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This document is Appendix A containing Technical Specifications for Service Work Items for the Bighorn Retreat Stewardship project on the Pike-San Isabel National Forests, South Platte Ranger District, located approximately 11 miles north of Bailey, Colorado. The project encompasses 62 total acres across two treatment units with three work items: one mandatory item covering 56 acres (Unit 1) and two items for 6 acres (Unit 2), with one mandatory and one optional. The primary objectives are to increase stand resiliency through promoting diverse tree species and age classes, reduce wildfire impacts on municipal watersheds serving Denver, Aurora, Bailey and other municipalities, and maintain threatened and endangered species habitats while promoting aspen perpetuation for wildlife.

Mandatory Item 1 requires cutting, forwarding, and decking non-included material on 56 acres in Unit 1, including all live and dead trees greater than 5 inches diameter at breast height that are blown down, damaged, or marked with blue paint, processed to a 4-inch top and decked at approved locations. Mandatory Item 2 requires mastication/chipping of slash piles and dead/down wood across 56 acres with chip depth not exceeding 6 inches and average less than 3 inches. Optional Item 3 involves mastication of standing dead trees and blowdowns greater than 5 inches diameter across 6 acres in Unit 2 with similar chipping specifications. All work is bounded by Geo-Fenced units using GPS technology with allowable contract tolerance of 20 feet for cutting boundaries and 40 feet for treatment boundaries. Work quality must meet a minimum Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) of 90 percent, determined through formal plot-based government inspections, with payment adjusted based on quality percentages: 95 percent or higher receives full payment, 85-94 percent receives reduced payment, and below 85 percent receives no payment. Heavy equipment operations are restricted to dry soil conditions or when protected by snow or frozen soil. Work may be restricted due to fire risk, wildlife site discoveries, soil moisture conditions, or snow depth as determined by the Contracting Officer.

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Bighorn Retreat Stewardship IRSC Pike-San Isabel National Forests Page 1 of 12 South Platte Ranger District

APPENDIX A

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR SERVICE WORK ITEMS

SECTION I – DESCRIPTION OF WORK:

The Bighorn Retreat is part of the Harris park EA located on the South Platte Ranger District of the Pike National Forest, approximately 11 miles north of Bailey, Colorado. Land management objectives for the project area are summarized as follows:

• Increase Stand Resiliency— Promote a diversity of tree species, age classes, and structural stages that would lead to the development of uneven-aged stands.

• Reduce the negative impacts that wildfire could have on watersheds, including the municipal watershed reserves and water system infrastructure for the cities of Denver, Aurora, Bailey, and other local municipalities.

• Maintain and enhance threatened, endangered and sensitive species habitats, and other important wildlife habitats over the next 20 – 30 years – Promote the perpetuation of aspen for wildlife habitat.

Special Considerations for All Units:

Cutting Unit Boundaries

The boundaries of cutting units are designated as shown in the following table. The trees used for boundary designation are not to be cut.

A Geo-Fence is a location on the ground corresponding to the boundary location shown on a mobile mapping device using a Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver using the digital vector file/shapefile named BighornRetreat_Units.shp and dated December 2nd 2025 . The digital vector file/shapefile will be provided to the Purchaser by the Forest Service. A digital list of the coordinates can be provided upon request.

Included Timber is located within and not past the boundary as shown on the mobile mapping device using the digital vector file/shapefile listed above. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining a GPS receiver(s) that is capable of determining the location of the true Geo-Fence within the contract tolerance. Allowable contract tolerance is 20 feet.

Forest Service inspection of cutting Included Timber to determine if cutting is within allowable contract tolerance, shall use the digital vector file/shapefile named and dated above using a GPS Receiver with a minimum, tested accuracy in a light - medium canopy of 5 feet.

National Technology Development Program GPS Receiver accuracy reports by GPS manufacturer and model are available at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/gps/mtdcrept/accuracy/index.htm. Forest Service determination of boundary location will be final.

As an operational convenience and subject to written agreement by the Forest Service, in advance of marking, Purchaser may mark Geo-Fence boundaries on the ground with Purchaser's non-tracer paint. Boundary trees shall not be identified with paint applied below stump height. Purchaser shall bear all costs associated with painting used to visually identify boundaries. Forest Service will not approve or accept the boundaries identified on the ground by the Purchaser in advance of cutting.

