USDA, Forest Service, Lolo National Forest, Attn: Contracting, Building 24, Fort Missoula, Missoula, MT 59804

Z -- HUGHES CREEK RECLAMATION SOL R1-16-96-626 DUE 090996 POC Contact Point, Audrey Boller, 406/329-3764, Contracting Officer, Susan Beron, 406/329-3769 The Forest Service requires restoring an old placer mining area to a vegetated wide valley bottom, relocating Hughes Creek to a more natural location near the middle of the valley bottom, constructing woody debris and rock structures in the channel, moving and reconstructing road. The project is located on the Bitterroot National Forest, Ravalli County, MT. Bids are due September 9, 1996. The work is estimated to start July 1, 1997. Contract time will be 365 calendar days. The estimated price range is between S100,000 and S250,000. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. (0204)

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