Meadow Maintenance and Mowing

The intent of this solicitation is to provide services, equipment, and labor necessary for maintaining or restoring animal populations that need meadow habitat on the Central Coast Ranger District - Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. The primary focus of treatments is controlling unwanted vegetation in or adjacent to meadows. Unwanted vegetation includes but is not limited to non-native grasses, fern, blackberry, salal, shrubs, and small trees. Portions of some meadows are steep and will require good traction to complete treatments.

Treatment methods vary depending on type of vegetation to be removed and the ability to access sites with machinery. Treatment methods can include machine mowing, track mowing, and woody vegetation mastication. Machine mowing is generally used where machinery has access and the unwanted vegetation can be treated with a tractor mower on wheels or tracks (grass and small shrubs, blackberry, trees, etc.). Tracked mowing is generally required where terrain or slope of the meadow or access into is such that tracks may be necessary to access or complete the mowing.
The amount of effort needed to control unwanted vegetation varies by site. SEE DETAILED UNIT INFORMATION SHEET (DUIS) FOR SITE SPECIFIC TREATMENT NEEDS, and SITE SPECIFIC TREATMENT DATES and SEE PROJECT AREA MAPS FOR WORK SITE LOCATIONS. For this solicitation the government expects 190 acres of tractor mowing (tracks optional), 31.5 acres of mowing with tracks required on equipment, and 6 acres of brush removal.

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