PROPER+TREE++CUTdocx.docx

This appears to be a technical specification document from the State of Montana detailing tree cutting and clearing requirements. The document outlines specific requirements for understory tree removal, including spacing requirements and instructions for creating piles of cut material. Piles must be at least 8 feet in height and positioned 12 feet away from surrounding leave trees, specifically focusing on areas not under the overstory below the crown of overstory trees or pre-commercially thinned trees.

The document includes specific requirements for road clearing operations, with particular attention to the road prism area. All trees less than 6 inches in diameter at breast height (dbh) must be removed from both cut and fill slopes of the road. The document appears to be part of a larger project titled "ASHBY MASTICATION PCT," though there appears to be a discrepancy between the tree cutting specifications and the referenced wetland mitigation monitoring services mentioned in the contract opportunity description.