Horse Island 24/25 Salvage Sale

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Horse Island 24/25 Salvage Sale
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Forest Service is seeking sealed bids for the sale of timber. This is a salvage harvest of Hurricane Helene damaged slash pine plantations on approximately 696 acres located on the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Big Bend Wildlife Management Area (BBWMA), Tide Swamp Unit in Taylor County, Florida (see attached maps). Timber available for harvest includes slash pines that are laying down, have broken main stems, and trees leaning greater than 20 degrees. Live undamaged slash pines are to be harvested by operator select thinning, leaving 50 square feet of basal area per acre. Harvesting operations will be directed on the ground by the Forester-in-Charge. All Best Management Practices will be followed on this sale. There is no estimate of volume of timber to be harvested. Products will be salvage pine pulpwood/mulchwood and salvage pine chip-n-saw and better. Sale boundaries will be roads, firelines, BBWMA boundaries or obvious timber type changes. This will be a twelve (12) month contract. Interested parties may obtain complete bid information by contacting Michael Edwards at (850) 228-7809.
The Florida Forest Service reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any irregularity in bids received.
Bids will be opened at:
15019 North Broad Street
Brooksville, FL 34601
12/05/2024 10:00 AM, EST