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F -- TREE PLANTING FOR WETLAND RESTORATION SOL WRP-PARKE/VERMILLION-05 DUE 051600 POC Joyce Perkins, 317-290-3107/552 E-MAIL: Wetland Tree Planting, joyce.perkins@in.usda.gov. Natural Resources Conservation Services, Indianapolis, Indiana 46278, Phone 317-290-3200, seeks a contractor to furnish and plant 25 acres of tree seedlings and approximately 9888 container trees in 3 gallon pots. The tree planting will be part of a wetland restoration through the Wetland Reserve Program and the Floodplain Easement Program. The planting will occur on 5 tracts of land located in Parke and Vermillion Counties, Indiana. The container trees will be planted in the fall of 2000 and the tree seedlings are to be planted in the spring of 2001. The solicitation will be available on April 12, 2000. If interested make inquiry prior to closing date of May 16, 2000. Requests may be phoned to Joyce Perkins at 317-290-3107 ext 552, fax to 317-290-3095 or E-mailed to joyce.perkins@in.usda.gov. A site visit is scheduled for April 20, 2000. 9:30 a.m. at the USDA Service Center, US 36 West, Rockville, Indiana 47872. See Numbered Note 1***** Posted 03/28/00 (W-SN438714). (0088)

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