In case of a major disruption in GPS service, or lack of GPS coverage on the Sale Area beyond the control https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/gps/mtdcrept/accuracy/index.htm

Page 2 of 12 South Platte Ranger District of the Purchaser, as determined by the Contracting Officer, lack of GPS coverage on the Sale Area, the Forest Service may elect to Mark Geo-Fence boundaries on the ground, in which case the Forest Service's determination of boundary location will be final.

Purchaser may request Forest Service Marking of Geo-Fence boundaries on the ground with paint at Purchaser's expense. Approval by the Contracting Officer is subject to agreement and the availability of Forest Service personnel. If Purchaser's request is approved, Forest Service determination of boundary location will be final.

Cutting Unit Boundary Designation Table

Cutting Unit Paint Color Designation Description

1 & 2 N/A

Geo-Fenced See Description Above

Closure to Use by Others

Official vehicle traffic shall constitute that use by Purchaser and his employees when engaged in timber sale activities . It shall also include administrative traffic by Forest Service , and other landowners for the administration of their lands . Purchaser will close gates as directed by Forest Service at the completion of daily activities or close gates after passage of each vehicle . Forest Service will monitor and administer closure activities . Purchaser shall effectively close to public use the following roads designated "To Be Closed" on Sale Area Map.

Purchaser's Operations in Areas Otherwise Closed to Motorized Vehicles . During the period January 1 to_ December 31 when Purchaser's Operations are in areas otherwise closed to motorized vehicles, Purchaser shall not be permitted to hunt, transport hunters, discharge firearms, or transport big game animals with vehicles within the closed areas.

SECTION II – WORK ITEMS

Mandatory Item 1: Cut, Forward and Deck Non-Included Material:

Unit 1 (56 Acres)

The treatment specifications of all materials are outlined below. All designated trees shall be processed in place and forwarded to a designated location; all slash shall be masticated. Treatment and slash specifications are listed below.

A. Treatment Specifications

1. Cut all live and dead trees, > 5” diameter at breast height, that have been blown down, significantly uprooted, are damaged or leaning, or have broken tops. Additionally, cut all live trees marked above and below 4.5’ with blue paint. Process trees in the woods using a cut-to-length harvest system, forward to a collection point or landing. Process all tops to approximately a 4-inch

Page 3 of 12 South Platte Ranger District diameter inside bark with a minimum using a cut to length harvest system, forward to a collection point or landing, and deck boles at approved locations. Trees shall be stacked parallel to each other with a maximum deck height of 5 feet. Trees will be processed to a minimum 4” top. Decking locations will be agreed to by the Forest Service prior to operations.

2. Grapple load all boles of previously downed trees > 6” diameter and greater than 6’ in length, forward to a collection point or landing and deck boles at approved locations.

B. Additional Specifications: Specifications that apply to felling and bucking.

1. Trees shall be felled, as safety permits, to angle in the direction of skidding, to protect leave trees and advance regeneration during harvest.

2. Heavy equipment operations may only occur when soils are dry, soil moisture is below the plastic limit1 or when soils are protected by at least one foot of packed snow or two inches of frozen soil.

• Soil Plastic Limit is the water content at which soil starts to transform from kneadable (plastic) to rigid or brittle.

C. Additional Specifications: Specifications that apply to slash from all products.

3. Slash shall be placed on forwarder trails to adequately cover trails, lay in place where cut and made to lie within 18” of the ground.

4. Tops and limbs that break off or are lost on the way to the landing during felling and forwarding operations shall be masticated to the following specifications:

• Contractor shall cut all exposed limbs from included product to a top diameter of approximately 4” diameter inside bark, at which point the top will be cut from the remainder of the stem. The top, slash, and boles will not extend over 18 inches in height above the ground.

5. Roads shall be kept free of slash. Slash should be scattered to reduce slash concentrations.

6. Slash should be pulled back 25 feet from National Forest Service Roads, trails, and ditches and 10 feet from land survey monuments.

Mandatory Item 2: Masticate/Chip Dead of Slash Piles and Dead and Down:

Unit 1 (56 acres)

For treatment of activity of slash piles, down woody debris and logging slash. Slash is defined as logs, tops, limbs, and other woody material, exclusive of stumps, which is created by the logging/hand thinning operations and remaining on the ground or at landings after logging/hand thinning or previously created, including slash piles. In areas where activity-created slash is intermingled and inseparable from pre-existing slash, slash disposal requirements shall apply to the pre-existing slash as well as the activity-created slash.

A. Treatment Specifications:

1. Masticate all previously created activities fuels including slash piles and bole wood not decked.

2. Masticate all previously created hand slash piles. Spread slash piles out with a chip depth not exceeding 6” in depth.

