USDA Forest Service, Siskiyou National Forest, 200 NE. Greenfield Road, P.O. Box 440, Grants Pass, Oregon 97528-0242

F -- MANUAL RELEASE, PRECOMMERCIAL THINNING, WILDLIFE AND RIPARIAN HABITAT IMPROVEMENT, AND SLASH TREATMENT (206) -- CHETCO AND GOLD BEACH RANGER DISTRICTS SOL R6-11-98-64 DUE 090998 POC Contracting Officer, Clyde Hooper, 541/471-6600 Work consists of approximately 154 acres of manual release on the Gold Beach Ranger District (Bid Item 1), 99 acres of combined manual release and precommercial thinning on the Gold Beach Ranger District (Bid Item 2), 162 acres of precommercial thinning on the Gold Beach Ranger District (Bid Item 3), 438 acres of wildlife and riparian habitat improvement on the Gold Beach Ranger District (Bid Item 4), and 334 acres of wildlife and riparian habitat improvement on the Chetco Ranger District (Bid Item 5). Estimated issue date of the solicitation is on or about August 10, 1998. Contract time is approximately 21 calendar days for Bid Item 1, 14 calendar days for Bid Item 2, 21 calendar days for Bid Item 3, 45 calendar days for Bid Item 4, and 40 calendar days for Bid Item 5; estimated beginning date is September 28, 1998. State of Oregon Farm/Forest Contractor License is required. Requests for this solicitation may be sent to the address listed above or may be e-mailed to /s=as/ou1=r06f11a@mhs-fsbo.attmail.com (lower case) and must include name, address, zip code, telephone number, and the solicitation number referenced above. See Note 1. Posted 07/20/98 (I-SN225749). (0201)

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