Cow Creek Wildfire Salvage B.pdf

This is a Timber Sale Advertisement from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Forest Service, for a salvage timber sale in Levy County, Florida. The Cow Creek Road Salvage Timber Sale B encompasses approximately 255 acres located north of County Road 326 and west of Black Prong Road within the Cow Creek Wildfire area, specifically in the Black Prong Tract of Goethe State Forest. The sale includes dead, dying, and green pine timber affected by the wildfire. The project is divided into two harvest categories: a Primary area of approximately 227 acres designated for clearcut harvest, and a Contingency area of approximately 28 acres that will be monitored by the Forester-in-Charge to determine if additional harvesting is required. All operations must commence within ten calendar days of contract execution. The Forester-in-Charge will mark timber for removal and conduct a mandatory site review with the buyer before harvest operations begin. This salvage sale is being advertised simultaneously with Cow Creek Road Salvage Sales A and C; if a single bidder places the highest acceptable bid on more than one sale, that bidder must forfeit all but one sale to the next highest bidder to enable faster response or adequate equipment deployment.

Special environmental protections are required during harvesting operations, including careful management of waterbodies and red-cockaded woodpecker cluster exclusion areas as marked by the Forester-in-Charge. The buyer is not obligated to harvest non-merchantable timber or timber designated as undersized or economically unviable by the Forester-in-Charge. Sealed bids are being solicited for this timber sale, with the procurement conducted by the State of Florida.