Description
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking a contractor to perform herbicide weed treatment in the Sheep Creek area, approximately 25 miles north-northeast of Battle Mountain, Nevada. The treatment area consists of 2390 acres, including 2312 acres of upland and 78 acres with potential water presence. The contractor will be responsible for applying herbicide to target species such as Scotch thistle, perennial pepperweed, hoary cress, and Russian knapweed. The contractor must provide their own equipment, chemicals, and work crew. The treatment window is anticipated to be from June 2nd to July 18th.
Key aspects of the job include:
• Applying herbicide to target species in a 2390-acre treatment area
• Providing own equipment, chemicals, and work crew
• Maintaining buffers for non-aquatically formulated herbicides
• Spraying up to the water's edge with aquatic formulated herbicide and surfactant
• Restoring public or private access roads damaged during work to their original condition