North Ochlockonee 25-26 TS.pdf

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North Ochlockonee 25/26 Timber Sale
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The document is a Sale Advertisement issued by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Forest Service, for the North Ochlockonee 25/26 Timber Sale. The sale involves a clear-cut harvest of approximately 193 acres of loblolly, slash, and hardwood timber on the North Ochlockonee Tract of Lake Talquin State Forest in Leon County, Florida. The timber sale includes 2,317 tons of pine pulpwood, 1,433 tons of pine chip-n-saw, 2,584 tons of pine sawtimber, 5,903 tons of hardwood pulpwood, and 1,805 tons of pine topwood. The contract is for twelve months, with sealed bids to be opened on 09/16/2025 at 10:00 AM EDT at 865 Geddie Road, Tallahassee, FL 32304.

Interested parties can obtain complete bid information by contacting Ryan Slyter at (850) 681-5953. The Florida Forest Service reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any irregularities in the received bids. Pine topwood is considered an alternate product that can be bid on but will not be used to determine the winning bidder. If the winning bidder chooses to bid on pine topwood, they will be expected to harvest all pine topwood within the contract specifications. All trees not marked with blue or orange paint within the sale area are available for harvest, with the exception of live oaks greater than 10 inches in diameter at breast height.

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SALE ADVERTISEMENT

North Ochlockonee 25/26 Timber Sale

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Forest

Service is seeking sealed bids for the sale of timber. This sale is a clear-cut of approximately 193 acres of loblolly, slash and hardwood on the North Ochlockonee Tract of Lake Talquin State Forest in Leon County, Florida (see attached maps). All trees not marked with blue or orange paint within the sale area are available for harvest. All trees and shrubs greater than 2 inches in diameter at breast height, but smaller than the included product specifications, must also be cut or laid down with the exception of live oaks greater than 10 inches in diameter at breast height. Sale boundaries include roads, firelines, obvious changes of timber type, and trees marked in blue paint. Estimated volumes for the sale are as follows: 2,317 tons of pine pulpwood, 1,433 tons of pine chip-n-saw, 2,584 tons of pine sawtimber, 5,903 tons of hardwood pulpwood, and 1,805 tons of pine topwood. Pine topwood is an alternate product that can be bid on but will not be used to determine a winning bidder. If the winning bidder chooses to bid on pine topwood, then they will be expected to harvest all pine topwood within the contract specifications.

This is a twelve (12) month contract. Interested parties may obtain complete bid information by contacting Ryan Slyter at (850) 681-5953.

The Florida Forest Service reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any irregularity in bids received.

Bids will be opened at:

865 Geddie Road, Tallahassee, Fl 32304

09/16/2025 10:00 AM, EDT

Wilton Simpson Commissioner of Agriculture

By: Chris Colburn Tallahassee Forestry Center

(850) 681-5954

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