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3. Masticate excess slash created by tree processing in the woods not placed or crushed on forwarder trails.

4. Masticate all dead conifer trees > 5” diameter at breast height.

5. Process all tops of designated tree to approximately a 4-inch diameter inside bark with a minimum using a cut to length harvest system, forward to a collection point or landing, and deck.

B. Additional Specifications: Specifications that apply to slash from all products.

1. Chipped material must be distributed evenly within the treatment unit to a depth not to exceed 6” at any point and average < 3” across the unit.

2. Boles of non-sawtimber trees treated by mastication shall lie 12 inches or less above ground and not exceed 3 feet in length.

3. Trees shall be completely severed from the stump.

4. Any slash that is on an open road or trail caused by contractor operations that impedes travel, safety and creates the potential for damage to vehicles shall be removed each day to ensure access and protection of road surface.

Optional Item 3: Masticate/Chip Dead and Down:

Unit 2 (6 acres)

For treatment of dead standing and blow down trees. All designated dead standing and blow down trees shall be masticated. Treatment and slash specifications are listed below.

A. Treatment Specifications:

1. Masticate all standing dead trees, including aspen, > 5” diameter at breast height.

2. Masticate all blow down trees > 5” diameter.

B. Additional Specifications: Specifications that apply to slash from all products.

1. Chipped material must be distributed evenly within the treatment unit to a depth not to exceed 6” at any point and average < 3” across the unit.

2. Boles of trees treated by mastication shall lie 12 inches or less above ground and not exceed 3 feet in length.

3. Trees shall be completely severed from the stump.

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4. Any slash that is on an open road or trail caused by contractor operations that impedes travel, safety and creates the potential for damage to vehicles shall be removed each day to ensure access and protection of road surface.

SECTION III – CONTROL OF WORK

The Contractor agrees to conduct its operations under this contract and other related business activities in compliance with Federal, State, and local statutes, standards, orders, permits and other regulations.

The Contractor shall meet all State and local environmental quality laws applicable to National Forest system lands.

Work may be done any time during the term of the contract, except under the following conditions:

(1) When conditions are such that operations shall be restricted or ceased due to increased fire risk.

(2) All operating restrictions as listed in the solicitation under Protection Measures needed for Plants, Animals, Cultural Resources, and Cave Resources would apply as indicated.

(3) If new wildlife sites are discovered. All new nesting and denning sites for threatened, endangered, or Forest

Service sensitive species observed prior to or during implementation would be reported immediately to the COR and appropriate protection measures will be implemented.

(4) When soil moisture conditions create excessive risk of damage to the soil,

(5) When snow depth creates a situation where requirements cannot be met and/or work cannot be inspected, as determined by the COR.

(6) The government reserves the right to prioritize the order in which Units are treated.

(7) If any cultural or archeological sites are discovered during operations of this contract, work will be suspended in the immediate vicinity of the site until a reconnaissance survey is completed by the Forest Archeologist. Areas excluded from treatment shall be deleted from the contract.

SECTION IV – INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

For All Work Items:

At any point during the project, the Contractor and/or Project Manager may request (documented through email, text, or hand-written request) an in the field consultation with the Forest Service to inspect work progress, review contract specifications, or clarify issues. The Forest Service shall respond to Contractor’s request within 5 working days, excluding weekends and federal holidays.

GOVERNMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN

Government Inspection Procedures - The COR, or a designated inspector (GTM), will make periodic inspections while work is in progress, usually daily at first, as needed to assure work is proceeding satisfactorily. The Contractor shall notify the COR when units are started, when problems are encountered and when contract work needs government oversight.

1. Each unit will be inspected as a separate unit. Unit will not be averaged with other units for acceptance or payment.

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2. When units are completed and ready for government inspection, Contractor’s designated Project manager shall request unit inspection in writing, prior to moving out of the general area.

3. The COR, or designated inspector, will determine compliance with contract specifications through informal visual inspections. In the event visual inspection indicates work to be in non-compliance with specifications, prompt corrective action and/or rework shall be required.

Government Inspection Procedures – Formal (Plots)

1. In the event visual inspection indicates work and / or rework to be in non-compliance with contract specifications, a series of verification plots shall be installed by the Government to determine compliance with specifications and percent of satisfactory work for treatment of each unit not meeting specification as observed with visual inspection.

