POLK COUNTY FOREST TIMBER SALE Spring 2018

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1 Polk County Forestry Dept 100 Polk County Plaza Suite 40 Balsam Lake, WI Office: POLK COUNTY FOREST TIMBER SALE Spring 2018 Sale maps, descriptions and bid sheets are available online at: Or Google Polk county timber sales Sealed Timber Sale Bid (so marked on the envelope) will be received by the Polk County Forest Administrator on behalf of the Polk County Environmental Services Committee (ESC) for timber stumpage on designated areas of the Polk County Forest. Bids will be accepted up to 12pm (noon) on Tuesday, February 6 th, 2018 at the Polk County Forest Administrator s office, ground floor of the Polk County Government Center, Balsam Lake, WI. Mailed bids must be received on or before Tuesday, February 6 th, Mailing Address: Polk County Forest Administrator 100 Polk County Plaza, Suite 40 Balsam Lake, WI Bids will be opened publicly at 12pm (noon), Tuesday, February 6 th, 2018 at the Polk County Government Center. Sales will be awarded by the ESC at the 9:00am regular meeting on February 7 th, Polk County ESC reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids determined to be in the best interest of Polk County. BIDS Bids must be made separately for each tract by species and product on the standard form provided or a reasonable facsimile thereof, and must be plainly marked on the outside of the envelope SEALED TIMBER BID, TRACT #. o **Please note the following** Tract can either be bid to a 4 top utilization or whole tree utilization Standing dead must be utilized, downed wood is optional but if utilized, will be paid at the bid rate A bid bond must accompany each bid, payable to Polk County Forest. The amount is listed on each bid sheet and is 15% of the minimum appraised value. o A Certified, Personal, or Cashier s Check, Bank or Postal Money order is acceptable. The bid bond will be returned to unsuccessful bidders. The winning bidder must sign a sale contract and produce a performance bond within 30 days of the bid being awarded by the ESC or the bid bond will be forfeited. Polk County will require a performance bond (15% of minimum appraised value) as a performance security. This amount is the same as the bid bond amount and is listed on the bid sheets. o Bid bonds or Letters of Credit will be accepted for performance bonds Letters of Credit must have an expiration date of December 31, CONTRACTS WILL EXPIRE ON JUNE 30, Contract extensions are not guaranteed.

2 INSURANCE An original certificate of insurance showing proof of worker s compensation coverage or legal exemption and as well as a minimum of $500,000 liability coverage with Polk County included as the named insured is required to be filed with the County s sale file prior to the beginning of any work on the contract area. TRAINING STANDARD Polk County requires appropriate training of its logging contactors. Successful purchasers of Polk County Forest stumpage will need to ensure that the logging contractor complies with the Wisconsin Sustainable Forestry Initiative Training Standard as adopted by the Wisconsin SFI Implementation Committee (SIC). Criteria for the standard can be found at: Documentation confirming completion of the training standard will be required prior to any work on the contract area. Polk County Forest is third party certified. SALES The County reserves the right to either accept mill scale or to scale wood on the site. Sale volumes are estimates and are not guaranteed. Pulpwood is defined as 100 sticks to a 4 top for Aspen, Oak, and Mixed Hardwood. Pine will be to a 3 top. Hardwood sawlogs are defined as being at least 8 long and taken to a 10 diameter inside bark (dib) on the small end. Logs will be scaled at the sale site using Scribner Decimal C log rule. Hand or stick scaled wood will be converted according to the WDNR Timber Sale Handbook table below (please note mixed hardwood is added by Polk County): CORDWOOD WEIGHT CONVERSION FACTORS (POUNDS PER CORD) Species Weight Hemlock 4800 Tamarack 4650 Red pine 4500 Jack pine 4250 Balsam 4250 White pine 4200 Spruce 4000 Cedar 3150 White oak 5850 Red oak 5500 Hickory 5400 Yellow birch 5350 Hard maple 5100 Beech 5050 Elm 5000 Balsam poplar 4900 White birch 4800 Cottonwood 4650 Ash 4600 Soft maple 4550 Aspen 4500 Basswood 3850 Locust 5300 Mixed Hardwood 4800 The lock box ticket system will be used for all sales unless otherwise stated on the individual sale map. Copies of all mill scale slips shall be provided to the Polk County Forestry Department. Arrangements will be made to scale all saw timber and products for which mill scale slips cannot be obtained.

