SummaryIt is the intent of Pinellas County to establish a contract for restoration of overgrown natural communities in Pinellas County Preserves, Parks, and Management Area via mechanical thinning.2. BackgroundTo restore the biodiversity and reduce the high fuel loads in natural communities using mechanical thinning.
. • Fuel reduction practices range from mechanical harvesting; pruning/brushing/thinning understory vegetation; removing, altering and/or redistributing surface fuels; and prescribed or cultural burning. • This contract may run concurrently with Fuel Management Prescription Development contract(s) carried out by another Contractor(s).
The work is generally described as vegetation management at each of the drainages and basins including the thinning of brushy vegetation using hand tools; pruning of willows to remove low branches that may block culverts; removal of dead and downed trees from drainage and basin beds; hand removal and possibly herbicide application to remove invasive nonnative vegetation.
Synopsis:The purpose of the solicitation is to obtain services for thinning of container seedlings, and removal of unwanted vegetation from specified nursery growing areas.
Management actions within the Chumstick to LP Project area may include, but are not limited to, use of prescribed fire, commercial and non-commercial thinning of vegetation, changes to the existing road system (changes could range from replacement of undersized culverts to potential re-routing or decommissioning of roads or road segments).
Project is part of the Box Creek Vegetation and Travel Management NEPA Project located on the Leadville Ranger District of the San Isabel National Forest, approximately 11.0 miles southwest of Leadville, Colorado.
(e.g. 001, 002, etc.) and name along with your comments/questions.Area: Various (see attached)Location: Fremont Winema (FreWin) National ForestThese projects consist of various types of labor intensive / manual work (e.g. stand thinning and fuel reduction treatment).These projects will likely be ordered against a new CORP / Blanket Purchase Agreement, (BPA), which should be posted to FBO this winter.This Special Notice will likely be updated with
