Timber Sale Sugar Bush Road Timber Sale (Revenue Contract)

The College is soliciting bids from responsible buyers for harvest of timber located on Dubuar Memorial Forest, Wanakena, NY (St. Lawrence County). Approximately 103 acres of timber is to be harvested (see attached for timber inventory details, location map, etc.). The harvest area is accessed from State Route 3, Wanakena, NY 13695. Access outside of winter months during non-frozen conditions only.
Within blocks 1, 2, 3 and 6 all trees marked with blue paint must be cut. Within blocks 4, 7, 8 and 9 all trees are to be cut except those marked with orange paint; this includes cutting all beech down to 1” DBH. Within block 5 all trees are to be cut.
Approximately 1.3 miles of the road used to access this sale, known as Sugar Bush Road, must be upgraded prior to any timber harvesting. These upgrades are identified on the attached map and on the ground with pink paint. These upgrades include the addition of ten (10) new culverts 18” in diameter; replacing nine (9) existing culverts with new 18” diameter culverts; replacing one (1) existing culvert with a new 24” diameter culvert; the installation of geotextile fabric spanning the width of the roadway topped with a minimum of 12” of material in one stretch of road as identified on the map and on the ground with pink paint. All culverts that will be installed must be plastic and topped with a minimum of 12” of material. All existing ditches must be cleaned out using an excavator or similar equipment and redefined as needed. All organic material must be scraped from the existing roadway and top dressed as needed. All upgrades must meet New York State Best Management Practices for Water Quality (BMP’s). On attached map the area that will be upgraded begins at the intersection of Sugar Bush Road and State Route 3 and continues west until the area designated for a parking area to be built. The parking area must be a minimum of 50 feet x 50 feet and top dressed with gravel.

Timber showing date: 5/13/2025 at 9:00 am. Meet at the intersection of St. Lawrence County Road 61 and State Route 3 in Wanakena, NY 13695.

Please see additional documents for additional details