Description
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Forest Service is seeking sealed bids for the sale of timber. This is a per unit sale on approximately 414 acres that includes salvage and green pine timber within Belmore State Forest, located in Clay County, Florida. The sale includes three harvest types: salvage clear-cut, green clear-cut, and green operator select thinning. The areas to be clear-cut include approximately 261 acres of salvage pine timber and 34 acres of green pine timber. The operator select thinning area consists of 119 acres of green pine timber.
• The sale has a rough estimated volume of 5,656 tons of salvage pine pulpwood, 15,423 tons of salvage pine chip-n-saw and better, 2,749 tons of green pine pulpwood, and 6,437 tons of green pine chip-n-saw and better.
• Harvesting operations must start within two weeks of contract execution and salvage timber must be harvested first.
• The length of the agreement will be six months.
• Interested parties may obtain complete bid information by contacting Lindsey Bessent.