Cow Canyon Stewardship Project

Added: Mar 08, 2018 9:10 am NOTE: The Pre-Bid Conference is scheduled for March 15, 2018 at 10:00.

NOT: March 30, 2018

This is the (only) change refelected in the updated Solicitation.  See Page 76.

Added: Mar 07, 2018 10:05 am PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Cow Canyon Stewardship Project is located on the Dolores Ranger District of the San Juan National Forest encompassing the area indicated on the Contract Area Map within Lake Canyon to the west of Mcphee Reservoir. Restoration objectives for the project area are summarized as follows:
• Improve Forest Health - Provide growing space for healthy trees and reduce fuel loadings
• Reintroduce Fire - Provide mechanical fuel treatments and preparatory work to manage the effects of the return of fire as a disturbance mechanism.
• Reduce impacts and potential spread of Round Headed Bark Beetle current infestation.
• Improve soil and aquatic conditions - Provide for soil and riparian function and productivity. Provide timely soil erosion control measures and restorative work.
• Utilize Timber or other products - Provide wood resource to forest product industry.
• Reduce populations of bark beetles and create insect resilient stands.

To accomplish these objectives, the contract includes the following components: stand cleaning/thinning, mechanical fuels reduction, Treatment - non-commercial cleaning/thinning, and piling of fuels, timber or other products removal
(b) Resulting Contract - Any resultant contract will be a commercial services contract with requirements for timber removal.
(c) Project Location - Project is located in: The legal description is: Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 Township 40 North, Range 17 West; Section 35 Township 41 North, Range 17; West New Mexico Principal Meridian, Dolores County, Colorado.