Fawn Gulch Project

NOTE:  Pre Bid Meeting is scheduled for May 4, 2017 NOT March 4, 2017.

The Fawn Gulch Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project Area is located on Forest Service land 4 miles northeast of Pagosa Springs, Colorado. The Pagosa Ranger District is responsible for the Project. The proposed treatments under this contract involves mechanical thinning, mowing and shredding (mastication) of Rocky Mountain juniper, white fir, blue spruce, Douglas-fir, ponderosa pine, Gambel oak and associated shrubs.

Contractors are to provide all labor, supplies and equipment to mechanically mow and shred (or grind) designated vegetation with a rubber tired, vertical shaft shredder or mulcher capable of working on slopes up to 30 percent and mulching trees or logs up to 12 inches in diameter at breast height (DBH).

The purpose of this mowing and shredding treatment is to thin and shred ponderosa pine stands and understory vegetation in order to improve overall stand health and to mitigate fire hazards by decreasing fuel continuity. The Project area is within the Wildland Urban Interface and is a high recreation use area. It is at high risk of high intensity crown fire potentially impacting high density residential areas and U. S. Highway 160.

The Project Area is located on the Pagosa Ranger District in Archuleta County, approximately 4 miles northeast of Pagosa Springs, Colorado. The legal location of the Project Area is T. 35 N., R. 1 W., Section 2 and 3; T. 36 N., 1 W., sections 27, 28, 33, 34 and 35. A Vicinity Map showing the general location of the Project Area and a Project Area Map showing the location of the Treatment Units are attached to this contract.

Pre-Bid Meeting is Mandatory and will be held on May 4, 2017 at the Pagosa Ranger District Office at 180 Pagosa Street, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147. Please contact Fred Ellis if you plan to attend.

Proposals must be signed and dated on page one and include total price.  Section B on page two must include unit prices.