2) Crown ratio. Retain trees with higher crown ratios. Do not retain trees with less than a 40% crown ratio.

3) Species. Retain WL rather than PP, and PP rather than DF. Do not retain other species.

4. Specifications for treatment of slash

Slash created during road construction, harvest operations, felling of sapling size trees; and pre-existing slash will be treated as follows:

a. All slash 3 feet or greater in length that is 1 to 8 inches in diameter on the small end will be moved at least 15 feet away uphill and downhill, and 10 feet away from the sides of the boles of retained live trees of any size, and snags that are at least 20 inches DBH.

b. All slash 3 feet or greater in length that is greater than 8 inches in diameter on the small end will be limbed and moved at least 5 feet away from the sides of the boles of retained live trees of any size, and snags that that are at least 20 inches DBH.

c. Where the ¼ acre and larger thinning patches noted above occur, moving slash away from individual trees is not required. A 10 foot wide strip around these ¼ acre and larger thinning patches will be cleared of all slash 3 feet or greater in length that is greater than 1 inch in diameter on the small end.

d. All slash will be limbed and cut into segments, or arranged in such a way that the accumulated layers of slash are no more than 2 feet above the ground. The exception to this 2 foot slash layer height is when retained trees are spaced close together and slash amounts are high, and slash needs to be piled higher to move it the required distance from retained trees. When piling is necessary, slash will be cut, crushed, or arranged to ensure piles are compact.

Treatment Timing and Method Options These sapling and slash treatments can be completed during the harvest operation utilizing harvest equipment, post-harvest using hand crews, or a combination of these methods. The end-result objective is to remove fuel ladders and undesirable trees, thin patches of vigorous trees, and clear slash away from retained trees to protect them during underburning operations. An excavator or similar equipment can be used to treat slash where slopes are less than 35%.

5. Definition of Terms

• Slash – Boles and branches of trees that have been cut in road construction and harvest operations, or in sapling size tree treatments, and similar material that existed prior to harvest operations.

• Average Spacing - The average distance between boles of retained trees.

• Bole - The main stem portion of a tree.

• Crown - That portion of a tree that has green needles.

• Crown Ratio – The ratio of the live crown length to total tree height.

• Disease Infections - Any ponderosa pine with evidence of western gall rust, and any tree with dwarf mistletoe present on the tree.

• Insect Infections – Any tree with evidence of bark beetle infection.

• Damaged Trees – Trees with any of the following characteristics: (a) Three or more tops in the live crown, or dead or broken out tops of the bole, (b) Bent over or leaning more than 30 degrees from vertical, (c) bole damage where the bark is removed from more than 50 percent of the tree’s bole circumference

• DBH. (Diameter at Breast Height) - Diameter of the bole measured at a point 4-1/2 feet above the ground level on the uphill side of a tree.

• Dripline – The line extending vertically from the exterior edge of a tree’s live crown to the ground.

• Pre-existing slash - Debris created prior to work under this contract (both natural and as a result of previous activities).

• Retained Tree - Any tree that is required to be left standing as provided in the specifications.

• Thinning - The removal of trees to accelerate diameter growth on residual trees by reducing competition for moisture, nutrients, and sunlight.

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• Snag – Dead coniferous tree.

• Lop (lopping) – Cutting boles and limbs to allow slash to lay closer to the ground.

• Limbing (limbed) – Cutting the limbs from boles

• Unit – An area where contract work will be completed. The harvest units shown on the contract map will be used as payment units for this work. The acres listed for each harvest unit will be used to calculate Stewardship Credits or payments.

E. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

NOTE: THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE AN INSPECTION SYSTEM THAT ASSURES WORK HAS

BEEN DONE TO THE SPECIFICATIONS, BEFORE REQUESTING A FOREST SERVICE INSPECTION.