3 Polk County requires prepayment on all sales before cutting may begin. Payment schedules are listed in the timber sale contract. For all Polk County timber sales located in Sterling Township, only bark free Oak trees or Oak trees with loose bark may be sold to private individuals. The purpose of this restriction is to avoid spreading Oak Wilt to surrounding areas. Wisconsin Forestry Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Water Quality, Wisconsin Forestry BMPs for Invasive Species AND Wisconsin Forestry BMPs for Woody Biomass Harvesting Guidelines will be followed. Rutting and other excessive soil damage will result in ceasing operations. No whole tree harvesting allowed unless otherwise stated on the individual sale map. NO TIMBER SALE MAY BEGIN WITHOUT A MEETING WITH THE POLK COUNTY FOREST ADMINISTRATOR OR DNR FORESTER AT THE SALE SITE. *Building of roads and/or landings must be approved by the Forest Administrator or the DNR Forester before construction Maps can be obtained by visiting the Polk County Forestry office, calling the office or by going to the website below: For more information, or if you have any questions, please contact either the Polk County Forestry Department at or Jeremy.Koslowski@co.polk.wi.us or you can also contact Paul Heimstead, WDNR Forester at Thank you, Jeremy Koslowski Polk County Forest Administrator

4 310th St Polk County Forest Timber Sale Map "Butchered Bluegill Sale" Estimated Volumes Species Pulpwood-TONS Advertised Minimum: Jack Pine 875 Acres: Oak 460 Tract #: Mixed Hdwd* 15 Prepared By: Totals 1350 Contract #: *Approximately 50% mixed hdwd volume is aspen $15, JK 1/30/ th Ave Berm needs removal Young Red Pine Evergreen Ave 1 Mile Block 1 -Cut all Jack Pine, Oak, Aspen and Mixed Hdwd 2" and greater. -Avoid excessive damage to advanced regeneration especially young Jack Pine found in previously scarified scalps. Block 2 -Cut all Jack Pine, Oak, Aspen and Mixed Hdwd one merchantable stick and greater. -Avoid excessive damage to advanced regeneration. All Blocks -Sale is bound by 285th Ave, 310th St, red paint lines, yellow paint lines and timber type changes. -No new road contruction should be needed. A berm will need to be removed for access and then reinstalled after sale is completed. -Slash must be kept 20' from town roads, 10' from woods roads and less than 2' from the ground. -Any oak sold to private individuals must have loose bark or be bark free. This is to prevent the further spread of oak wilt throughout the area. -No rutting allowed. No other seasonal restricitons. Cutting Requirements/Information Legend Block 1 (38 Acres) Block 2 (12 Acres) Yellow Paint Line Red Paint Line Woods Roads Horse Trails Town Roads Miles Legal Description N 1/2, NE 1/4, Section 14, T36N-R20W Sterling Township

5 I hereby submit the following bid: Spring 2018 Polk County Forest Bid Sheet Tract "Butchered Bluegill Sale" Species Product Est. Volume* Bid per unit Total Bid Jack Pine Pulpwood 875 Oak Pulpwood 460 Mixed Hdwd Pulpwood 15 *volumes are in TONS for pulpwood and MBF for logs* Sale method: Lockbox Ticket (mill scale) Total Bid Minimum Value: $15, BOND REQUIRED $2, Bidder Name: Address: Signature:

