Description
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Forest Service is seeking sealed bids for the sale of timber. This sale is a multi-stand first thinning of 25-46-year-old planted pine from Tate's Hell State Forest in Franklin and Liberty Counties, Florida. The successful bidder will be required to harvest 70,000 tons of timber per year from the designated harvest areas during this three-year agreement.
• The harvest areas cover approximately 5,372 acres.
• The stands will be thinned by a take two rows, leave three rows approach with tree selection from leave rows to a residual basal area of 50-60 square feet per acre.
• The estimated volumes for the sale include 195,575 tons of pine pulpwood, 114,593 tons of pine chip-n-saw, and 54,682 tons of pine sawtimber.