1. CONTRACTOR QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTION SYSTEM - The Contractor will identify the quality control inspection system they will use to ensure that contract specifications will be achieved. At no time shall the Contractor rely upon Forest Service inspections to provide notification of unsatisfactory performance. The Contractor shall produce written inspection records in a format and at times and places satisfactory to the Forest Service. Inspection records shall be made available upon request of the Forest Service and be maintained until the date of contract closure. The Forest Service may observe the Contractor’s inspection at any time and shall otherwise have unlimited access to the inspection data.

2. ACCEPTANCE - The Forest Service will perform an inspection upon Contractor’s written request and assurance that work has been completed. Requests will be for a reasonable portion of work on a harvest unit basis. Each harvest unit as designated on the Stewardship Activity Map will be inspected as a separate unit for acceptance or Stewardship Credit.

3. INSPECTION - The Forest Service will make periodic visual inspections of the entire unit to determine adherence to the specifications. If the visual inspection indicates unsatisfactory work, then the Forest Service representative will visit the unit with the Contractor to identify work that does not meet the specifications.

In areas where the work is unacceptable, the Contractor will complete more work as described by the Forest Service to meet the specifications. Stewardship credits will not be awarded unless the work is satisfactory

F. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION

1. Method of Payment - Payment, less deductions will be made for completed pay items at the unit contract price wherever the work is acceptable based on inspection as outlined above. Where inspection determines the work is not acceptable and rework would not bring the work up to acceptable standards, Contractor will not receive payment for pay item.

2. Stewardship Credit - After inspection of completed units, the Forest Service must calculate the Stewardship Credit amount.

The Stewardship Credit amount must be calculated by multiplying the number of acres treated times the Stewardship Activity unit price per acre when the quality of the Stewardship Activity is acceptable. No Stewardship credits will be established if Stewardship Activity quality is not acceptable.

Stewardship Credit shall be made on a completed harvest unit basis only, unless otherwise approved in writing by the

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BID ITEM # 5

MANDATORY ITEM – TREATMENT OF SAPLINGS, FUEL LADDERS, AND GROUND FUELS

Fell and lop all trees 2.0 inches D.B.H.to 7.9 inches D.B.H. that do not meet retention criteria, and rearrange or pile slash created during felling operations and slash that existed prior to felling operations.

Units: 100 (8ac), 101 (12ac), 102 (23ac). 103 (23ac), 104 (11ac), 105 (2ac), 106 (2ac), 107 (10ac), 108 (7ac), 109 (12ac), 110 (5ac), 111 (11ac), 112 (26ac)

Approximately (152 acres)

BID ITEM # 12

OPTIONAL ITEM – TREATMENT OF SAPLINGS, FUEL LADDERS, AND GROUND FUELS

Fell and lop all trees 2.0 inches D.B.H.to 7.9 inches D.B.H. that do not meet retention criteria, and rearrange or pile slash created during felling operations and slash that existed prior to felling operations.

Any number of these acres as displayed on Stewardship Activity Map may be awarded and paid for based on GIS information.

Approximately (501 acres)

1. SCOPE OF THIS ACTIVITY - This activity consists of felling and lopping sapling size trees, rearranging slash away from retained trees, and/or piling slash and related work in compliance with the terms, specifications and provisions in this contract. This includes furnishing all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, supplies, and incidentals.

2. LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION - The work is located on the Council Ranger District of the Payette National Forest in A

County, Idaho. The Stewardship Activity Map shows the location of these units.

3. SCHEDULING OF OPERATIONS - Unless otherwise agreed, contractor shall complete required work in these units within same calendar year as the logging operations in units within 0.5 miles of these units.

4. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Desired End Results - The desired end result of the felling, lopping, slash rearrangement and piling is to protect retained trees during burning operations.

2. Obligations of the Contractor - Before work begins on this Stewardship Activity, the Contractor shall designate, in writing, the person, or persons who shall represent the Contractor during any absence from the project site. In the designation, the Contractor shall describe the areas of responsibility assigned to the representative. Designated representative(s) shall be fully conversant in the English language, and shall be able to fully communicate with all parties.

