Lake George Timber Sale- 42244IFB26

The St. Johns River Water Management District is seeking sealed bids for a timber sale in the Lake George Conservation Area, located in Putnam County, Florida. The sale area consists of approximately 170 acres, with a clearcut and a second thinning within mature slash pine stands. The objective is to achieve a residual stand density of 50 square feet of basal area per acre. The District estimates that the timber volume conveyed in this Agreement includes approximately 2,484 tons of pine pulpwood, 1,347 tons of chip-n-saw, and 72 tons of sawtimber. • The sale area is located in Section 38; Township 13 South; Range 27 East. • The clearcut stand includes 22 acres of natural sand pine. • The thinning component includes a combination of marked thinning and logger-select thinning across 148 total acres. • Marked thinning areas comprise 120.8 acres, where trees designated for harvest are marked with blue paint at eye level. • Logger-select thinning areas total 27.2 acres, where operators shall utilize the existing cut rows from the first thinning to access and thin the leave rows.