SOW___Midstory FY22.pdf

SPECIFICATIONS

MID-STORY REMOVAL WITH CHAINSAWS/BRUSHCUTTERS

DIVISION 100-GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS

110-Scope.

Furnish all labor, supplies, tools, transportation and supervision to perform all work necessary to cut all woody stems as specified in Division 211-Trees to be Treated. All specified stems will be cut. The Contractor is required to use hand-held tools, such as chainsaws, brush cutters, push cutter / mower, machetes, and any combination thereof.

Ground disturbing equipment, such as bushhogs, feller-bunchers, etc. will not be allowed on this contract.

111-Description and Location.

All areas are within the boundaries of the Talladega Ranger District of the Talladega National Forest, Talladega & Clay County, Alabama. These stands range from moderate density stands of waist to head high vegetation, that may be somewhat difficult to move through, to heavy density stands with thick vegetation, that may be over head height and extremely difficult to move through. The treatments in the majority of these units can be accomplished via brush cutters with some patches requiring chainsaw work.

112-Description of Treatment Area(s).

The treatment area(s) include suitable habitat for the red-cockaded woodpecker.

Vegetation in these areas consists of pine with interspersed hardwood and pine mid-story of various ages and sizes.

113-Boundaries.

Boundaries of areas to be worked are marked with COR specified flagging or orange paint. In some areas, Forest Service roads may be used as boundaries.

114-Contractor Furnished Items.

The contractor will furnish all materials and equipment needed to complete the contract.

DIVISION 200-TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

210-Time of Treatment.

Work to be completed by March 3, 2022.

211-Trees to be Treated.

All Units (0-11 ) All hardwood species that are over 2 feet in height and up to maximum of 8 inches DBH in size shall be completely severed and removed from the stump. All shrubs and other woody vegetation except for briers, vaccinium species, and grasses, shall be completely severed and removed from the stump.

All pine species, except for longleaf & shortleaf, that are over 2 ft in height up to a maximum of 5.0 inches DBH in size shall be completely severed and removed from the stump. Dense pockets of longleaf pine regeneration may exist in portions of treatment units. In these areas, thin the longleaf pine regeneration (from 2ft tall to 5.0 in. DBH) to a 20ftx20ft spacing favoring the bigger diameter longleaf as residual trees.

212-Trees or other Vegetation NOT to be Treated.

1. Flowering dogwood trees greater than 4 inches DBH.

2. Any broad-leaf evergreen trees (i.e., blueberry/sparkleberry, mountain laurel, and

American holly)

3. Any other trees marked with paint or horseshoes (i.e., green/white diagonal paint-superior tree, red-property line, light blue-Pinhoti trail, blue-resource protection area, orange-SPB reserve tree, white or blue banded-RCW cavity trees, green- SMZ, horseshoe-horse trail.).

4. Naturally occurring snags (i.e., dead trees).

5. Other trees, species, or size classes designated by the COR/INSPECTOR as work progresses.

213-Brush Removal.

Some of the treatment areas may contain RCW cavity trees (i.e., those with white or blue painted bands). In addition to cutting stems, tops and brush which are cut as a result of these operations shall be removed a distance of 15-feet from the base of the cavity trees so marked.

Slash Treatment ALL UNITS

• Performance/Quality Standard(s) All stumps shall be 6 inches or less in height. All cut trees must be completely severed from the stump. No cut trees shall be left hung up in a leave tree. Slash shall be pulled back out of the roads, road ditches, around culverts, trails, or creeks.

Slash Treatment (Lopping and Scattering of Slash) In areas within 50’ of an un-gated main road (Designated in Schedule of Items)

• Performance/Quality Standard(s) All slash, within 50’ of a designated road, shall be lopped and scattered so that slash is 24 inches or less in height. All stumps shall be 6 inches or less in height. All cut trees must be completely severed from the stump. No cut trees shall be left hung up in a leave tree.

Slash shall be pulled back out of the roads, road ditches, around culverts, trails or creeks.