USDA-Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Okanogan National Forest, 1240 S. Second Ave., Okanogan, WA 98840

F -- JOBS IN THE WOODS, TSI, LOCATED ON OKANOGAN NATIONAL FOREST SOL R6-8-99-Q41 POC Rita M. Robson, Procurement Assistant (509) 826-3392 This project includes sanitation, crop tree release, precommercial thinning, and slash treatment. This project is funded under the Jobs in the Woods program. As part of the President's Forest Plan for the Northwest, the President determined it is in the public interest to provide increased employment opportunities for workers displaced from their jobs by reduced timber harvesting on Federal Lands in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California. The Initiative is referred to as "Jobs in the Woods". To access the Agency success of this initiative, it is important that Contractors comply with the requirements contained elsewhere herein. Competition is limited to individuals and businessess within the following counties: Washington:Chelan, Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Douglas, Grays Habror,Island, Jefferson, King, Kititas, Kitasap, Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Okanogan, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish,Thurston, Wahkiakum, Whatcom, and Yakima;Oregon: Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos,Curry, Deschutes, Douglas, Hood River, Jackson, Jefferson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake, Lane, Yamhill;California: Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity. To request a copy of the solicitation please fax your request to 509-826-3064. For technical information contact Bill Sanforth at (509) 997-9784. For contract information contact Kris Bellini at (509) 826-3072. Posted 07/29/99 (W-SN360960). (0210)

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