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Michigan Department of Natural Resources – Forest Resources Division

TIMBER SALE PRESCRIPTION

GENERAL

Forest Resources Division Management Unit Hiawatha National Forest – West Zone

Sale Name (or prescription name) BigCamp

Timber Sale Number (if applicable)

LOCAL CONTACT

Name Matt Manders

Email Address MandersM@michigan.gov

Telephone

(906) 202-5453

TIMELINE

CONTRACT WORK CAN BEGIN: Immediately Date:

CONTRACT WORK MUST BE COMPLETED BY: 10/1/2025

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

Town T44N

Range R17W

Section(s) 5-8

Description SESE, SWSW sec. 5; SE1/4, NESW sec. 6; NENE sec. 7; NWNW, NENE sec. 8

Year of Entry

Compartment(s)

Stand Number(s) 9, 11, 12, 15, 20

Access Access is off M-94 and FSR 2788 near Colwell Lake, just north of Steuben.

ACREAGE (Payment will be made based on these estimated acres) Estimated Acres

382.9 Source: Inventory GPS Other

TREATMENT & OBJECTIVE

Payment Units COVER TYPE ACRES INITIAL BA TREATMENT MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVE

1 - 4 M9 216.7 150 Single Tree Selection Northern Hardwoods

6 M9 84.7 130 Single Tree Selection Northern Hardwoods

8 M9 21.3 150 Two-Aged Shelterwood Northern Hardwoods

10 M9 60.2 120 Improvement Cut Northern Hardwoods

PRESCRIPTION

1-4 - This is a sugar/red maple stand well stocked in several size classes. Do not mark for removal any cedar, white pine or hemlock unless they present a clear safety hazard. Neither the common stand exam data nor the walk-through noted any cedar and only scattered white pine and hemlock.

Note the wildlife requirements for live den trees and snags. Also notify Kyle Hampton if you find any raptor nests (especially) goshawk activity.

The priority of marking will be balancing the size class distribution. The stand is heavily stocked so mark to 90 BA in this stand concentrating on removal of trees mostly in the 6 through 20-inch diameter classes. Use the chart and graph below for guidance on trees to remove by diameter class; but quality trees are always more important than diameter distribution.

BA and TPA guidance based on stand data 2007 data has not been “grown”

DBH Size Class Desired

BA/Ac Current BA/Ac Desired #

TPA Current # TPA Excess

TPA *

26+

13 0 5 0

22&24 14 5

18 & 20 17 29 9 15 6 14 & 16 21 35 17 30 13 10 & 12 22 33 34 52 18 6 & 8* 18 26 67 98 31 Total 90 138 131 200 68

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Trees larger than 20” DBH should be left (often as existing cavity trees); the stand is just at the desired stocking for the 22 and 24 inch diameter classes. If a large diameter tree, especially maple, has the start of a cavity on the bole, leave it as part of the live den tree requirement but count it towards the 90 BA.

Mark to create 2 to 4 canopy gaps per acre (larger gaps = fewer/acre, smaller gaps=more/acre). Gaps should range from 30 to 55’ in diameter (in the canopy), with larger gaps located adjacent to any black cherry, yellow birch or white pine. Roughly 8% of the stand should be in new gaps.

Third priority is to improve stand quality by removing trees (in order of precedence): 1) that won’t make it to the next entry; 2) defective trees that won’t increase in value any longer unless left for wildlife; and 3) trees with poor form. Most of this priority can be achieved when selecting for diameter distribution or canopy gap locations.

Residual BA should be 85-95 sq. feet in trees greater than 5” DBH (BA will be lower in and around canopy gaps and higher away from gaps).

6 – Single tree selection. This is a sugar/red maple stand well stocked in several size classes. Do not mark for removal any cedar, white pine or hemlock unless they present a clear safety hazard. Neither the common stand exam data nor the walk-through noted any cedar or white pine and only few hemlock.

Note the wildlife requirements for live den trees and snags. Also notify Kyle Hampton if you find any raptor nests (especially) goshawk activity.

The priority of marking will be to begin balancing the size class distribution. The stand is well stocked so mark to 80 BA concentrating on removal of trees mostly in the 6 through 14-inch diameter classes. Use the chart and graph below for guidance on trees to remove by diameter class; but quality trees are always more important than diameter distribution.

