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00010 Slick Ear Stewardship in accordance with the attached statement of work.

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RESOURCES/CONSERVATION- LAND TREATMENT PRACTICES

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Section B – Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs

STEWARDSHIP CONTRACT: The Bureau of Land Management intends to enter into this Slickear

Stewardship Restoration contracting project to perform services to achieve land management goals for public lands that meet local and rural community needs.

The service work and commercial product removal are shown in two (2) price schedules. Schedule A identifies the Services and construction work the Contractor shall perform and the price of payment.

Schedule B identifies the forest product volume for removal by the Contractor that reflect the unit price that will be credited to the Government for ownership and commercial use of the product by the

Contractor.

Service Contract Act Labor Standards: The Service Contract Labor Standards wage requirements are applicable to the contract line items in this contract.

Schedule A – Service Work

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Item Description

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A1 Juniper Cut/PCT 429 Acre $ $

A2 Slash Piling 429 Acre $ $

A3 Cut/Lop/Scatter 4 Acre $ $

Schedule A Total $

Schedule B – Commercial Material Removal

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1B Ponderosa Pine Sawlogs 569 MBF $ $

2B Biomass (Fuelwood, poles, posts) 940 Cord $ $

Schedule B Total $

All quantities are estimated

NET TOTAL (Schedule A minus Schedule B) $_________________________

(ALL OR NONE)

Period of Performance: See Section F

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Section C – Statement of Work

Slickear Stewardship

C.1.0 Introduction/Background:

C.1.1 This is a Stewardship project for services to achieve land management goals for public lands to meet local and rural community needs. This Stewardship Contract is located on BLM administrated public lands near Skull Creek, approximately 15 miles north northwest of Burns, Oregon, or approximately 104 miles east southeast of Bend, Oregon.

C.1.2 In addition to the authorities listed in this contract, The Agricultural Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-79, Section 8205) which repealed and replaced Section 347 of the Appropriations Bill of 1999 (P.L. 105-

277), granted the Forest Service (FS) and the BLM permanent authority to enter into stewardship contracting projects with private persons or public and private entities to perform services to achieve land management goals for the national forest and the public lands that meet local and community needs.

C.1.3 The land management goals for stewardship projects may include treatments to improve, maintain, or restore forest and rangeland health; restore or maintain water quality; improve fish and wildlife habitat; and reduce hazardous fuels that pose risk to communities and ecosystem values, reestablish native plant species or other management objectives. Stewardship projects are not a replacement for agencies’ existing timber sale programs.

C.2.0 Purpose/Project Objectives: The end results of this stewardship contract are to:

C.2.1 Restore ecosystem health.

C.2.1.1 Reduce Forest stand densities to promote healthier and more vigorous trees that are more resistant to insects, disease, and fire.

C.2.1.2 Increase structural diversity to help support a wide variety of plant and animal communities that depend on different types of habitats to maintain viable populations.

C.2.1.3 Transition towards historic ponderosa pine range and structure where ponderosa pine occurs within the project area.

C.2.1.4 Improve wildlife habitat.

C.2.2 Protect communities at risk.

C.2.2.1 Reduce hazardous fuels in the Slickear project area in order to protect public land and adjacent private property and natural resources from catastrophic loss due to wildfire.

C.2.2.2 Improve fire prevention and suppression opportunities on BLM public lands within the project area.

C.2.2.3 Manage for defensible space and public/firefighter safety by keeping wildfires infrequent, low-intensity, low to the ground, and within reasonable road access.

C.2.3 Support local economies.

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C.2.3.1 Utilize the local labor force for contract services and utilize local businesses for goods and support services.

C.2.3.2 Market wood products locally as much as practicable. Utilize local markets and help promote additional local markets for the utilization of biomass material to the extent feasible.

C.2.3.3 Foster good working relations between the BLM, contractors, and local residents.

Demonstrate responsiveness to the needs of local citizens and other users of public lands.

C.3.0 Applicable Directives: The contractor shall follow the following directives in the performance of work (copies available at the BLM Burns District Office):

C.3.1 Three Rivers Resource Management Plan (RMP), https://www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns/ plans/files/Three%20Rivers_RMP_Vol_1.pdf. This RMP contains all current guidance for project design, mitigation, and protection measures for all BLM land management activities, including treatments and activities related to fuels reduction and ecosystem restoration.

C.3.2 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation for the project area (Slickear/Claw

Creek Forest Restoration EA #OR-025-08-017).

C.3.3 Attachment 2 – Vicinity Map and Project Area

C.4.0 Boundaries of Project Units:

C.4.1 Slickear Commercial Thinning Units 1-3: Unit boundaries are flagged and painted in orange and marked with timber harvest boundary signs.

C.4.2 Slickear Mountain Mahogany Restoration Commercial Thinning Unit 4: Unit boundary is flagged in pink and orange, painted in orange, and marked with timber harvest boundary signs.

C.4.3 Slickear Aspen Restoration Commercial Thinning Unit 5: Unit boundary is flagged in red and orange, painted in orange, and marked with timber harvest boundary signs.

C.4.4 Slickear Aspen Restoration Cut, Lop, and Scatter Units (Aspen Units 6-8): The boundaries of these units are flagged in blue and orange and painted white. White painted boundary trees will also be marked in red for cut.

