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F -- VEGETATION MANAGEMENT -- WINONA SOL IFB R8-09-97-07 DUE 052897 POC Fran Harrison, Phone 501/321-5221 This will be a requirements type contract with options. Estimated quantities are 1076 acres of site prep natural hand felling and or girdle; 306 acres of hand tool crop tree thinning; and 200 acres of wildlife stand improvements. Project sites will be located on the Winona Ranger District of the Ouachita National Forest in Garland, Perry and Saline Counties, Arkansas. Base year contract period is 6/16/97 through 9/30/97 with two one year optional periods. Estimated cost range is $100,000 to $250,000. See Note(s): 1. (0092)

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