3. Specifications Trees that are less than 8 inches DBH and at least 2.0 inches DBH that do not meet retention criteria will be felled and lopped. Retention criteria:

a. Retain western larch (WL), ponderosa pine (PP), and Douglas-fir (DF) saplings that are 5 inches and greater

DBH, have 40% and greater crown ratios, and do not have insect or disease infections or other damage.

b. Do not retain these trees if their boles are within 15 feet of the drip line of WL, PP, and DF that are 8 inches and greater DBH.

c. Stump heights for felled trees should be no higher than 12 inches, and should be cut horizontally.

Slash created during felling operations and pre-existing slash will be treated as follows:

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a. All slash 3 feet or greater in length that is 2 to 8 inches in diameter on the small end will be moved at least 15 feet away uphill and downhill, and 10 feet away laterally from the boles of retained WL, PP, and DF of any size, and snags that are at least 20 inches DBH. This slash should be scattered so that it does not form a berm around these WL, PP, DF and snags. Where the slope of the ground is greater than 30%, slash in this size category must be moved at least 30 feet away on the downhill side of live WL, PP, and DF.

b. All slash 3 feet or greater in length that is greater than 8 inches in diameter on the small end will be limbed and moved at least 5 feet away from the boles of retained WL, PP, and DF of any size, and snags that that are at least 20 inches DBH.

c. All slash will be limbed and cut into segments, or arranged in such a way that the accumulated layers of slash extend no more than 2 feet above the ground. The exception to this 2 foot slash layer height is when retained WL, PP, DF and snags are spaced close together, slash amounts are high, and the slash needs to be piled to move it the required distance. When piling is necessary, slash will be cut, crushed, or arranged to ensure piles are compact.

d. Slash required to be moved away from WL, PP, DF and snags can be spread under and adjacent to live conifers of other species where that would avoid creating piles.

Treatment Method Options

These slash treatments can be completed utilizing tracked equipment, using hand crews, or a combination of these methods. The end-result objective is to remove fuel ladders and undesirable trees, and clear slash away from WL, PP, DF and snags to protect them during underburning operations. An excavator, masticator or similar equipment can be used to treat slash where slopes are less than 35%.

4. Definition of Terms

• Slash – Boles and branches of trees that have been cut and sound woody material that was on the ground prior to felling operations.

• Bole - The main stem portion of a tree.

• Crown - That portion of a tree that has green needles.

• Crown Ratio – The ratio of the live crown length to total tree height.

• Disease Infections - Any ponderosa pine with evidence of western gall rust, and any tree with dwarf mistletoe present on the tree.

• Insect Infections – Any tree with evidence of bark beetle infection.

• Damaged Trees – Trees with any of the following characteristics: (a) Three or more tops in the live crown, or dead or broken out tops of the bole, (b) Bent over or leaning more than 30 degrees from vertical, (c) bole damage where the bark is removed from more than 50 percent of the tree’s bole circumference

• DBH. (Diameter at Breast Height) - Diameter of the bole measured at a point 4-1/2 feet above the ground level on the uphill side of a tree.

• Dripline – The line extending vertically from the exterior edge of a tree’s live crown to the ground.

• Pre-existing slash - Debris created prior to work under this contract (both natural and as a result of previous activities).

• Retained Tree - Any tree that is required to be left standing as provided in the specifications.

• Snag – Dead coniferous tree.

• Lop (lopping) – Cutting boles and limbs to allow slash to lay closer to the ground.

• Limbing (limbed) – Cutting the limbs from boles

• Sound Woody Material – Material from woody plants that does not fall apart when picked up or moved.

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• Unit – An area where contract work will be completed. The units shown on the contract map will be used as payment units for this work. The acres listed for each unit will be used to calculate Stewardship Credits or payments.

E. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

NOTE: THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE AN INSPECTION SYSTEM THAT ASSURES WORK HAS

BEEN DONE TO THE SPECIFICATIONS, BEFORE REQUESTING A FOREST SERVICE INSPECTION.

1. CONTRACTOR QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTION SYSTEM

The Contractor will identify the quality control inspection system they will use to ensure that contract specifications will be achieved. At no time shall the Contractor rely upon Forest Service inspections to provide notification of unsatisfactory performance. The Contractor shall produce written inspection records in a format and at times and places satisfactory to the Forest Service. Inspection records shall be made available upon request of the Forest Service and be maintained until the date of contract closure. The Forest Service may observe the Contractor’s inspection at any time and shall otherwise have unlimited access to the inspection data.

2. ACCEPTANCE

The Forest Service will perform an inspection upon Contractor’s written request and assurance that work has been completed. Requests will be for a reasonable portion of work on a unit basis. Each unit as designated on the Stewardship Activity Map will be inspected as a separate unit for acceptance or Stewardship Credit.

3. INSPECTION

The Forest Service will make periodic visual inspections of the entire unit to determine adherence to the specifications. If the visual inspection indicates unsatisfactory work, then the Forest Service representative will visit the unit with the Contractor to identify work that does not meet the specifications.

In areas where the work is unacceptable, the Contractor will complete more work as described by the Forest Service to meet the specifications. Stewardship credits will not be awarded unless the work is satisfactory

F. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION

1. Method of Payment Payment, less deductions will be made for completed pay items at the unit contract price wherever the work is acceptable based on inspection as outlined above. Where inspection determines the work is not acceptable and rework would not bring the work up to acceptable standards, Contractor would not receive payment for pay item.

2. Stewardship Credit

After inspection of completed units, the Forest Service must calculate the Stewardship Credit amount.

The Stewardship Credit amount must be calculated by multiplying the number of acres treated times the Stewardship Activity unit price per acre when the quality of the Stewardship Activity is acceptable. No Stewardship credits will be established if Stewardship Activity quality is not acceptable.

Stewardship Credit shall be made on a completed unit basis only, unless otherwise approved in writing by the

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Bid Item # 6

Mandatory Item – Chip and Removal Chipping and removal of activity slash from the landings. Unit # 1.

Approx. Mandatory 1100 tons (from approximately 124 acres of harvest)

Bid Item # 14 Optional Item – Chip and Removal

Chipping and removal of activity slash from the landings. Units All except Unit #1 Approx. Optional 7168 tons (from approximately 839 acres of harvest)

The activity consists of chipping and removing from National Forest System land all slash created from the yarding and processing of all included timber and other related work as required by the terms of this contract. In addition to the slash created from included timber it will also include all slash resulting from the removal of the sub-merchantable material in designated units. This includes furnishing all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, supplies and incidentals. Piles must be totally chipped except for material that will be left to meet the requirements described in provision K-F.3.4# - Obliteration of Temporary Roads, Skid Trails and Landings or as agreed to in writing from the SA.

B. LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION

The Contract Area Map shows the location of the harvest units considered for this activity. Exterior boundaries are marked in the field with orange paint on the boundary trees.

Slash is all limbs and any bole material that is not merchantable from both the timber included in A2 and sub-merchantable trees that may be required to be removed.

C. SCHEDULING OF OPERATIONS

Unless otherwise agreed, contractor shall complete the removal of slash from those units authorized by the Forest Service within 1 year of logging.

D. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Desired End Results

The desired end result of the chipping and removal of slash material is to decrease the slash piles and generate a market for small diameter material and chips and reduce adverse effects from burning slash.

2. Obligations of the Contractor Before work begins on this Stewardship Activity, the Contractor shall designate, in writing, the person, or persons who shall represent the Contractor during any absence from the project site. In the designation, the Contractor shall describe the areas of responsibility assigned to the representative. Designated representative(s) shall be fully conversant in the English language, and shall be able to fully communicate with all parties.