C.4.5 Slickear Woodland Treatments (Juniper Removal/PCT) Units (Units 21-33): The boundaries of these units are flagged in pink ribbon and painted purple.

C.4.6 Fuel Break Units (Units 9-20): The boundaries of these units are flagged with blue and pink ribbon and are painted purple.

C.4.7 All Project Unit boundaries will be digitized into project area maps for use in such applications as

Avenza maps.

C.5.0 Access to the Project Units:

C.5.1 All units are accessed via public roads. Take the Hines Logging Road (paved county road) which turns into Forest Service Road 47 (paved road) and then access all units by turning right on the Horton

Mill Road (BLM improved natural surface road). Proceed on Hortom Mill Road to the Junction of Skull

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Creek Road (BLM improved natural surface road), then turn left. Proceed up Skull Creek Road to project area. Individual project units either lie adjacent to the Skull Creek Road or can be reached off of BLM two tracks originating from the Skull Creek Road. See Attachment 2 – Vicinity Map and Project

Area

C.6.0 Unique Features of the Project Area:

C.6.1 Heavy equipment operations and hauling shall only take place when soils are dry or frozen to prevent undue soil compaction and displacement. Dry conditions refer to the absence of rutting (less than 6” deep) following a machine pass. Frozen soils require a thorough wetting of the soil followed by a prolonged period of freezing temperatures, which results in the soil being frozen to a depth of 6-inches or more. The Contractor shall not perform any PCT or juniper cutting in snow conditions deeper than 6 inches. In commercial harvest units (Commercial Thinning Units # 1-3, Mountain Mahogany

Restoration Unit # 4, and Aspen Restoration Unit # 5) the Contractor will not be allowed to work in snow depths deeper than 24”.

C.6.2 Operating Permits: State law requires a permit to operate power driven machinery. The contractor must obtain a permit from the Oregon State Department of Forestry prior to the operation of powered driven machinery. This requirement also applies to chain saws and brush cutters.

C.6.3 Security of Materials: The Contractor may leave its equipment at the work site but is responsible for the equipment if it should be lost, stolen or damaged.

C.6.4 Noxious Weed Control: The Contractor shall ensure all equipment moved onto the project area is free of soil, seeds, vegetative matter or other debris that could contain noxious weed seed. The

Contractor shall employ whatever cleaning methods necessary to ensure compliance and shall notify the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) prior to moving each piece of equipment onto the project area, unless otherwise agreed to by the COR. The Contractor shall include the location of the equipment's most recent operations on the notification. The COR may request to inspect each piece of equipment prior to it being moved onto the project area.

C.6.5 Safety: The Contractor’s operations shall facilitate BLM’s safe and practical inspection of

Contractor’s operations and BLM’s conduct of other official duties on Contract Area. The Contractor has all responsibility for compliance with safety requirements for Contractor's employees, contractors and subcontractors.

C.6.6 In the event that the Contracting Officer Representative identifies a conflict between the requirements of this contract or agreed upon methods of proceeding hereunder and State or Federal safety requirements, the contract may be modified.

C.6.7 Unless otherwise specified in writing, when operations are in progress adjacent to or on roads and/or trails in the contract area, the Contractor shall furnish, install, and maintain all temporary traffic controls that provide the road or trail user with adequate warning of and protection from hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions associated with its operations. Contractor shall prepare a Traffic Control Plan, which the Contractor has determined is compliant with state and local OSHA and

Transportation standards no later than the pre-work meeting and prior to commencing operations.

Traffic control devices shall be appropriate to current operating and/or weather conditions and shall be covered or removed when not needed. Flagmen and devices shall be as specified in state OSHA

140L0121Q0029_Slick Ear Stewardship Page 7 of 77 and Transportation standards for logging roads, or the “Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for

Streets and Highways” (MUTCD) published by the U.S. Department of Transportation - Federal

Highway Administration. Included in the Traffic Control Plan, Purchaser shall note traffic control device locations on a Purchaser-produced copy of the contract Attachment 2 – Vicinity Map and

Project Area.

C.7.0 Definitions

C.7.1 Basal Area - The cross-sectional square footage area of wood fiber within a tree trunk that occupies a given space typically measured at breast height. Basal area per acre equals the sum of the basal areas of each individual tree.

C.7.2 Bearing Tree - a tree used as a reference monument to locate a property corner.

C.7.3 Biomass - Any vegetative material that the Contractor removes that does not meet the

Merchantable Material Sawlog, firewood, or post definition below. Biomass material will be priced by weight and shall be measured by the green ton and with weight scale receipts.

C.7.4 Biomass Utilization - The harvest, sale, trade, or use of biomass to produce a product or energy.

C.7.5 Bucking - Cutting the boles to required lengths for a specific purpose, such as for merchantability standards, or slash pile size requirements.

C.7.6 Brush - Vegetation consisting of shrub species with single or multi-stems origination at or near ground level not normally reaching 20 feet in height. Examples include mountain mahogany, bitterbrush, sagebrush, chokecherry, and serviceberry.

C.7.7 Commercial Thinning - any type of thinning producing merchantable material at least equal to the direct costs of harvesting.