BA and TPA guidance based on stand data 2007 data has not been “grown”

DBH Size

Class Desired BA/Ac Current

BA/Ac Desired # TPA Current #

TPA Excess

TPA *

26+ 9 4

9 1 -4

22&24 11 4 18 & 20 13 20 7 10 3 14 & 16 18 26 15 23 8 10 & 12 22 30 33 46 13 6 & 8* 20 35 76 131 55 Total 133 215 83

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Trees larger than 14” DBH should make up only a small portion the removals. The occasional removal in the 18 and 20 inch classes may be suitable for some of the required canopy gaps. If a large diameter tree, especially maple, has the start of a cavity on the bole, leave it as part of the live den tree requirement but count it towards the 80 BA residual goal.

Mark to create 2 to 4 canopy gaps per acre (larger gaps = fewer/acre, smaller gaps=more/acre). Gaps should range from 30 to 55’ in diameter (in the canopy), with larger gaps located adjacent to any black cherry, yellow birch or white pine (should any be found). Roughly 8% of the stand should be in new gaps.

Third priority is to improve stand quality by removing trees (in order of precedence): 1) that won’t make it to the next entry; 2) defective trees that won’t increase in value any longer unless left for wildlife; and 3) trees with poor form. Most of this priority can be achieved when selecting for diameter distribution or canopy gap locations.

Residual BA should be 75-85 sq. feet in trees greater than 5” DBH (BA will be lower in and around canopy gaps and higher away from gaps).

8 – Two-aged shelterwood. Mark to leave 40 BA of a combination of evenly spaced maple and black cherry; leave aspen only where it is needed to reach the 40 BA residual goal. Try to leave trees with good crowns that will survive and be able to produce seed. Reserve hemlock; counts as part of the residual BA goal.

10 – Improvement cut. Mark to 80-90 BA of residual stocking; mark to 90 where existing stocking is 140 BA or greater.

Mark to release the best quality trees of any species but with a preference for maple; try to keep any black cherry, white pine or yellow birch that looks like it will be able to persist for the next 20 years; very little of any of these noted in the walk-through. Clearcut the aspen inclusion on the east end; should be laid out or at least cruised separately because of the difference in treatment.

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PAINT LINES

This is included in the bid This is not included in the bid

Paint line work to be performed: (See attached map for locations)

TYPE OF LINE WORK TO BE DONE PAINT COLOR

Exterior line against private Blue Other Exterior line against state Red Other Interior payment unit Yellow Other Other Green Other Exclusions to mark and why: Boundary lines are already painted in and therefore not included in the bid. Lines are painted in orange.

Standards for marking lines against private land:

BOUNDARY GPS

GPS data files will be provided

FEATURE WORK TO BE DONE NOTES

Volume Determination Unit (VDU) Payment Unit (PU) Exclusions Special Instructions:

TIMBER MARKING SPECIFICATIONS

Total Merchantable Residual BA (Basal Area): (Minimum: to Maximum: )

TREATMENT NUMBER SIZE

Regeneration Gaps Per Acre:

Girdled Trees Per Acre:

PRODUCT MARKING SYMBOL MINIMUM DBH TOP DOB

Pulpwood (all aspen will be cruised as pulpwood)

One stump mark & slash at DBH on two sides 5.0” 4.0”

Mixed Hardwood Sawtimber Two stump marks & slash at DBH on two sides 11.0” 9.6”

Mixed Softwood Sawtimber Two stump marks & slash at DBH on two sides 9.0” 7.6”

TYPE OF WORK WORK TO BE DONE PAINT COLOR

Trees marked to leave Green Orange

Trees marked to cut Orange Blue

Special Marking Instructions:

Note: There are no payment units 5, 7 and 9.

Payment units 1-4, 6 & 10 will be marked to cut with blue paint. Payment unit 8 will be marked to leave with orange paint.

Contractor will mark and tally every tree designated for harvest (except in unit 8), as described in the silvicultural prescription (provided). Forest Service will plot cruise unit 8 once marking is complete. All trees should be marked at DBH with slashes on two sides. All sawtimber shall have TWO stump marks.

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TIMBER CRUISING SPECIFICATIONS

Cruise layout file will be provided

CRUISE DESIGN

Cruising of federal timber shall only be done by individuals that meet Region 9 Forest Service Cruising Handbook (FSH 2409.12) and Qualified Cruiser Reference Guide Standards. See BOA page 8, section C. Along with quote for this RFQ, Quoter must submit written proof of certification to cruise Federal timber containing the signature of a Forest Service individual qualified to grant such certification, proof that they have actively cruised federal timber within the previous calendar year, and a personal letter stating that they took and passed both a written and field timber cruising test administered by the Forest Service.

Individuals not currently qualified as cruisers but wanting to submit a quote on this RFQ may contact the Technical Contact person (Tiffany Jastrzemski, 906-202-5532) to request information regarding the location of the Hiawatha NF Timber Cruising Field Plot (located west of Raco, MI) and may schedule to take the written exam at the Rapid River or Munising Ranger District Offices (8181 US Highway 2, Rapid River, MI or 400 E.