3. Chipping and Slash Removal Specifications Contractor shall chip and remove material from the landing and remove from National Forest System lands within 1 year of logging. Material to be removed is slash from timber included in A2 and designated for cutting in K- C.3.5.1 and any slash from non-merchantable trees that may be required to be removed.

4. Definition of Terms

• Activity slash – All non-merchantable material from cut trees.

• Bole - The main stem portion of a tree.

• Existing slash - Debris created prior to work under this contract (both natural and as a result of previous activities).

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• Roads - The area between the outside edges of the fill-slope and back-slope.

• Slash - Limbs and boles of down trees.

• Non-merchantable (Non-merch) - Trees that do not meet the merchantability specifications for sawtimber.

• Thinning - The removal of trees to accelerate diameter growth on residual trees by reducing competition for moisture, nutrients, and sunlight.

• Ton – As weighed at time of removal, regardless of moisture content.

• Unit – An area of where contract work will be completed. Unit numbers and estimated sizes are listed in Contractor’s Stewardship Activity Table. Actual acres will be measured.

E. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

NOTE: THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE AN INSPECTION SYSTEM THAT ASSURES WORK HAS

BEEN DONE TO THE SPECIFICATIONS, BEFORE REQUESTING A GOVERNMENT INSPECTION.

1. CONTRACTOR QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTION SYSTEM

The Contractor will identify the quality control inspection system they will use to ensure that contract specifications will be achieved. At no time shall the Contractor rely upon Government inspections to provide notification of unsatisfactory performance. The Contractor shall produce written inspection records in a format and at times and places satisfactory to the Forest Service. Inspection records shall be made available upon request of the Forest Service and be maintained until the date of contract closure. The Forest Service may observe the Contractor’s inspection at any time and shall otherwise have unlimited access to the inspection data.

2. ACCEPTANCE

The Forest Service will perform an inspection upon Contractor’s written request and assurance that work has been completed. Requests will be for a reasonable portion of work on a harvest unit basis. Acceptance may be made for all or portions of work on a harvest unit basis.

3. INSPECTION

The Government will make periodic visual inspections of the entire unit to determine adherence to the specifications. If the visual inspection indicates unsatisfactory work, then the Forest Service or his representative will visit the unit with the Contractor to identify work that does not meet the specifications.

Ocular estimates of slash piles shall be made to determine if piles have been totally chipped except for material that will be left to meet the requirements described in provision K-F.3.4# - Obliteration of Temporary Roads, Skid Trails and Landings or as agreed to in writing from the SA.

In areas where the work is unacceptable, the Contractor will complete more work to meet the specifications.

Stewardship credits will not be awarded unless the work is satisfactory

Rework and Reinspection After Rework If the work is unacceptable the Contractor will remove more slash. Stewardship credits will not be awarded unless the work is satisfactory

F. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION

1. Method of Payment Payment, less deductions will be made for completed pay items at the unit contract price wherever the residual activity slash material removal is 90 percent or above, based on inspection as outlined above. Where inspection determines the residual activity slash material removal quality is below 90 percent and rework would not bring the residual activity slash material removal quality above 90 percent, Contractor would not receive payment for pay item.

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2. Stewardship Credit After inspection of completed unit, the Forest Service must calculate the Stewardship Credit amount.

The Stewardship Credit amount must be calculated by multiplying the number of tons treated times the Stewardship Activity unit price per ton when the quality of the Stewardship Activity is acceptable. No Stewardship credits will be established if Stewardship Activity quality is not acceptable.

Stewardship Credit shall be made on a completed harvest unit basis only, unless otherwise approved in writing by the Forest Service.

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APPENDIX B

STEWARDSHIP CONTRACT TIMBER REMOVAL SPECIFICATIONS

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS; The following is a complete list of standard clauses that maybe used for the IRSC scaled contract. Eliminate all those that do not apply. As an example; if there is no sample load scaling needed for the contract, eliminate G.8.5.1 Scaling Lost Sample Loads from the list and remove the clause. CLAUSES MARKED WITH AN ‘*’ ARE MANDATORY AND MAY NOT BE DELETED. The clause marked with “**” is mandatory for forests west of the 100th meridian.