2. Government verification plots will consist of a series of fixed area plots and variable radius plots along transects to record whether density, basal area, best tree selection, and other requirements are being met and to what extent.

3. Plots and grid will be distributed so that a representative sample is obtained.

4. The COR or designated inspector will mark the center of each plot on the ground using flagging, stakes, or pin flags. Additional flagging will be hung near the plot center so that it may be seen from a distance.

The inspector will include the plot number, their initials and date on the flagging.

5. Plots will be numbered to correlate with the inspection form and transects on a unit map.

6. The minimum number of verification plots, per treatment unit, shall be as follows:

Unit Acreage Minimum No. of Plots 1 – 9 1 plot per 2 acres 10 – 29 10 plots 30 – 59 1 plot per 4 acres 60 – 99 20 plots 100 1 plot per 5 acres

7. Determination of acceptability of the work performed will be based on Government verification inspections and will be considered conclusive.

8. At each plot, the Government will examine the plot area and record findings on the items listed below:

a. Plot number

b. Number of trees to be left on plot.

c. Number of trees left on plot.

d. Number of satisfactory trees.

e. Number of deficient trees.

f. Number of excess trees.

- Stumps containing live limbs which are not in accordance with specifications herein will be counted as excess trees.

- Cut trees which are still attached at the stump will be counted as excess trees

- Trees meeting cut specifications will be counted as excess trees

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- Trees in excess of trees to be left will be counted as excess

9. Work quality will be calculated on the form as follows:

No. Trees Deficient + No. Excess Trees -------------------------------------------------- = % Unsatisfactory work No. Trees to be left

100% – % Unsatisfactory work = % Work Quality

Unsatisfactory Cutting

1. If the work quality falls below 85 percent, the COR will immediately notify the Contractor, in writing, and order him to improve the quality of subsequent tree cutting. If the quality of subsequent tree cutting is not raised above the 85 percent minimum acceptable standard within 24 business hours after receipt of such written notice, the Contractor’s right to proceed may be terminated and the contract considered in default.

2. When the work quality falls below 90 percent as a result of excess trees, the Government may elect to do one of the following:

(a) Order rework to be performed and withhold payment until excess trees are cut and the results of a post-rework Government inspection show work quality to be at least 85 percent or more. No rework shall be performed unless ordered or authorized by the COR.

(b) Order that no rework be performed and payment will either be made at a reduced rate, or not at all, as determined from the Thinning Inspection Report.

3. Repeated failure to produce work quality at or above the 85 percent minimum acceptable standard will be considered reason for contract termination and default action.

Reinspection Upon Contractor Request

1. If Government inspection results are unacceptable to the Contractor, a reinspection may be requested, in writing, within 5 business days after receipt of notice of said inspection results. The same inspection procedure will be used; however, the inspection pattern will be shifted so that new inspection plots will not overlap previously inspected plots.

2. If reinspection results – rounded up to the nearest whole percent – indicate a variance of more than 5 percent from the first inspection, the results of the second inspection will be used to calculate work quality and payment, and the Government will bear the cost of reinspection.

3. If reinspection results – rounded up to the nearest whole percent – are within 5 percent of the first inspection, plots from the initial inspection and the reinspection will be combined and used to calculate work quality and payment, and the Contractor shall bear the cost of reinspection.

Government Inspection Procedures – Items 1-3

Table 1 – Minimum Acceptable Quality Levels (AQL) of Work

ITEM DESCRIPTION SCHEDULE UNIT Min AQL

1 CUT, FORWARD, and DECK Non-

Included material MANDATORY ACRE 90%

2 Mastication/Chip of Slash Piles and Dead and Down MANDATORY ACRE 90%

3 Mastication/Chip of Dead and Down OPTIONAL ACRE 90%

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SECTION V – PAYMENT METHODS

Method of Measurement for Acreages

Acreages and miles were determined by using Global Positioning Systems (GPS) or digitized using GIS mapping. Some unit boundaries are flagged, the majority of boundaries are virtual.

Discernable Boundaries are boundary locations that are readily identifiable features on the ground in locations shown on the Contract Area Map. A Geo-Fence is a location on the ground corresponding to the boundary location shown on a mobile mapping device using a Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver using a digital vector file/shapefile. The digital vector file/shapefile will be provided as an attachment to the Contractor by the Forest Service. A digital list of the coordinates can be provided upon request.

Contractor is responsible for obtaining a GPS receiver(s) that is capable of determining the location of the geo-fence boundary within the contract tolerance. Allowable contract tolerance is 40 feet.