C.7.8 Competitive trees - All juniper seedlings, saplings, and trees and other live coniferous trees over

1-foot tall, not selected as leave trees, or stumps with live limbs.

C.7.9 Conifer - An evergreen or cone bearing tree such as ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, Western larch, grand fir, white fir, and juniper.

C.7.10 Cull tree - Live trees over 12 and less than 18 inches DBH that have broken, dead, or forked tops that will not produce a 17-foot sawlog in the tree bottom or show clear signs of low vigor because of disease or other factors. Cull trees with potential wildlife value, as designated in the field by the

Government (marked with orange paint), shall not be cut.

C.7.11 Cut leave tree - A tree noted during inspection of the area as a tree that should not have been cut.

C.7.12 Damaged Trees - Any Contractor-caused alteration or injury to the tree or root system which may cause death, loss of vigor, or will negatively affect growth, including, but not limited to, severance of the main stem or terminal leader, delimbing, scraping, debarking, or uprooting.

C.7.13 Deck - A stack of logs or the action of stacking logs.

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C.7.14 Designated Skid Trail - A trail flagged by the Contractor prior to cutting and approved by the

COR/PI to operate designated equipment on.

C.7.15 DBH - Diameter of the tree at breast height, measured at a point 4½ feet above ground level from the uphill side of the tree.

C.7.16 Duff - A layer of needle cast and fine woody material on the forest floor, usually in various depths and stages of decomposition.

C.7.17 Firewood - Wood that does meet the Minimum Merchantable, Biomass, or Post definitions described herein and/or that is transported off the site in lengths less than 8 feet long and intended for use as fuelwood. This material shall be priced in cords with volumes determined by the

Government.

C.7.18 Hardwood - A broad-leaved tree which usually has a single well-defined trunk and attains a height of greater than 20 feet. Includes, but not limited to, species such as aspen, cottonwood, and willow. Sprouting hardwood species may be in the form of multi-stemmed clumps.

C.7.19 Hazardous trees - standing live or dead trees, with evidence of insect infestation, deterioration, or physical damage to the root system, trunk, or stem. The degree and direction of lean is also an important factor when determining if a tree is a hazard.

C.7.20 Insect-infested tree – A tree with visible signs of insect populations, which includes live insects, partially or completely dead crown, insect boring frass, pitch tubes, or woodpecker activity.

C.7.21 Landings - A loading point where logs are collected preparatory to further transportation, loaded on trucks and also any other location that became a destination for yarded woody material.

C.7.22 Large woody debris - dead and down pieces of wood.

C.7.23 Leave trees

C.7.23.1 (Trees not cut) All conifer trees except juniper, greater than 12 inches DBH not defined as cull and all snags 18 inches DBH or greater. All hardwood trees.

C.7.23.2 Any tree having survey/monument signs or survey marks on it.

C.7.23.3 All trees along fence lines that have fence wire attached to them.

C.7.23.4 Trees with cultural significance or obvious wildlife occupation, i.e., cavities or raptor nests.

C.7.23.5 Trees marked by the government with orange paint.

C.7.23.6 NOTE: Not all leave trees are marked. It is the Contractor's responsibility to identify them.

C.7.24 Loading point - any landing or other area in which logs, and biomass material are capable of being loaded for transportation out of the project area.

C.7.25 Lodged trees - Cut trees leaning into, supported by or covering a leave tree.

C.7.26 Lop - Trim by cutting off branches, twigs, or stems.

C.7.27 Mechanical Work – Work will primarily require the use of heavy tracked or tired equipment.

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C.7.28 Merchantable Log - Any conifer species log that has a minimum diameter of 6-inches on the small end, a minimum length of 10-feet and a minimum net scale of 33-percent of the gross volume of any log segment.

C.7.29 Noncompetitive trees - Coniferous trees less than 1-foot high.

C.7.30 Old growth juniper - Any juniper tree possessing all of these characteristics: a rounded top, large dead limbs, deeply furrowed bark, deeply dissected trunk, large lower limbs, and yellow lichen on branches.

C.7.31 Overstocked - having a tree density more than the range of historic variability.

C.7.32 Post & Pole - Wood sized approximately six inches in diameter and seven feet long used as a fence post and/or poles and does not meet the Merchantable Material Sawlog definition. This material may be sold on a cord or ton basis (Item 1B & 2B), as shown on the task order.

C.7.33 Pre-commercial Thinning (PCT) - the removal of trees not for immediate financial return but to reduce stocking.

C.7.34 Project Area - The area identified on the task order for treatment using any of the items in this contract.

C.7.35 Shrub - Vegetation consisting of shrub species with single or multi-stems origination at or near ground level not normally reaching 20 feet in height. Examples include mountain mahogany, bitterbrush, sagebrush, chokecherry, and serviceberry.

C.7.36 Skid Trail – A path used during ground-based operations to move material or machinery from one area to another.

C.7.37 Slash - Any downed woody material within the project area. Slash includes cull logs, uprooted stumps, wood chunks, broken tops, limbs, branches, rotten wood, dead or damaged mountain mahogany, damaged brush, damaged or destroyed young trees, felled snags, and surplus trees.

