DNR_Newberry_C41 Contract.pdf

Michigan Department of Natural Resources – Forest Resources Division

TIMBER SALE PRESCRIPTION

GENERAL

Forest Resources Division Management Unit

Newberry Management Unit Sale Name (or prescription name)

C41 Contract Timber Sale Number (if applicable)

LOCAL CONTACT

Name

Matt Payment Email Address

PaymentM1@michigan.gov

Telephone

(906) 291-0132

TIMELINE

Contract Work Can Begin:

Immediately Date:

Contract Work Must Be Completed By This Date:

9/1/2023

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

Town

49N

Range

9W

Section(s) 13, 24, 25

Description

13: NWSE, SWSE, NESW, SESE, SESW; 24: NWNE, SESW, SWSW; 25: NWNW, NENW, NWNE

Year of Entry

Compartment(s) 41, 42

Stand Number(s) 30, 40, 42, 46, 49 & 79

Access

Access off County Road 500 via Swamp Lakes Roads and woods roads.

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

218.7 Source

Inventory GPS Other:

TREATMENT & OBJECTIVE

STAND # / PU # COVER TYPE ACRES INITIAL BA TREATMENT MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVE

30 (PU’s 2 - 5) Natural Mixed Pine 74.0 111-140 Shelterwood w/ Retention Natural Mixed Pine

40 (PU’s 1, 6 & 7) Natural Red Pine 53.5 111-140 Seed Tree Natural Red Pine

42 (PU’s 11 & 12) Natural White Pine 42.0 81-110 Seed Tree w/ Retention Natural White Pine

46 (PU’s 9 & 10) Hemlock, MD 38.0 141-170 Single Tree Selection Hemlock Mixed Deciduous

49 (PU 8) Natural Red Pine, MD 5.2 81-110 Single Tree Selection Natural Red Pine, MD

79 (PU 13) Hemlock, MD 6.0 81-110 Single Tree Selection Hemlock Mixed Deciduous

PRESCRIPTION

- Stand 30: Thin to 50-60 BA. Leave all hemlock. There are wet areas/vernal ponds throughout that will need to be excluded from the harvest to avoid disrupting/rutting sensitive soils.

- Stand 40: Seed tree leaving 10-30 BA. Leave behind best form trees.

- Stand 42: Seed tree leaving 10-30 BA of evenly spaced and healthy 16"+ white pine and red pine. Leave all hemlock.

- Stands 46 & 79: Thin to 50-70 BA. Remove all beech, except those that appear healthy. Take care to protect any groups of 5 or more yellow birch and hemlock. Do not cut hemlock, yellow birch or white pine over 18" at DBH. Mark hemlock only for operability.

- Stand 49: Thin to 50-60 BA. Take care to leave diversity where present. Target trees for harvest that will be out of size class next entry period.

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:

Standards for marking lines against private land:

The contractor will establish exterior line against private along Stand 30 and Stand 40 (west and north side of PU 1). DNR will establish the exterior line against private for Stand 49.

BOUNDARY GPS

GPS data files will be provided

FEATURE WORK TO BE DONE NOTES

Volume Determination Unit (VDU)

Payment Unit (PU)

Exclusions Retention pockets / low wet exclusions.

Special Instructions:

All painted boundaries must be GPS’d in MobileMap and the tracks delivered to the DNR.

TIMBER MARKING SPECIFICATIONS

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

Total Merchantable Residual BA (Basal Area): See Prescription section

TREATMENT NUMBER SIZE

Regeneration Gaps Per Acre:

Girdled Trees Per Acre:

PRODUCT MARKING SYMBOL MINIMUM DBH TOP DOB

Sawlogs X 10.6” 10.0”

Pulpwood Slash 4.6” 4.0”

TYPE OF WORK WORK TO BE DONE PAINT COLOR

Trees marked to leave Green Other:

Trees marked to cut Orange Other:

Special Marking Instructions:

- Mark stand to improve quality of residual stand. Leave age/size class diversity and species diversity. Follow "complete marker" guidelines.

- See individual stand details in the Prescription section above for residual Basal Area targets.

TIMBER CRUISING SPECIFICATIONS

Cruise layout file will be provided

TOTAL NUMBER OF CRUISE POINTS ~170 NOTE: FOR EACH VDU, SELECT A BAF THAT AVERAGES 4-8 TREES PER POINT

CRUISE DESIGN (MobileMap)

Stand 30 Stands 40 & 42

Plots per acre 1 : 1.3 Plots per acre 1 : 1.5

Management type State Forest Management type State Forest

District East UP District East UP

FMU Newberry FMU Newberry

Compartment 41 Compartment 41

VDU Number 30 VDU Number 40, 42

FCS Key 42041030 FCS Key 42041040, 42041042

Contract or State Contract Contract or State Contract

Purpose Timber Sale Purpose Timber Sale

Plot Type BAF + resid Plot Type BAF + resid

BAF or Plot Size Pick BAF BAF or Plot Size Pick BAF

Sample Type Sample Tree Ratio (STR) Sample Type Sample Tree Ratio (STR)

Sample Tree Ratios All, Pulp - 1:10 All, Saw - 1:5

Sample Tree Ratios

All, Pulp - 1:10 All, Saw - 1:5

Status Planned Status Planned

Residual Plot Density 1:1 Residual Plot Density 1:1

Residual BAF Pick BAF Residual BAF Pick BAF

Stump Height 0.5 Stump Height 0.5

Stands 46, 49 & 79

Plots per acre 1 : 1

Management type State Forest

District East UP

FMU Newberry

Compartment 41

VDU Number 46, 49, 79

FCS Key 42041046, 42042049, 42041079

Contract or State Contract

Purpose Timber Sale

Plot Type BAF + resid

BAF or Plot Size Pick BAF

Sample Type Sample Tree Ratio (STR)

Sample Tree Ratios All, Pulp - 1:10 All, Saw - 1:5

Status Planned

Residual Plot Density 1:1

Residual BAF Pick BAF

Stump Height 0.5

RESTRICTIONS

1. Forest Resources Division 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 Matt Payment at (906) 291-0132 to make arrangements for paint.

5. Paint will be supplied from the Newberry Field Office.

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

7. The DNR 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 uploaded from MobileMap to InventoryManager.

Additional Information