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DESCRIPTION

The Weiser/Council Ranger Districts on the Payette National Forest are soliciting the decomissioning and reconstruction of a Bull Trout enclosure fence damaged in the For corners fire in 2022No supplies are needed for this contract. All supplies will be provided by the USFS Rangeland Management Program. It is approximated that this job would take USFS Range personnel roughly 62 days to complete. Heavy equipment is optional but speeds up completion time. Most contractors for this have adequate equipment for the job (mini excavator, excavator, backhoe, etc.) The time frame provided is feasible given our experience with fence decommission and construction of this nature.

PROJECT LOCATION

The fence in need of deconstruction and construction lies within the fire boundary of the Four Corners Fire that burned on Indian Mountain in the year 2022. The approximate location of the exclosures is as follows; From Indian Valley, Idaho head south roughly 1.5 miles on FS Road 50206. Stay on FS Road 50206 for approximately 7.9 miles, then turn South onto FS Road 50718. Travel on FS Road 50718 for roughly 2.0 miles, then turn East on FS Road 50231, continue for approximately 9.0 miles when crossing Sheep Creek. Take an immediate right after Sheep Creek intersects FS Road 50231 and travel an unnamed road for .75 miles. The first

exclosure of three will to the West below the road. All subsequent exclosures extend up stream to the headwaters of Sheep Creek.

UTM’s for the Location are 11N 563250 E 4929294 N. Exclosure #3(CC) is located at T14N R2E SW ¼ of Section 27 and NW ¼ of section 34. Exclosure #1(AA) is just up drainage located at T14N R2E Section 34 NW ¼. Exclosure #2(BB) is just above this located at T14 N R2E Eastern ½ of Section 34 and NW ¼ of Section 35.