Scope of work Spring 2022 Herbicide Post Treatment Tree Planted~1.pdf

IDNR Forestry Division Post Herbicide Treatment of Tree Planted Acres Spring 2022 1 of 3 Mike Brunk Burning Star and Ten Mile Creek

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

ILLINOIS DIVISION OF FOREST RESOURCES

Reforestation Areas

Region 5 / Jackson County, Elk Township

Burning Star 64 ac. Herbicide treat 2022

Region 5 / Hamilton County, Knight Prairie Township

Ten Mile Creek 6.5 ac. Herbicide treat 2022

Burning Star, 61 acre area, 37.884394, -89.194926 and 3 acre area 37.836495, -89.195171 Ten Mile Creek, 6.5 acre area, 38.081908, -88.614465

2022 IDNR Reforestation Scope of Work:

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forest Resources (IDNR) seeks an experienced reforestation contractor (Contractor), having direct experience in post herbicide application to tree seedling plantings. Contractor must be an experienced reforestation herbicide applicator having treated planted fields of hardwood seedling to control grasses and weeds from around live hardwood seedlings. Contractor should provide at least two verifiable herbicide application references (mailing address or property legal description, and GPS coordinates) to verify this experience on 15 acres or more within the last 5 years. References should include property owners name, valid phone number, mailing address and GPS coordinates of treated acres. Contractor shall also have no less than two tenured (1+ year) employees that hold a valid Illinois Department of Agriculture commercial pesticide applicators license which will be verified prior to work starting.

Contractor should provide all references and experience documentation at time of bid. Contractor shall own or have available all equipment necessary for mechanized herbicide application to tree seedling plantings that are spaced 6 feet apart in rows that are spaced 10 feet between rows.

Contract shall have the ability to complete herbicide application for specified acres in no more than three (3) 12-hour days.

Contractor is to complete herbicide application, no later than May 20, 2022 unless otherwise approved in writing by Mike Brunk; district forester will approve (by email or written signature with copy to Mike Brunk) herbicide choice, timing /date of application which can be weather dependent; shall acquire District Forester signature upon herbicide treatment completions; the herbicide applications may not be sub-contracted, and contractor will complete this scope of work in the following described sites;

Start date – no sooner than April 18th, 2022

Burning Star IDNR District Forester – Ben Snyder, Benjamin.Snyder@illinois.gov, 618-534-9521, 618-565-2828 64 acre site 61 acre field (37.884394, -89.194926) and 3 acre field (37.836495, -89.195171) These acres in Elk Township, Jackson County, Illinois were planted in the summer of 2021 and originally were 61 acre and 3 acre agricultural fields having groundcover of 2020 soybean stubble. Band spray site to kill grasses and sedges in combination with a preemergent in 4-foot-wide continuous bands centered over each tree row which are 10 feet apart.

mailto:Benjamin.Snyder@illinois.gov

IDNR Forestry Division Post Herbicide Treatment of Tree Planted Acres Spring 2022 1 of 3 Mike Brunk Burning Star and Ten Mile Creek

10 Mile Creek District Forester - Jenny Lesko, Jennifer.Lesko@illinois.gov, 217-782-2954

6.5 acre site (38.081908, -88.614465); These acres located in Knight Prairie Township, Hamilton County, Illinois were planted in summer of 2021 and originally were a fallowed field having a mixed groundcover of broom sedge, goldenrod, cocklebur, other grass and some fescue (minor). There is a water spigot at Ten Mile Creek about ¼ mile away the contractor can use. NOTE - Spray only while the field is less than 25% standing water. These acres do flood sometimes and we do not want herbicide to drain into the creek.

Herbicide shall be labeled aquatic safe. Broadcast spray entire site to kill grasses and sedges in combination with a preemergent.

Contractor must supply all herbicide products, necessary additives and adjuncts to treat up to 70.5 tree planted acres; apply herbicide product or product mix by broadcast or in bands as specified; use herbicide products, application rates and timing recommended as per label and, agreed and approved in writing by the listed IDNR District Forester to suppress and control annual weed and grass competition without injuring trees; use aquatic safe herbicides when acres are adjacent to water bodies and or where necessary; wear appropriate Personal Protection Equipment when applying herbicide products or mixes; assure treatment is working and effective over 70% of each application row area across at least 90% of the all treated acres by June 15, 2022 unless otherwise approved in writing by an IDNR District Forester; and use only licensed herbicide products, rates and timing according to the original product labels for the target of releasing planted hardwood tree seedlings from grass and aggressive weeds present or expected.

The contractor is responsible for having the water necessary for specified herbicide applications. No well heads, spigots or water supply exists in the fields specified. If a State accessible water source is available to IDNR, the IDNR Forester will make this water source available to contractor.

The contractor will be required to abide by and operate within ingress and egress standards, general rules for working on state land, operating and equipment protocols, requirements for having appropriate first-aid, emergency supplies, PPEs such as first aid kits, spill kits, protective wear and other standard work obligations.

The weed control and suppression must be at least 70% effective over 90% of each field by June 15, 2022. The completion of the each of the project areas will be approved in writing by June 24, 2022 by the oversight IDNR District Forester of that project area, Ben Snyder for Burning Star and Jenny Lesko for 10 Mile Creek.

The IDNR Division of Forest Resources must be specifically invoiced for each individual herbicide application area by the titles given to each in this Scope of Work for the herbicide application promptly after the work is completed and no later than June 30, 2022. All invoice billings shall be electronically mailed to Michael Brunk at michael.brunk@illinois.gov.

Janaury2022/DFR/mjb mailto:michael.brunk@illinois.gov mailto:Jennifer.Lesko@illinois.gov