Forest Service inspection of treatment boundaries shall be conducted to determine treatments are within the allowable contract tolerance using the digital vector file/shapefile referenced above using a GPS Receiver with a minimum, tested accuracy in a Light- Medium canopy of 20 feet.

National Technology Development Program GPS Receiver accuracy reports by GPS manufacturer and model are available at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/gps/mtdcrept/accuracy/index.htm. Forest Service determination of boundary location will be final.

In case of a major disruption in GPS service, or lack of GPS coverage on the Contract Area beyond the control of the

Contractor, as determined by the Contracting Officer, extension of time may be granted by Contracting Officer when requested in writing by Contractor in accordance with 52.212-4 (f) Excusable Delays. To resolve major disruption of GPS service, or lack of GPS coverage on the Contract Area, the Forest Service may elect to Mark Geo-Fence boundaries on the ground, in which case the Forest Service’s determination of boundary location will be final.

The acreage for each work item will be rounded to the nearest acre and miles will be rounded to the nearest hundredth of a mile. Acreage and milage is final unless:

a. The contract is modified or,

b. The Government makes a determination to remeasure or,

c. The Contractor exercises his/her option under the following Remeasurement provisions:

Remeasurement

1. The Contractor may request, in writing, remeasurement of any units under this contract if he/she feels that acreage or milage stated on the project maps is incorrect. The remeasurement must be within the existing perimeter of the respective unit or existing centerline of the road. No variance of the unit perimeters or road as identified on the maps for this contract will be allowed. All requests for remeasurement must be made prior to payment for each completed unit. Remeasurement will be performed by the Government.

2. If remeasurement indicates that a variance of ten percent or less exists on units of 1 to 5 acres, five percent or less exists on units of more than five but less than 20 acres, or if three percent or less exists on units of 20 acres or larger, the Contractor shall pay for the actual costs of the remeasurement. Under this condition, payment will be made on the acreage stated on the project maps. If the remeasurement indicates the actual acreage varies by more than the above factors from that stated on the project maps, the payment will be made on the remeasured acreage and the Forest Service will pay for the cost of the remeasurement.

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Acceptance and Payment – Items 1-3

1. If informal visual inspection indicates acceptable work quality, the Contractor will be paid 100 percent of their bid rate.

2. In the event that formal inspections are used, the rate of payment to the Contractor will be calculated as follows:

(a) For work quality of 95 percent or higher, 5 percent (adjustment for statistical variation) will be added and the Contractor will be paid 100 percent of their bid rate.

(b) For work quality from 85 to 94 percent, the 5 percent will be added to the work quality percent and the Contractor will be paid the total multiplied by the bid rate.

(c) For work quality 84 percent and less, the 5 percent will not be added and there will be no payment made to the Contractor.

(d) If, after rework, the percentage of satisfactory work is between 85% and 94%, payment will be made by the actual percentage. If the percentage is less than 85%, the work is unacceptable, and no payment will be made.

Work Item Performance

Standard

Quality

Assurance

Process

Acceptable

Quality Level

(AQL)

Monitoring Method

Item 1

Cut all trees identified in the treatment descriptions and decked in approved locations.

Appendix A

Contractor records and reports and

Government

Random

Verification.

90% of all cut trees will meet the Quality

Standard.

• Review Contractor’s written record of Plot

Inspections

• Visual inspection— walk through Units

• Verification of compliance—Plot

Inspections

Item 1

Grapple load, forward and deck all trees identified in the treatment descriptions

Appendix A.

Contractor records and reports and

Government

Random

Verification.

90% of all cut trees will meet the Quality

Standard.

• Review Contractor’s written record of Plot

Inspections

• Visual inspection— walk through Units

• Verification of compliance—Plot

Inspections

Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

Treatment of all slash to contract specifications;

Appendix A

Contractor records and reports and

Government

Random

Verification.

90% of all slash treated to meet

Quality

Standard.

• Review Contractor’s written record of Plot

Inspections

• Visual inspection— walk through Units

• Verification of compliance - Plot

Inspections

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SECTION VI – DEFINITIONS

ACCEPTABLE QUALITY LEVEL (AQL): Acceptance of work will be based on compliance with all specifications corresponding to the appropriate task(s). A minimum AQL is required for all service work – hand or mechanical. The minimum AQL will receive a satisfactory performance rating.

ADVANCED CONIFER REGENERATION: areas with at least 25 individual conifer stems between 1 and 8 feet tall in a 1/25th acre area.