C.7.38 Snag – A standing, generally un-merchantable, dead tree.

C.7.39 Stump - The lower end of a tree with roots attached remaining in the ground after the tree has been cut.

C.7.40 Surplus trees - Live conifers competing for growing space with selected leave trees and standing dead trees less than 18 inches DBH.

C.7.41 Temporary (Temp) Road - A temporary haul road within an operations unit which is to be constructed or has been constructed in the past (existing) to help promote product haul to a spur or main haul road.

C.7.42 Thin - A treatment designed to reduce the density of trees in a treatment area.

C.7.43 Timber - standing trees which are capable of being measured in board feet and cubic feet.

C.7.44 Uncut surplus trees - Trees that have not been cut to provide the required spacing for leave trees, and/or stumps with live limbs.

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C.7.45 Yarding – the conveyance of logs or trees or portions thereof, by ground based, cable, balloon, or helicopter yarding systems from the area of falling or cutting to the landing or loading point for removal. Yarding is generally accomplished using mechanical equipment.

C.8.0 Contractor Furnished Services and Materials

C.8.1 Property and Services

C.8.1.1 The Contractor shall provide all transportation, supervision, labor, tools, materials, and equipment required to satisfactorily complete all aspects of the contract.

C.8.2 Crew Requirements

C.8.2.1 The Contractor must maintain an adequate workforce at all times to ensure timely completion of the work. At the prework conference, and as required throughout the contract, the

Contractor shall provide a work schedule outlining proposed work accomplishment rates which must be acceptable to the Government.

C.8.2.2 No more than three crews will be permitted to work simultaneously unless authorized.

C.8.2.3 State safety regulations require that crewmembers shall not work alone and access to emergency transportation shall be provided by the Contractor at all times.

C.8.2.4 The Contractor shall obtain written authorization from the Resource Area Office prior to camping on land administered by the BLM.

C.8.3 Supervisor Requirements

C.8.3.1 Persons designated by the Contractor as supervisors must actually perform in that capacity.

The supervisor shall ensure the contract work is performed properly. The supervisor must, therefore, effectively direct the crew by (1) making periodic inspections of the crew's work, (2) advising them as to deficient work, and (3) providing instructions for correcting such deficiencies.

This person shall be capable of speaking and reading English. Any group of people without such an individual will not be considered a crew. Should the supervisor fail to adequately perform these duties, the Government has the right to request substitution.

C.8.3.2 The Contractor shall designate one English-speaking supervisor for each crew. Any changes in supervisory designations must be submitted in writing to the CO at least 24 hours prior to the changes taking effect.

C.8.4 Campsites – Camping on Government-administered lands will only be allowed in approved sites and with the prior written authorization of the Government. Should such a work camp be authorized, the Contractor shall maintain the camp in an orderly and sanitary manner. The Contractor shall provide, at a minimum, a portable toilet of sufficient capacity to accommodate the number of workers onsite for the length of stay. All fire regulations and permits shall be followed. The Contractor shall clean up, remove, and dispose of all garbage and refuse from the campsite(s) before leaving the area.

Final payment may be withheld until the Contractor has complied with this requirement.

C.8.5 Borax - The Contractor shall provide the Borax used to treat ponderosa pine stumps greater than

14” in commercial thin units (see 10.4).

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C.9.0 Government Furnished Services and Materials

C.9.1 Project maps showing features, i.e., boundaries, reserve areas, unique features, and unit payment acreage based on horizontal distance.

C.9.2 The government will provide keys to access the project area if needed and conditions allow.

C.10.0 Specific Tasks

Table 10.1 Schedule A – Service Work - Woodland, Fuel Break, and Aspen Restoration Treatments

Slickear Stewardship

Unit Name/Number

Perimeter

Flagged

Item 01

Juniper Cut/PCT

(Acres)

Item 02

Slash Piling

(Acres)

Item 03

Cut/Lop/Scatter

(Acres)

6 Blue/Orange 1.8

7 Blue/Orange 0.3

8 Blue/Orange 1.9

9 Blue/Pink 7.3 7.3

1 Blue/Pink 10.4 10.4

11 Blue/Pink 1.6 1.6

12 Blue/Pink 0.2 0.2

13 Blue/Pink 0.8 0.8

14 Blue/Pink 0.7 0.7

15 Blue/Pink 1.3 1.3

16 Blue/Pink 0.5 0.5

17 Blue/Pink 1.8 1.8

18 Blue/Pink 0.3 0.3

19 Blue/Pink 2.8 2.8

20 Blue/Pink 2.3 2.3

21 Pink 38.3 38.3

22 Pink 12.1 12.1

23 Pink 2.3 2.3

24 Pink 26.3 26.3

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25 Pink 16.2 16.2

26 Pink 19.3 19.3

27 Pink 79.5 79.5

28 Pink 30.9 30.9

29 Pink 25.5 25.5

30 Pink 76.1 76.1

31 Pink 14.3 14.3

32 Pink 20.4 20.4

33 Pink 38.8 38.8

429.9 429.9 4.0

C.10.1 Schedule A – Item 01 - Woodland Treatments (Woodland Units 21-33 and Fuel Break Units 9

20)