*B.0 CONTRACT AREA

*B.2 Claims

*C.0 TIMBER SPECIFICATIONS

*C.1 Included Timber *C.1.1 Standard Timber *C.1.2 Substandard Timber *C.1.3 Damaged Timber *C.1.3.1 Damaged by Contractor *C.1.3.2 Negligent or Willful Damage *C.1.3.4 Minor Damage by Natural Causes *C.1.4 Unintentionally Cut Timber C.1.5 Construction Timber *C.1.6 Other Material *C.2 Utilization and Removal of Included Timber *C.3 Timber Designations C.3.1 Clearcutting Units C.3.2 Construction Clearing *C.3.2.2 Other Authorized Clearings C.3.3 Overstory Removal Units C.3.4 Understory Removal Units C.3.5 Individual Trees *C.3.7 Minor Changes *C.4 Volume Estimate

*D.0 RATES OF PAYMENT

*D.1 Current Contract Rates *D.4 Other Payment Rates *D.4.1 Material and Quantities Not in Division A *D.4.2 Timber Cut Through Mistake *D.4.2.1 Designated Timber Cut But Not Removed *D.4.3 Undesignated Timber Damaged Without Negligence *D.4.4 Undesignated Timber Unnecessarily Damaged or Negligently or Willfully Cut *D.4.5 Liquidated Damages *D.4.7 Defect Caused by Abnormal Delay

*E.0 PAYMENTS

*E.1 Amount Payable for Timber *E.2 Integrated Resource Account *E.3 Deposits When Payment Guaranteed

*G.0 OPERATIONS

*G.4 Conduct of Logging *G.4.1 Felling and Bucking *G.4.1.1 Felling in Clearings *G.4.1.2 Stump Heights *G.4.1.3 Bucking Lengths *G.4.1.4 Limbing *G.4.2 Skidding and Yarding G.4.2.1 Rigging *G.4.2.2 Landings and Skid Trails *G.4.2.3 Skidding on Roads G.4.2.4 Arches and Dozer Blades *G.6.3 Temporary Roads *G.6.4 Landings *G.6.5 Skid Trails and Fire Lines *G.6.6 Current Operating Areas *G.6.7 Erosion Control Structure Maintenance *G.7 Slash Disposal

*G.8 Scaling *G.8.1 Scaling Services *G.8.1.1Sclaing Location *G.8.1.2 Scaling Adjustments *G.8.1.3 Delayed or Interrupted Scaling Services *G.8.1.4 Weighing Services *G.8.2 Presentation for Scaling *G.8.3 Scaling Other Products *G.8.4 Accountability *G.8.4.1 Route of Haul **G.8.4.2 Product Identification G.8.5 Scaling Lost Products G.8.5.1 Scaling Lost Sample Loads G.8.6 Scale Reports

I.0 OTHER CONDITIONS

*I.1 Title and Liability *I.1.1 Title Passage *I.1.2 Liability for Loss *I.5 Sale of Other Materials

K-C.3.0.1# Cutting Unit Boundaries (9/01) K-C.3.5.5# Designation by Prescription (9/04) K-C.3.5.6# Individual Trees (Leave Tree Marking) (11/06) K-E.2.1.5 Deposits When Payment Guaranteed (05/10) K-F.3.4 Obliteration Of Temporary Roads, Skid Trails And Landings (3/02) K-F.3.6# - Snow Removal (11/06) K-F.4.1# Closure to Use by Others (10/01) K-G.3.3.1# Safety (Helicopter Operations) (11/06) K-G.4.1# Felling And Bucking (11/06) K-G.4.2# Skidding And Yarding (11/06) K-G.4.2.2 Helicopter Landing Location And Construction…