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

F -- MACHINE PILING ON SNOW MTN. RANGER DISTRICT SOL 7-99-R28 DUE 082499 POC Cecilia Rogers, 541/416-6534 or fax 541/416-6661 The purpose of this notice is to secure services for slash treatment by machine piling and grass seeding of thinning and logging slash on 7 units, totaling 988 acres. Project located on the Snow Mountain Ranger District of the Ochoco National Forest in Harney County, Oregon. Thinning of the units will be accomplished between August 1, 1999 and September 30. Slash treatment will begin approximately September 1,1999. Completion date for contract is September 1, 2000. This project is set-aside for small business concerns. Bonding is not required. Posted 07/12/99 (W-SN352952). (0193)

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