USDI, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office (952), P. O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-2965

B -- BEAR PEN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT CONTRACT SOL 1422H952-Q98-2061 DUE 061898 POC Myrna Jungling, Contracting Officer, (503) 952-6225 E-MAIL: BLM, or952mb@or.blm.gov. The purpose of this project is to develop timber harvest proposals for the Bear Pen project area, document alternatives and assess the environmental impacts of the alternatives in an Environmental Assessment (EA). The contractor will develop timber harvest proposals which are economically and technically feasible, and which meet environmental guidelines and regulations. The Environmental Assessment should be accomplished by an interdisciplinary team of resource specialists who are professionally qualified to develop sound proposals and evaluate the environmental impacts of logging and road management practices. The makeup of the analysis team should include the following specialists: logging systems forester, forest hydrologist/soil scientist, wildlife biologist, silviculturist, and civil engineering technician. Locations of proposed boundaries for timber harvest areas will be designated on the ground using plastic flagging and will be mapped with adequate detail to allow BLM to subsequently implement a proposal. The Bear Pen project area is located approximately 15 miles west of the town of Glendale, Oregon, in Douglas County. The project area is about 13,850 acres. The land ownership pattern has intermingled BLM and private timber company lands; the BLM administers 7,600 acres (55 percent) in the project area. There are approximately 2,260 acres outside all reserves, which are available for planning timber harvest. (0121)

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