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B -- CALIFORNIA AND NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT SURVEY SOL RFP R5-98-18 DUE 100998 POC Contact, Contracting Officer, David Allasia, (415) 705-2787, or Sheila Georges (415) 705-2829 USDA Forest Service intends to negotiate a contract with Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA for a California and Northern Spotted Owl Technical Assessment Survey and ecosystem health. These studies are a continuation of a thirteen year joint research effort between the Forest Service and Humboldt State University. Humboldt is the only known entity that possesses the required technical and statistical data necessary to insure continuity in this long term survey. Note 22 Posted 07/08/98. (0189)

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