6 Polk County Forest Timber Sale Map "B.C.A.S.C.T. Sale" Estimated Volumes Species Pulpwood-TONS Advertised Minimum: White Pine* 510 Acres: Aspen 170 Tract #: Mixed Hdwd 100 Prepared By: Red Pine 50 Totals 830 Contract #: *Approximately 15% of white pine volume is sawlog sized $10, JK 3/9/2017 San d Road Sand Creek Forest Creek # Polk County Forest Burnett County Forest Preferred access Cutting Requirements/Information route Legal Description 1 Mile to Cty Rd H Madison LN Lake 32 Rd E 1/2 SE 1/4 Section 25, T37N-R15W Lorain Township E 1/2 NE 1/4 Section 36, T37N-R15W Lorain Township -Cut all trees marked with orange paint. -Cut all Aspen, 2" and greater within sale area. Do NOT cut any Aspen within 50' of the Ordinary High Water Mark on Sand Creek. Legend -Sale is bound by blue paint line, timber type change and RMZ. -Access is best from the east. Cty Rd H to Lake 32 Rd to Madison Ln. Harvest Area (32 Acres) Madison Ln is a Burnett County Forest (BCF) Road and a section of it is a snowmobile trail in the winter. This section must remain snow Wetland covered if harvested during snowmobile season. -Some new road contruction will need to be completed. An old skid Blue Paint Line trail through small aspen will need to be opened back up and a landing pushed in. This trail is marked with orange paint and has been pre-approved Old Skid Trail-Needs Improvement by the BCF Administrator. -When the sale is complete, landings and roads must be leveled # Proposed Landing and in 'as good or better' condition than when the sale began. -Slash must be kept 20' from town roads, 10' from woods roads Town Roads and less than 2' from the ground. -WI-BMPs for water quality must be followed. Woods Roads -No rutting allowed. Sale appears to be a dry year or winter type sale Miles

7 I hereby submit the following bid: Spring 2018 Polk County Forest Bid Sheet Tract "BCASCT Sale" Species Product Est. Volume* Bid per unit Total Bid White Pine Pulpwood 510 Aspen Pulpwood 170 Mixed Hdwd Pulpwood 100 Red Pine Pulpwood 50 *volumes are in TONS for pulpwood and MBF for logs* Sale method: Total Bid Minimum Value: $10, BOND REQUIRED $1, Lockbox Ticket (mill scale) Bidder Name: Address: Signature:

8 MAPPED BY: PAUL HEIMSTEAD DATE DRAWN: TOWNSHIP: STERLING TOWN/ RANGE/ SECTION T36N R20W SEC. 10 POLK COUNTY FOREST PROJECT TYPE: TIMBER SALE COMP: STAND: 5 12 DNR TRACT #: 4-17 ACRES: 35 ACRE RED PINE THINNING AND JACK PINE REMOVAL TIMBER SALE NUMBER(ASSIGNED ONCE SOLD) CONTRACTOR: EXPIRATION DATE: RED SQUIRREL PINE SALE Estimated Bid Volume Red Pine 170 tons Jack Pine 420 tons Aspen 45 tons Ad. Minimum Value $ Horse trail BPL RPL 320th St. 280th Ave Horse trail Feet ,100 Cutting Requirements / Information 1. Harvest all red pine marked with orange paint and all merchantable jack pine and aspen that will make at least one 100 pulp stick. 2. Utilization: Utilize all harvested trees that will make at least 1 pulp stick 3 inches on small end. 3. No whole tree harvesting. Slash must be lopped and scattered to within 3 feet of the ground. 4. No cutting, hauling, or forwarding during wet periods if rutting occurs. 5. If cut between May 1 and October 1, decked wood must be hauled within 3 weeks of cutting. 6. Any road improvements, if needed, must be approved by the County Forest Administrator. Existing roads, landings or turnarounds must be cleared of slash and leveled. 7. This is a scaled sale utilizing the mill scale ticket system. County may scale on the landing at their discretion. 8. Horse Trail must remain passable and free of slash and debris.