C.10.1.1 Selection of Leave Trees

a) Where sufficient numbers occur, approximately 90 vigorous, well-formed ponderosa pine leave trees per acre conforming to an average 22-foot spacing shall be identified by the

Contractor. All juniper, with the exception of old growth (defined above) or trees with obvious wildlife occupation (cavities or raptor nest), shall be cut unless protected under another clause listed below.

b) The largest, healthiest, best formed leave trees shall be selected in the following species priority:

1. Ponderosa pine

2. No other species shall be selected

c) All ponderosa pine trees, regardless of size, shall be considered when selecting leave trees in the 22-foot average spacing requirement.

d) Additional surplus or leave trees may be identified located in irregular clumps or patches.

e) Trees with mistletoe on the top one-third of the crown shall not be selected as leave trees.

Of the remaining trees, the most mistletoe-free dominant and co-dominant trees shall be selected for leave trees.

f) Where brush or rock create non-stocked openings greater than 40 feet in diameter, leave trees shall be left 10 feet apart on the perimeter of the non-stocked area.

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g) The Contractor may vary the spacing 10 percent in order to select the best leave tree (i.e., dominant vigorous conifer), without numerically changing the average number of leave trees per acre.

h) Live mountain mahogany, serviceberry, bitter cherry, chokecherry, willow, and aspen shall not be cut.

i) No leave tree less than 12 inches DBH shall be left within 22 feet of any leave tree

20 inches DBH or larger.

j) No leave tree less than 12 inches DBH shall be left within 22 feet of any live mountain mahogany, service berry, bitter cherry, chokecherry, or willow.

k) No leave tree less than 20 inches DBH shall be left within 50 feet of any live aspen.

C.10.1.2 Treatment of Surplus Trees

a) No conifers greater than 12 inches DBH or under 1-foot tall shall be cut, except for juniper seedlings, saplings, and trees; trees defined as cull (see definition of cull), trees within 50 feet of live aspen; and all standing dead trees (snags) less than 18 inches DBH.

b) All dead and live juniper that are not providing cavity-nesting habitat or showing old growth characteristics shall be cut. Junipers shall be cut, not girdled.

c) All juniper trees with boundary paint or ribbon for this contract shall be cut and piled, unless already protected under other specifications of this contract. All cull pine trees with boundary paint or ribbon for this contract shall be cut and piled, unless already protected under other specifications of this contract.

d) All surplus trees shall be completely severed from the stump(s) unless otherwise specified herein. No live limbs will be left on the stump of cut trees. Stump height shall not exceed 6 inches measured on the uphill side.

e) Cut trees lodged in leave trees shall be dislodged or removed.

f) No cut trees shall be left across secondary roads for more than two days.

g) Cut trees falling across property lines between BLM and adjacent landowners, as shown on the project maps, shall be moved completely into the project area.

h) All fences shall be kept free of cut trees concurrently with thinning. Leave all pine trees to which a fence is attached. Any damage to fences resulting from this project shall be repaired by the

Contractor, at the Contractor's expense, on the same day that damage occurred.

i) Contractor shall protect from injury or damage all bearing trees, corner posts and monuments within or adjacent to the project area(s).

j) No leave tree shall be selected closer than 3 feet from the edge of any road.

C.10.2 Schedule A – Item 02 - General - Machine Gathering/Piling (Woodland Units 21-33 and Fuel

Break Units 9-20)

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a) The following specifications are designed to accomplish the reduction of fire hazard in the designated area by machine piling of the slash created by cutting activities as well as preexisting slash.

b) Machine piling shall be done concurrent with cutting. No more than 10 acres may be cut without being piled.

c) Definition of Slash - Any downed woody material within the project area. Slash includes cull logs, uprooted stumps, chunks, broken tops, limbs, branches, rotten wood, dead mountain mahogany, damaged brush, damaged or destroyed young trees, felled snags, and surplus trees.

d) Equipment –Machine Gathering/Piling: Machine gathering/piling shall be accomplished with machinery capable of suspending one end of the load and as needed, yarding slash to a suitable site for piling. It is expected that the type of equipment shall be a Caterpillar E140 excavator or equivalent or smaller. In areas of thick duff and small slash particle size, the duff and small slash pieces shall be incorporated into the slash piles. It is anticipated that this will be accomplished by a crawler –type tractor the size of a Caterpillar D-4 or equivalent or smaller. This tractor shall be equipped with a brush blade no more than 10 feet six inches in width. However, other equipment may be considered by the COR if the

Contractor can provide assurances that the duff and small slash particles can be effectively gathered and piled with the equipment proposed without undue resource damage.

e) Location and Construction of Piles

1) Pile locations will be selected by the Contractor and must be within the unit boundaries.

Distance between machine piles measured from pile edge to pile edge will be at least 75 feet where practical.

2) Piles shall be located so that burning will not cause damage to standing green trees or to physical improvements such as cattleguards or fences. Unless otherwise approved, this will be construed to mean the near edge of piles will be at least 12 feet or not less than twice the height of a pile from the base of any live tree or physical improvement, whichever is the greater distance.

