Attachment E_Netting Installation and Maintenance.pdf

This document is Attachment E, a technical specification for Vexar Tube/Bamboo Stake Installation, associated with the Southwest Land Office (SWLO) Tree Planting project in Montana's Missoula, Ravalli, and Granite Counties. The attachment provides detailed illustrated instructions for installing tree seedlings using a Vexar tube and bamboo stake support system. The diagram demonstrates precise installation techniques, including positioning the rigid Vexar tube vertically, inserting a bamboo stake approximately 1-inch below the tube's top, and weaving the bamboo stake both inside and outside the tube at specific intervals.

The installation guide emphasizes specific requirements for protecting and supporting seedling growth, such as ensuring the seedling leader remains erect and undamaged, positioning the tube's bottom in contact with the ground without excessive kinking, and driving the bamboo stake 6 to 8-inches underground. The document appears to be a technical specification providing contractors with exact methodology for establishing and supporting tree seedlings, likely as part of a reforestation or habitat restoration effort in Montana's southwestern counties.