ASPEN CLONE: areas with at least 25 individual aspen stems greater than 2 inches of DBH in a 1/10th acre area.

BIOMASS TREES: Any conifer material 2 feet in height to 4.9 inches DBH.

BOLE SPACING: The horizontal distance in feet from the edge of one leave tree bole to another leave tree bole, measured from the outside bark of each tree.

BRUSH: Vegetation consisting of shrub species with single or multi-stems originating at or near ground level not normally reaching more than 15 feet in height.

CIRCULAR PLOT: A sample plot within a thinning unit that is used to determine the number of desirable trees and other contract specifications.

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS: Woody material left on the ground to meet wildlife habitat requirements.

CROWN RATIO: The ratio of live crown length (tip of leader to base of the crown) to total tree length/height.

CROWN SPACING: The horizontal distance in feet between the dripline of a live crown to another live crown.

CLEARCUT: A cutting prescription in which all trees within a boundary are designated to be cut.

CROWN RATIO: The ratio of live crown length (tip of leader to base of the crown) to total tree length/height.

CROWN SPACING: The horizontal distance in feet between the dripline of a live crown to another live crown.

CUT TREES: Trees that do not possess the characteristics of desirable leave trees and are required to be cut.

As described by the contract or otherwise marked to be cut.

CUTTING UNIT: See Treatment Unit definition

DAMAGED TREES: Trees damaged beyond recovery. A tree that is larger than 2 feet in height, and has the top knocked out, is leaning more than 10 degrees, has less than one half of its original limbs, or has approximately 50% of bark removed from the circumference of the bole.

DBH: Diameter at breast height, measured at a point of 4.5 feet above the ground level on the uphill side of the tree.

DECKING: Stockpiling of trees in a designated area.

DEAD/DYING TREES: Trees with the crown foliage changing from green to red, yellow, or needleless. Any tree that has pitch tubes indicating Mountain Pine Beetle infestation.

DESIGNATION BY SPECIES AND DIAMETER (DXSD): A cutting prescription in which species and diameter are used to determine which trees will be left and which will be cut.

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DIB: Diameter inside bark.

HANG-UP TREE: Any cut tree suspended above ground level.

HEALTHY REGENERATION: Young, healthy, dwarf mistletoe free conifers, less than 4.9 inches in diameter, free of defect or characteristics.

LEAVE TREE: Trees that possess desirable characteristics and that serve to create the basis for designated spacing requirements or are otherwise designated to be left.

LOPPING AND/OR SCATTERING: Cutting limbs from trunks of cut trees, bucking, and moving and rearranging of slash concentrations to reduce the fuel bed height as specified.

NON-SAWTIMBER TREE: For all conifer species, minimum diameter of 5 inches DBH to minimum diameter by species identified in Appendix B, Division A.

OVERSTORY REMOVAL: A cutting prescription where all trees greater than a specified size are cut. Trees less than the specified size are protected.

PAYMENT UNIT: See Treatment Unit.

PILING: Gathering and stacking of downed wood and activity slash by hand or mechanical methods into piles constructed and located as indicated by technical specification and project maps.

PROGRESSION OF WORK: Work conducted in a progressive, workmanlike and orderly manner by the Contractor.

RESERVE CLUMPS: Groups of trees within a treatment area that are protected from cutting, may also include Individual Reserve trees.

SAWTIMBER TREE: Included timber meeting sawlog size specifications as defined in Appendix B, Division A.2.

SLASH: Woody material existing or created that has accumulated on the forest floor. Woody material includes logs, pieces of logs, tops, and branches.

UNIT: See Treatment Unit.

TEMPORARY ROADS: Non-permanent roads that are constructed by Contractor for the purpose of treatment unit access.

TREATMENT UNIT: An individual area on the ground in which activities will be performed and which may appear as a separate pay item in the Schedule of Items.

UNSATISFACTORY WORK: If work quality falls below the AQL, the COR will issue a work order or notice of noncompliance to the Contractor in writing. Untreated or unsatisfactory treated areas shall be reworked to obtain satisfactory work quality.

VIRTUAL BOUNDARY: A unit boundary that is shown on the map but is not demarcated on the ground. The contractor must use mapping applications in order to locate these boundaries in the unit.

WHOLE TREE YARDING: Whole tree logging includes cutting tree and removing the entire tree, including tops and branches, to the landing.

WILDLIFE TREE: Standing tree marked to be reserved as a wildlife tree. Used by birds and small mammals for shelter, nesting, perching, etc.

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