9 I hereby submit the following bid: Spring 2018 Polk County Forest Bid Sheet Tract "Red Squirrel Pine Sale" Species Product Est. Volume* Bid per unit Total Bid Red Pine Pulpwood 170 Jack Pine Pulpwood 420 Aspen Pulpwood 45 *volumes are in TONS for pulpwood and MBF for logs* Sale method: Total Bid Minimum Value: $8, BOND REQUIRED $1, Lockbox Ticket (mill scale) Bidder Name: Address: Signature:

10 MAPPED BY: PAUL HEIMSTEAD DATE DRAWN: TOWNSHIP: STERLING TOWN/ RANGE/ SECTION T36N R20W SEC. 24 & 25 Estimated Volume Jack Pine 810 tons Oak (11% saw size) 560 tons Aspen & MX(<5%MX) 60 tons Ad. Min. Value $17, POLK COUNTY FOREST PROJECT TYPE: TIMBER SALE COMP: STAND: 21 15,32,49 DNR PROPERTY AND TRACT #: TIMBER SALE NUMBER(ASSIGNED ONCE SOLD) CONTRACTOR: EXPIRATION DATE: ACRES: 61 ACRE JACK PINE/OAK /ASPEN REGEN HARVEST HORSESHOE SALE Evergreen Ave 1/2 mile Turkey Track Forest Rd young oak & pine RPL RPL ATV Trail Fox Track Forest Rd Existing1 Landings Wolf Track Forest Rd Feet ,100 1,650 2,200 RPL ` ` young oak & pine 300th St. Horse Trail BPL Cutting Requirements / Information 1. All Blocks Cut all trees over 2 inches in diameter except leave all white pine and snags that are not a hazard. West sale block between forest roads has been pre-sale scarified, care must taken to avoid excessive damage to young pine seedlings. 2. Sale is bound by road, red paint, blue paint, recent clearcut, or young oak or young aspen. 3. Utilization: Utilize all harvested trees and limbs that will make at least pulp stick 4 inches on small end. 4. No whole tree harvesting. Slash must be lopped and scattered to within 3 feet of the ground. 5. No cutting, hauling, or forwarding during wet periods when rutting occurs. 6. Due to the presence of oak wilt, no wood shall be sold to private individuals unless the bark is loose or off. 7. Several county forest roads and county ATV trail are adjacent to sale areas, roads and trail must remain passable and should be signed. Trail may be used for forwarding but must remain in current or better condition. 8. Any landings, new access roads, or turn-arounds must be approved by County Forest Administrator. 9. This is a scaled sale using the ticket system for all products. All products will be sold by the ton regardless of size. County may elect to scale wood on the landing at their discretion.

11 I hereby submit the following bid: Spring 2018 Polk County Forest Bid Sheet Tract "Horseshoe Sale" Species Product Est. Volume* Bid per unit Total Bid Jack Pine Pulpwood 810 Oak Pulpwood 560 Aspen/MX Pulpwood 60 *volumes are in TONS for pulpwood and MBF for logs* Sale method: Total Bid Minimum Value: $17, BOND REQUIRED $2, Lockbox Ticket (mill scale) Bidder Name: Address: Signature:

