USDA Forest Service, Ochoco National Forest, PO Box 490, Prineville, OR 97754

F -- TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENT SOL 7-99-R15 DUE 052099 POC Cecilia Rogers, 541/416-6534 or fax 541/416-6661 WEB: click here to request a copy of solicitation, crogers/r6pnw_ochoco@fs.fed.us. This project consists of thinning, whipfelling, wildlife piles, handpiling and lopping on approximately 393 acres in three units. Option units include thinning, whipfelling, wildlife piles, handpiling and lopping. Girdling of cull trees will be allowed (does not include juniper). Estimated start work date is June 15, 1999, and completion date is July 15, 2000. Project area is on the Prineville Ranger District in Crook County, Oregon. This project is 100% set aside for small business concerns. No bonding is required. Posted 04/07/99 (W-SN317552). (0097)

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