3) If conditions make it impractical to locate piles so that damage to the leave trees cannot be completely avoided, a space shall be cleared, and all material placed on the pile in the cleared area. Select a low priority tree to sacrifice where spacing allows no room for a pile. All natural openings shall be used before clearing a pile site.

4) Machine piles shall contain a minimum of soil. No dirt other than that adhering to bark or in root wads will be acceptable in the pile.

5) Machine piles shall not be less than 16 feet in diameter nor less than 8 feet in height.

Machine piles shall not exceed 22 feet in diameter or 12 feet in height. The piles shall be constructed by laying stems, cut boles, and other slash so as to be parallel with each other as much as is practicable. All other specifications regarding machine piles shall still apply.

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6) All logs shall be placed in piles perpendicular to the slope so they will not roll downhill during burning.

7) Logs or pieces 20 inches or larger at the large end shall be left in place and not piled whenever possible and practicable.

8) All slash within 20 feet of the edge of the pile shall be piled.

9) All material placed in the pile shall be contained within the general contour of the pile.

C.10.3 Schedule A – Item 03 - Aspen Treatments (Conifer Cut, Lop, and Scatter) - Aspen Restoration

Units 6-8)

a) All pine and juniper trees marked with red paint (ranging from 4” DBH – 18" DBH) will be cut, limbed and bucked so that no residual slash is suspended more than 4 ft off the ground.

The trees to be felled have been marked and tallied for each unit (see table below)

b) All cut trees should be lopped at intervals no greater than 14 feet.

c) All snags within a unit which pose a hazard to operations may be cut.

Table 10.2 Schedule A – Aspen Treatments (Cut, Lop, and Scatter)

Approximated DBH Size Class

Unit Number 4” 6” 8” 10” 12” 14” 16” 18” Total Cut Trees

6 0 0 3 19 19 15 13 9 78

7 1 2 2 3 5 1 1 0 15

8 2 5 7 14 16 12 5 11 72

TOTALS 3 7 12 36 40 28 19 20 165

C.10.4 Schedule B Item 04 - Commercial Removal (Commercial Thinning Units 1-3, Mountain

Mahogany Restoration Unit 4, and Aspen Restoration Unit 5)

Table 10.3 Schedule B – Commercial Fuels Volume Removal Treatments (Commercial Thinning)

Slickear StewardshipUnit

Name/Number

Perimeter

Flagged

Line Item 04

Commercial Thinning

Acres MBF

01 Orange 101.0 207.8

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02 Orange 24.9 21.3

03 Orange 74.7 281.5

04 Pink/Orange 3.4 24.5

05 Red/Orange 5.0 33.6

TOTALS 209.0 568.7

C.10.4.1 The Contractor shall conduct commercial removal on approximately 209 acres to reduce codominant and overstory stocking.

C.10.4.2 Merchantable (cut) trees, 12” dbh and larger, to be removed, are marked with a blue stripe at dbh and a blue butt mark on the downhill side of the stump. Leave trees are either marked in orange or are not marked at all.

C.10.4.3 Cruise trees in Units 01, 02, and 05, will include white “count” dots on the bole in the general area of the blue (stripe) mark at dbh. Cruise “tally” trees are marked with a white “T” above the blue mark at dbh. Cruise “count” and “tally” trees are to be cut.

C.10.4.4 Prior to the commencement of performance, the Contractor shall obtain from the COR written approval of a written operations and logging plan commensurate with the terms and conditions of the contract which shall include measures needed to assure protection of the environment and watershed. A prework conference between the Contractor’s authorized representative and the COR must be held at a location designated by the COR before the logging plan will be approved. The Contractor shall provide a minimum of seven days’ notice when requesting the scheduling of prework conference.

C.10.4.5 Before performance on the contract area for the first time or after a shutdown of 14 or more days, the contractor shall notify the COR in writing of the date it plans to begin performance.

This written notification must be received by the COR no less than 14 days prior to the date the

Contractor plans to begin or resume performance. The Contractor shall also notify the COR in writing if it intends to cease performance for any period of more than seven days.

C.10.4.6 The Contractor shall only operate logging equipment on soil when it is dry or frozen to prevent damage to the soil caused by compaction from the equipment.

C.10.4.7 All landing and skid trails will be approved by the COR prior to use. The Contractor shall designate landing and skid trails as follows:

a) Landings sites that are of the minimum size commensurate with safety and equipment requirements and located on stable areas.

b) Space skid trails a minimum of 125 feet apart, or as determined in consultation with the

COR.

c) Use existing skid trails or roads wherever possible.

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d) Skid trails shall be limited to the minimum width necessary for harvesting and/or skidding of logs with minimum damage to retained pine trees, aspen, mountain mahogany, and bitterbrush.

C.10.4.8 The maximum stump height in the commercial thinning units shall be 12 inches measured on the uphill side of the stump.

C.10.4.9 All felled trees will be whole tree yarded to the landing. Cull Logs or pieces 20 inches or larger at the large end shall be left in place.

C.10.4.10 All ponderosa pine stumps greater than 14-inches diameter created during operations shall be treated with Borax to guard against the threat of annosus root disease.

