DG Plantation Resale ARRA IRSC Stewardship

Added: Apr 22, 2014 1:29 pm Description of Work

The purpose of this contract is to thin pine plantations located on the Devils Garden Ranger District; Modoc National Forest as part of a Stewardship Project. This is an American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Project.

Ponderosa pine is the major saw log and non-saw log component. Juniper non-saw log is a minor component. All saw log and non-saw log product is required to be removed from the project area to processing facilities. There are 36 mandatory work units totaling 4416 acres and 15 optional work units totaling 1252 acres. Mechanical thinning has been completed on 22 mandatory work units totaling 2269 acres. In addition approximately 39 of 395 acres in unit 37 have been mechanical thinned but not skidded to the landing. Skidding has been completed on 17 mandatory work units totaling 1400 acres. Remaining are 2108 acres of mechanical thin and yard to landing on 14 mandatory work units. In addition there are 5 mandatory units totaling 908 acres of doodle piles to be skidded to the landings. Approximately 1968 green tons of saw log has been skidded to landings and is mixed with non-saw product in the decks. To be completed by August 15, 2015.

Project Location

This project is located approximately 30 air miles west of Alturas, California on the Devil's Garden Ranger District, Modoc National Forest. Legal location is T43N, R7E, sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 34 & 35; T43N, R8E, sections 6 & 7; T44N, R7E, sections
25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 & 36; T44N, R8E, sections 7, 8, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24 & 30; and
T44N, R9E, section 18; MDB&M.