Description
The Laramie Rivers Conservation District is seeking a contractor to perform mastication treatments on specific units within the Badger Crucial Winter Range. The project involves masticating dead conifer and aspen, except for designated trees, and dispersing the material throughout the unit. The contractor will be required to follow georeferenced PDFs for the project and ensure that no individual pieces of masticated material exceed six feet in length. The project is expected to start on August 15, 2025, and be completed by September 30, 2025.
• Mixed Conifer Units: 1 (18.02 acres), 4 (2.00 acres), 10 (5.66 acres), and 11 (7.46 acres)
• Lodgepole Units: 8 (4.28 acres), 12 (4.32 acres)
• Mastication of down material required
• No individual pieces of masticated material less than 10 inches DBH shall exceed six feet in length
• Masticated debris or material will not exceed a height of eighteen inches from ground level
• Masticated material will be dispersed throughout the unit so that material does not exceed four inches in depth
• Greater than 90% of the dead and downed material in each unit must be masticated