USDA, Flathead National Forest, 1935 Third Avenue East, Kalispell, MT 59901

F -- HAND TREE THINNING SOL IFB R1-10-96-16 DUE 051796 POC Contact Contracting, Nola Rice/Barb Venturini, 406/758-5310, 406/758-5318 The Flathead National Forest will be advertising an Invitations for Bids for Hand Tree Thinning with approx. seven bid items totaling an est. 700 acres on the Swan Lake Ranger District, Lake County, Montana. Issue date, April 17, 1996. A Prebid Tour will begin at 8:30 a.m., May 1, 1996 at the Swan Lake Ranger Station located in Bigfork, Montana. Contract time, all items to be completed during the 1996 field season. Notice to Proceed is estimated to be issued June 1, 1996. See Notes 1 and 3. (0082)

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