Cutler Draw TSI ATTACHMENT B.pdf

Contract between Board of Land Commissioners, Office of State Lands & Investments – Forestry Division and

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ATTACHMENT B

CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES - Contractor shall perform TSI treatment services in accordance with the following:

A. To limit the damage from Ips beetles, cutting operations will be allowed on the project site between September 14th and April 30th of each year (weather dependent), unless otherwise specified by State Forestry personnel.

B. Trees to be felled will be principally in the 0.1 to 5.9 inch diameter range. No trees under

2 feet in height need to be cut. The desired average spacing of leave trees is 12 feet by 12 feet, provided that trees 6.0 inches in diameter and larger be used for spacing purposes.

C. Where there are considerable variations in the stands’ spacing, thinning shall be done to a minimum of 10 feet by 10 feet spacing and a maximum of 15 feet by 15 feet spacing between tree crowns to accommodate the selection of the best possible crop trees to leave.

In areas that are predominantly meadows that contain conifer encroachment within the unit boundaries shall be masticated to the predominant timber edge.

D. Trees indicative of good quality in the 0.1 to 5.9 inch DBH class are those having well-formed, pointed crowns, uniform branching, dark green needles, no defects, show dominance in height growth in relation to the average, little to no animal damage, and have more than one-half the total height in live crown. These trees shall be selected as leave trees.

E. Trees indicative of poor quality in the 0.1 to 5.9 inch DBH class are those having one or more of the following characteristics. These trees shall be selected for cutting:

1. All trees growing under the drip-line of a codominant or dominant tree.

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

3. Trees having animal or mechanical scars that have girdled the tree.

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

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

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

7. Trees containing pronounced sweep or crooks. A sweep is defined as 4 inches or more departure from center in any 8 foot log.

8. Spiked, broken or severely deformed tops.

9. Evidence of insects or disease.

10. Any other deformity or defect which would impair merchantability of tree

F. The contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, supplies, and material necessary to thin tree stands on the above-described State lands.

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G. Trees shall be cut with an axe, power saw, or other method approved by the Wyoming State

Forestry Division.

H. Stumps will be cut as low to the ground as possible and in no event higher than 6.0 inches on the high ground side. Stumps shall be flush cut – NO sharp angular cuts.

I. Contractor shall masticate slash where machinery access is available. Specifications chip depth are listed below.

a. In areas where machinery can enter- less than 50% slope- then the slash shall be ground with no more than four to six inches (4-6 inches) of chip depth.

b. Slash shall be lopped and scattered to a depth no greater than eighteen inches (18 inches) on slopes greater than 50% and/or where machinery cannot access the area.

J. The Contractor shall keep all roads and trails on the section clear of slash and open to travel at all times. The Contractor shall promptly remove slash accumulation from open meadows, parks, and water courses.

K. Contractor will need to keep all gates closed. If the Contractor must create an opening in a fence the Contractor and State Forestry Representative will determine best location and the opening will be repaired when no longer needed for access.

L. The Contractor will exercise due care to minimize damage to the selected leave trees.

M. Payment in full will be made upon satisfactory completion of the work agreed upon.

N. Before any camp is established on State land, permission shall be obtained from the State

Forester or his representative. A camp will include camping site or trailer parking of the

Contractor or any employee working on the TSI Contract. The State Forester or his representative will designate a camp location in advance. All camps shall be kept clean.

No trash burning shall be allowed. Permission must be obtained for camp fires. All camps shall be dismantled and the camp area rehabilitated back to its natural condition prior to or upon completion of the contract by the Contractor.

O. Fire Criteria

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.

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.

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Agency shall allow Contractors, licensee 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.