Beaver Creek Pros.pdf

PROSPECTUS

BEAVER CREEK FOREST THINNING PROJECT

Location:

Parts of Sections 21 & 29, Township 47 North, Range 60 West, Weston County, WY.

104.0975°W, 44.0249 °N

The Project is located from Newcastle, WY (junction of Hwy 16 and Hwy85), Hwy 16 east (4.5 miles), to Beaver Creek Road north (15.5 miles), to Parmlee Road. Project is located 1.3 miles farther up private road. Access with permission only.

Area: See Attachment C, Beaver Creek Forest Thinning Area Map

Project Description:

The project is a timber stand improvement consisting of a non-commercial thinning of ponderosa pine and Rocky Mountain juniper to reduce stem densities.

No cutting operations will be allowed on site from May 1st – October 1st unless approved by

Agency staff (weather/moisture dependent).

Project Contract specifications shall be the final requirements.

Pre-Bid Inspection:

A mandatory site tour will be held on November 21, 2024 starting at 9:30 AM. Contractor or their representative must be present to bid on this project.

Meet Assistant District Foresters, Scott Dowling/Jeremy Dedic at the junction of Beaver Creek

Road and Parmlee Road. See Area Map Attachment C, Beaver Creek Forest Thinning Area Map.

RSVP is requested to provide updates or changes of the site tour due to weather. Any other questions on the site tour can be made by contacting Scott Dowling or Jeremy Dedic, Assistant

District Foresters, Wyoming State Forestry Division, Newcastle, WY.

Office: (307) 746-4261

Email: scott.dowling@wyo.gov jeremy.dedic@wyo.gov

Questions regarding the project should be submitted through Public Purchase.

One contract will be awarded dependent upon best value to State of Wyoming.

The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. Bids are to be submitted on a lump sum basis. If project cost is more than budgeted amount then Wyoming State Forestry Division will evaluate cost and benefit and adjust accordingly.

mailto:scott.dowling@wyo.gov mailto:jeremy.dedic@wyo.gov

The State shall not be liable for any damages resulting from the willful negligence or acts of the

Contractor or their employees. This includes but is not limited to damages resulting from fire caused by the Contractor or their employees.

The successful bidder will be obligated by a written contract with the State of Wyoming covering the forest improvement project. The Contract will expire February, 2027.

Technical Specifications:

1. Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, supplies and materials necessary to perform forest thinning work on the above-described State lands unless otherwise provided for in the contract.

2. Timing restrictions: no forest thinning operations shall be performed between May 1st and

October 1st

3. Contractor will follow Wyoming Forestry Best Management Practices, Forestry BMPs

Water Quality Protection Guidelines, regarding forest thinning.

4. Contractor shall notify State Forestry as to status of project work and when work is to be performed.

5. Project location is as indicated in Attachment A, Beaver Creek Forest Thinning Project

Map.

6. Project size is estimated at eight-six (86) acres. Size may change dependent on price.

7. To review contract technical specifications, refer to Attachment B, Contractor

Responsibilities.

ATTACHMENT A

ATTACHMENT B

CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES - Contractor shall perform forest thinning services in accordance with the following:

1. Trees to be thinned are:

a. Ponderosa pine, six (6) inches diameter at breast height (DBH) and less,

b. Rocky Mountain juniper six (6) inches DBH and less.

2. The desired spacing of leave trees is twelve (12) feet by twelve (12) feet between stems, retaining the best quality trees over spacing.

3. Trees indicative of good quality are:

a. Dominate in height

b. Straight stem

c. Well-formed

d. Cone shaped crown

e. One stem (not forked)

f. Free of insect or disease problems

g. Dark green needles

h. Ponderosa pine

4. Trees indicative of poor quality are having one (1) or more of the following characteristics. These trees shall be considered for cutting.

a. Height growth noticeably less than the average for the stand.

b. Forks or evidence of excessive wide spreading crowns and heavy limbs.

c. Trees leaning more than five (5) inches from vertical.

d. Trees noticeably too tall compared to diameter growth that will be susceptible to snowbend, windthrow, or breakage.

e. Trees containing sweep. Trees showing abnormal needle growth (witches’ broom).

f. Any broken topped trees.

5. No trees under one (1) foot in height need to be cut.

6. Contractor shall cut all cull pine trees nine (9) inches DBH and less. Cull trees do not have the potential to produce a twelve (12) foot sawlog due to damage, form or defect.

7. Contractor shall cut all Rocky Mountain juniper six (6) inches DBH. Cut stumps will have herbicide applied within two (2) hours of cutting.

8. Herbicide to be used is Garlon 4 Ultra or Pathfinder RTU or an approved similar product, labeled for cut stump treatment with indicator dye.

9. Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, supplies and materials necessary to thin trees on the above-described State lands.

10. Contractor shall cut trees with a method approved by Wyoming State Forestry Division.

11. Contractor shall cut stumps no higher than six (6) inches on the high ground side or below the lowest live branches.

12. Contractor shall cut trees completely free of the stump, laid on the ground and limbs lopped.

13. No trees shall be left hanging on rocks, other trees or snags.

14. All slash shall be left no higher than eighteen (18) inches from the ground.

15. No thinning residue shall be left in creek beds or live waterways.

16. Contractor shall exercise due care to minimize damage to leave trees.

17. Contractor shall not damage access roads. Roads shall be left in same conditions as previous to project.

18. No slash will be left in roadways.

19. No thinning work shall be performed between May 1st and October 1st unless approved by Wyoming State Forestry Division.

20. Contractor will follow Wyoming Forestry Best Management Practices, Forestry BMPs

Water Quality Protection Guidelines, regarding road construction.

21. Access is through private land on a State Forestry ROW and may have other timing restrictions.

22. Contractor shall notify State Forestry two days before work is to be performed.

23. Contractor shall keep State Forestry informed of the status of the project work.

24. Contractor shall obtain permission from the State Forester or their representative before any camp is established on State land.

a. A camp will include camping site or trailer parking of the contractor or any employee working on this Contract.

b. A camp location will be designated in advance by the State Forester or their representative.

c. All camps shall be kept clean.

d. No trash burning shall be allowed.

Fire Criteria

The Contractor shall use caution when working in the forests, have spark arrestors on equipment, have fire suppression tools available, and take immediate action to extinguish any fires that occur in the vicinity.

The Contractor shall have within a three (3) minute round-trip of each saw: One (1) round pointed #0 to #2 long handled shovel with serviceable handle and one (1) 6BC rated fire extinguisher.

Agency shall allow Contractors, lessee of the Board of Land Commissioners, to continue to operate on trust lands where, in the opinion of the District Forester, the operation can continue in a manner that does not constitute an unusual fire threat. If local and site-specific conditions warrant, additional restrictions shall be placed on the operator. The indicator for the required level of protection and or operations shall be the National Fire Danger rating system.

Fire Danger Rating Operational Requirement

Low through High Normal operations and administration as specified in contract.

Very High In addition to normal requirements the operator will be required to:

A. Fuel chainsaws and equipment on an area that has been cleared of all vegetation for a radius of three feet beyond the reach of the equipment. (Landings and roads will meet this requirement)

B. Have a minimum of a ten (10) pound BC rated fire extinguisher at the fueling site and any maintenance sites

C. Have fire hand tools on site for each employee on site.

Extreme In addition to the “Normal” and “Very High” requirements, the

Contractor will be required to:

A. Operate only between the hours of 5:00 PM and 10:00 AM.

B. Remain in the area for one hour following the shutdown of harvesting and cutting to insure there is no smoke in the area and that no fires have ignited.

Red Flag Alert Operations will cease.

ATTACHMENT C