Description
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Forest Service is seeking sealed bids for the sale of timber in the John M. Bethea State Forest. The sale includes approximately 310 acres of 23- to 33-year-old planted slash pine, with the goal of removing every fourth row and select trees to reach a target basal area of 60 square feet per acre. The sale is divided into four areas, with estimated volumes of 9,948 tons of pine pulpwood and 5,029 tons of pine chip-and-saw and better to be removed. The contract will be for 12 months.
• The sale is for a fourth row thinning with logger select of planted slash pine.
• The target basal area per acre is 60 square feet, with adjustments possible due to variations in stand and site conditions.
• The sale includes a 15-20 foot buffer along existing roads to widen the corridor.
• Property boundary trees are marked with white bands or property signs and are not to be harvested or damaged.