C.10.4.11 Slash produced from commercial activities will be piled. At landing locations all slash will be piled except for material 6” and larger diameter and 6-foot length or more will be decked separately. The decks upon completion of operations will be no more than 4 feet high and at least

20 feet away from the slash pile. If concentrations of slash occur in the unit greater than 18 inches deep it will be loped and/or scattered to be lower than 18 inches in vertical height. Slash will be hand piles if inaccessible to machine piling.

C.10.4.12 Unit Completion: As commercial units are completed skid trails, temp roads, and landings should be ripped and water barred if determined to be necessary by the COR. Skid trails and temp roads shall be decommissioned to prohibit All-Terrain Vehicles (ATV) or other vehicle use. This shall include constructing barriers, berms, and/or placing debris and other obstacles to prohibit vehicle use in addition to being ripped and water barred. All decommissioned/rehabilitated skid trails, temp roads, and landings will be approved by the COR.

Skid Trail Rehabilitation Water Bar Guidelines

Skid Trail Grade (percent) Water Bar Separation (feet)

1-3 100 ft

4-6 80 ft

7-9 70 ft

10-12 60 ft

13-18 50 ft

19+ 30 ft

C.10.5 Schedule B – Item 05 - Biomass

Table 10.4 Schedule B – Commercial Fuels Volume Removal Treatments (Line Item 05 - Biomass)

Slickear Stewardship Unit

Name/Number

Perimeter Acres Estimated Estimated

Cords

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Flagged Green Tons

01 Orange 101.0 505 151.5

02 Orange 24.9 124.5 37.3

03 Orange 74.7 373.5 112

04 Pink/Orange 3.4 17 5.1

05 Red/Orange 5.0 25 7.5

09 Blue/Pink 7.3 36.5 10.9

10 Blue/Pink 10.4 52 15.6

11 Blue/Pink 1.6 8 2.4

12 Blue/Pink 0.2 1 0.3

13 Blue/Pink 0.8 4 1.2

14 Blue/Pink 0.7 3.5 0.8

15 Blue/Pink 1.3 6.5 1.9

16 Blue/Pink 0.5 2.5 .75

17 Blue/Pink 1.8 9 2.7

18 Blue/Pink 0.3 1.5 0.4

19 Blue/Pink 2.8 14 4.2

20 Blue/Pink 2.3 11.5 3.4

21 Pink 38.3 191.5 57.4

22 Pink 12.1 60.5 18.1

23 Pink 2.3 11.5 3.4

24 Pink 26.3 131.5 39.4

25 Pink 16.2 81 24.3

26 Pink 19.3 96.5 20.8

27 Pink 77.6 388 116.4

28 Pink 30.9 154.5 45.9

29 Pink 25.5 127.5 38.2

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30 Pink 76.1 380.5 114.1

31 Pink 14.3 71.5 21.4

32 Pink 17.9 89.5 26.8

33 Pink 36.7 183.5 55

TOTALS 632.5 3162.5 939.15

C.10.5.1 The biomass is primarily juniper that are 5-inch DBH or larger along with pine trees that are

5-11 inches DBH and cull trees up to 18 inches DBH, plus unmerchantable tops.

C.10.5.2 The Contractor may elect to process previously existing deadfall or activity generated woody material as fuelwood, posts and/or poles. If the contractor elects not to utilize the material, then it will be considered fuel loading and treated in accordance with Section C.5.2.

C.10.5.3 Contractor will provide the COR an annual report of cords of biomass utilized each year, due one week prior to September 30th each year.

C.10.6 Road Maintenance - Any road damaged by vehicles or equipment used by the contractor would be restored to its previous standard or higher at the Contractors expense.

C.10.7 Damage

C.10.7.1 Trees knocked over or uprooted shall be cut leaving a stump no higher than 6 inches above the ground and shall be treated as any other slash in the unit.

C.10.7.2 Piling shall be accomplished with the least possible disturbance to the residual stand, ground cover, and soil. If, the Contractor is causing too much damage, the Contractor shall be required to alter his operation to prevent the occurrence of such damage. The amount of acceptable damage to the resources varies from timber type to soil type and slope.

C.10.8 Damage to Improvements

C.10.8.1 Equipment shall not be operated on road surfaces, cutbanks or fill slopes. Any damage to fences shall be immediately repaired. Also, damage to waterbars, ditches, and other improvements shall be promptly repaired before leaving the area. These repairs will be at the expense of the

Contractor.

C.10.8.2 The contractor shall immediately repair/maintain any road damage caused by contractor carrying out implementation of the contract. Repair/maintenance should rehabilitate the road to standards represented prior to entry. These repairs will be at the expense of the Contractor.

C.10.9 Hazardous Material Handling

C.10.9.1 Prior to beginning operations requiring any fuel tanks or fuel handling at the site, the contractor or BLM would develop and submit to the authorized officer a spill contingency plan.

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C.11.0 Log Export Restrictions

C.11.1 All timber sold to the Contractor under the terms of the contract, except exempted species, is restricted from export under the United States in the form of unprocessed timber and is prohibited from being used as a substitute for exported private timber. For the purpose of this contract, unprocessed timber is defined as (1) any logs except those of utility grade or below, such as saw logs, peeler logs, and pulp logs; (2) cants or squares to be subsequently remanufactured exceeding eight and three-quarters (8-3/4) inches in thickness; (3) split or round bolts or other round wood not processed to standards and specifications suitable for end-product uses; or (4) western red cedar lumber which does not meet lumber of American Lumber Standards Grades of Number 3 dimension or better, or Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau R-List Grades of Number 3 Common or better.