Munising Ave, Munising, MI). Options to take the exam at any Forest Service District Office in Michigan or Wisconsin may also be possible, upon request. The Forest Service is only administering the exam, not providing cruiser training.

All Payment Units are of the Sample Tree Measure variety – all trees to be removed will be tallied. Not all species will be sampled separately. The species of your sample tree is the species that will be recorded. To avoid bias and clumping of tallies, a random start should be used for each sample group at the start of marking in each Payment Unit. Select a random interval that is less than the required sampling interval for the first tally in each sample group. Thereafter, sample at the specified sampling interval.

For Example: Sample Group X has a sampling interval of 1:25 (cruise 1 in every 25th tree tallied). Contractor would cruise the 5th tree when starting payment unit and, thereafter, cruise the 26th tree, the 51st tree, etc…

**Payment Unit 8 will be plot cruised by the Forest Service after marking is completed. The contractor will not be cruising unit 8.

Sample Group Description

02 Red Pine Pulpwood 07 Mixed Conifer Pulpwood

08 Small Aspen Pulpwood (5.0-10.9” dbh)

10 Mixed Hardwood Pulpwood 38 Large Aspen Pulpwood (11.0”+ dbh) 12 Red Pine Sawtimber 17 Mixed Conifer Sawtimber 20 Mixed Hardwood Sawtimber 21 Sugar Maple Sawtimber

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Species Cruised by Sample Group

Pulpwood Groups Sawtimber Groups

02: 125 12: 125

07: 12, 71, 94, 95, 105, 129, 130, 241, 261 17: 71, 105, 129, 241, 261

08: 741, 743, 746 20: 315, 316, 319, 371, 375, 531, 541, 543, 544, 762, 833, 951, 10: 315, 316, 318, 319, 371, 375, 531, 541, 543, 544, 701, 762, 833, 972 21: 318

38: 741, 743, 746

Sample Intensities

STRATA

PAYMENT

UNITS(S)

SAMPLING

METHOD

PLOT SPACING

SAMPLE

GROUP

PRODUCT

SAMPLE FREQUENCY

(STR & PCMTRE)

02 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10 STR 02 Red Pine Pulpwood 25

07 Mixed Conifer Pulpwood 100

Small Aspen Pulpwood

(5.0-10.9” dbh)

10 Mixed Hardwood Pulpwood 250 38 Large Aspen Pupwood (11.0+ dbh) 50 12 Red Pine Sawtimber 25 17 Mixed Conifer Sawtimber 25 20 Mixed Hardwood Sawtimber 100 21 Sugar Maple Sawtimber 75

01 8 LTM/PCM Forest Service Will Plot Cruise after Mark

RESTRICTIONS

1. The US Forest Service must be able to identify who did what on the timber sale.

2. The contractor may not have more than two markers in one cruise unit without prior approval.

3. Each marker should have an assigned area to mark (not strips).

PAINT

4. Call Kyle Hampton at (209) 770-3934 to make arrangements for paint.

5. Paint will be supplied from the Rapid River Workstation.

6. Contractor’s work schedule must coincide with the USFS work schedule for paint supply.

7. The USFS will not be available on weekends or evenings.

DELIVERABLES

8. A list of names that marked or cruised each cruise unit.

9. A summary of paint used (in quarts).

10. All data, cruise and GPS, must be sent to the USFS.

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Additional Information This is a Good Neighbor Authority contract. The DNR is selling this marking contract. The contract work is on Forest Service land. This contract will be administered by the US Forest Service. Contact Matt Manders with questions.

This contract calls for the marking and volume estimation of managed Forest stands that will become part of one timber sale on the Hiawatha National Forest.

The contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, tools, instruments, supplies, transportation, professional services and supervision except that which is designated in the Government Furnished Property clause (see Section G).

All timber cruising done on behalf of the contractor will need to be done by a Forest Service certified cruiser.

Contractor shall establish an operating plan that outlines the timing of the work to be completed by the termination date set within the contract.

Primary access roads into the contract area are FR2788, FR2101, FR2102 and M-94. Contractor needs to comply with the Hiawatha National Forest Motor Vehicle Use Map when using a vehicle, including off-road vehicles, while carrying out contract activities.

Payment Unit boundaries are designated with three vertical spots facing into the unit, a vertical line on each side of the bole facing the direction of the boundary and a stump mark with ORANGE paint (where the road is the Payment Unit boundary only the corners are painted at the road).