(End of Section C)

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Section E – Inspection and Acceptance

E.1.0 Inspection

E.1.1 The Contractor shall provide quality control to assure that work complies with requirements identified in the Statement of Work.

E.1.2 Schedule A, Items 01-06 - if random sample inspections indicate that a formal inspection is necessary, then Government inspections will be made on a series of 1/50 acre plots (16.7’ radius) located at predetermined intervals across each work unit. Sufficient plots will be taken to obtain at least a one percent (1%) sample of the treated area. Inspection plots will not be taken in the reserve areas.

E.2.0 Method of Measurement

E.2.1 The acreage for the purpose of payment is measured on the horizontal plane. Existing roads are not included in the unit acreage.

E.2.2 Commercial Value – Schedule B, Item 07-09: Commercial volume removed will be scaled using

Eastside Scribner rules, with a 20 foot maximum. Scaling will be done by a BLM approved scaler.

E.3.0 Work Quality Percentage (WQP)

E.3.1 The WQP is derived from inspection plot data. The WQP is determined by dividing the total number of points earned by the total number of points possible. This rate multiplied by 100 provides the WQP.

Example: Number of plots inspected: 25

Number of points possible (12 x 25): 300

Total points earned: 274

WQP: (274/300) x 100 = 91%

E.3.2 Acceptable Quality Level (AQL): The minimum AQL is a 90% WQP

E.4.0 Payment

E.4.1 The value of the commercial fiber will offset some or all of the value of the service work to be performed.

E.5.0 Stewardship Credits

E.5.1 Stewardship Credits (SC) are credits that are earned for Schedule A tasks that have been performed and accepted but not paid to the Contractor. The credits are applied to Schedule B Forest products volume value as product is removed

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E.6.0 Establishment of Stewardship Credits

E.6.1 Stewardship Credits will be established for the number of units of each activity that have been completed and accepted. Acceptance may be for all, or a reasonable portion of, any specific activity.

SC will not be established for work that is in progress that has not been accepted by the Government.

E.7.0 Excess Commercial Value

E.7.1 After award, if the Contractor obtains approval from the Contracting Officer or their designated representative to perform the forest products Removal (Section B, Schedule B) in advance of the

Service Work (Section B, Schedule A), a one hundred percent (100%) payment of the forest products

Volume value (Section B, Schedule B) intended to be removed shall be submitted to the Contracting

Officer or their designated representative prior to commencing removal. The Contractor must have payment coverage for all product removal in advance of the service work. The removal work shall not exceed the payment value submitted. The payment may be in the form of (1) a bond of a corporate surety shown on the approved list issued by the United States Treasury Department and executed on an approved standard form; (2) personal surety bond, executed on an approved standard for if the authorized officer determines the principals and bondsmen are capable of carrying out the terms of the contract; (3) cash payment for future refund; (4) negotiable securities of the United States; or (5) any guaranteed remittance approved by the authorized officer. The payment will be retained until service work equal to the value of the products removed has been completed and accepted.

E.7.2 If at completion of the contract, the value of the included commercial volume (Section B, Schedule B) exceeds the total value of the service work (Section B, Schedule A) for which the contractor has completed services and no payment is available for the net revenue, the contractor shall be assessed a contract debt and make payment for the excess commercial volume value. A modification will be issued to reflect the net payment due to the Government and instruct the

Contractor on how to make payment to the BLM Collections and Billing System (CBS).

E.8.0 Invoicing

E.8.1 The Contractor shall provide a certified invoice to the Government for each portion of work for which credit/payment will be given. In addition to the contract number, contractor name, address, invoice number and invoice date, each invoice shall clearly identify the specific work being invoiced, the line item under which the work was required and performed, amount invoiced under each line item, and certification of the invoice in accordance with the Electronic Invoicing and Payment

Requirements – Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) local clause.

(End of Section E)

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Section F – Deliveries or Performance

F.1.0 Period of Performance

F.1.1 The estimated period of performance is October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2026

F.2.0 Progress Plan

F.2.1 At the prework conference, the Contractor shall provide to the COR a written "work progress plan" that details its proposed work force and schedule to provide for orderly completion of the work within the contract performance time. This work schedule must be acceptable to the Government. At a minimum, the schedule must reflect a work progress rate equal to the available amount of contract performance time.

(End of Section F)

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Section G – Contract Administration Data

G.1.0 The BLM is required to return the name, address, and tax identification number of each person/contractor that the agency enters into a contract with during the calendar year, to include any other information the Secretary of the Treasury may require. Contractor will receive an IRS Form 1099-

MISC entitled “Miscellaneous Income” for each tax (calendar) year. All forms of income to the

Contractor under a stewardship contract is anticipated to be taxable, including consideration received from forest products.

G.2.0 In accordance with FAR clause 52.223-2, Affirmative Procurement of Biobased Products Under

Service and Construction Contracts, the Contractor is required to annually report the product types and dollar value of any…