12 MAPPED BY: PAUL HEIMSTEAD DATE DRAWN: TOWNSHIP: MCKINLEY TOWN/ RANGE/ SECTION T36N R15W SEC. 16 Estimated Volume Red Oak (800 bf white oak) Mx Hdwd Basswood Oak pulpwood Mx Hdwd pulpwood Basswood pulpwood Aspen pulpwood POLK COUNTY FOREST PROJECT TYPE: TIMBER SALE COMP: STAND: 39 5 DNR PROPERTY AND TRACT #: ACRES: 44 ACRES 27.7 MBF 4.6 MBF 5.2 MBF 550 tons 132 tons 25 tons 31 tons Total Advertised Value $13, \ \ TIMBER SALE NUMBER (ASSIGNED ONCE SOLD) CONTRACTOR: EXPIRATION DATE: BUMPER SALE RPL RPL Old Landing Young Aspen snowmobile trail Gate 270th Ave Hwy 48 2 miles Feet Cutting Requirements / Information 1. Harvest all trees marked with orange paint from within sale area. 2. Sale is bound by red paint, young aspen, wetland, or road. 3. No cutting, skidding or hauling from breakup to July 15th or any wet periods when rutting occurs. 4. Wisconsin BMP s for water quality must be followed around any ponds, wetlands, and vernal pools. 5. Utilization: Utilize all harvested trees that will make at least 1 pulp stick 4 inches on small end. 6. No whole tree harvesting. Care must be taken to avoid damage to residual trees. No tops or trees are to be left hanging in standing trees and slash must be lopped to below 3 feet and kept within sale area. If excessive damage occurs to residual trees, fines will be imposed and equipment and/or operators will be restricted. 7. Access road is frozen ground only unless improvements are made. All improvements to existing road, if made, are the responsibility of the buyer. Roads and landings required to be cleared and smoothed out to allow seeding by County after sale completion. No new roads will be built into the sale areas. 8. Access road is also a county snowmobile trail, trail must remain snow covered and passable if operating when the trail is open. 9. This is a scaled sale for sawlogs and mill scale sale for the pulpwood. A sawlog (other than aspen) is defined as a merchantable log 8 6 long 10 dib small end. 40th St

13 I hereby submit the following bid: Spring 2018 Polk County Forest Bid Sheet Tract "Bumper Sale" Species Product Est. Volume* Bid per unit Total Bid Oak Pulpwood 550 Mixed Hdwd Pulpwood 132 Basswood Pulpwood 25 Aspen Pulpwood 31 Red Oak Sawlogs 27.7 Mixed Hdwd Sawlogs 4.6 Basswood Sawlogs 5.2 *volumes are in TONS for pulpwood and MBF for logs* Sale method: Lockbox Tickets for pulpwood (mill scale) Hand Scale for sawlogs Total Bid Minimum Value: $13, BOND REQUIRED $2, Bidder Name: Address: Signature:

14 Polk County Forest Timber Sale Map "Cervid Circle Sale" Estimated Volumes Species Pulpwood-TONS Advertised Minimum: Jack Pine 950 Acres: Oak 580 Tract #: Mixed Hdwd 120 Prepared By: Aspen 45 TOTAL TONS 1695 Contract #: $20, **Lump Sum** JK 12/6/ th St Evergreen Ave 1 mile Bear Track Forest Road Young Aspen Young Aspen-Young Oak-Young Jack Pine Block 1 -Cut all stems 2" and greater. Block 2 -Leave any snags and den trees that don't pose an operational hazard. -Sale is bound by red paint line, Bear Track Forest Road, 330th St., woods roads and change in timber type. -Slash must be kept 20' from town roads, 10' from woods roads and less than 2' from the ground. -No rutting allowed. No other seasonal restrictions. -LUMP SUM SALE Legal Description NW 1/4, Section 27, T36N-R20W Sterling Township Cutting Requirements/Information -Cut all stems one merchantable stick (100" long to a 4" top) and greater. All Blocks Legend Block 1 (23 Acres) Block 2 (32 Acres) Red Paint Line Town Roads Woods Roads Miles

15 I hereby submit the following bid: Spring 2018 Polk County Forest Bid Sheet Tract "Cervid Circle Sale" Species Product Est. Volume* Bid per unit Total Bid Jack Pine Pulpwood 950 Oak Pulpwood 580 Mixed Hdwd Pulpwood 120 Aspen Pulpwood 45 *volumes are in TONS for pulpwood and MBF for logs* Sale method: Total Bid Minimum Value: $20, **LUMP SUM BID STILL REQUIRES BID PER UNIT** LUMP SUM BOND REQUIRED $3, Bidder Name: Address: Signature:

16 Polk County Forest Timber Sale Map "Buck McLimperson Sale" Estimated Volumes Species Pulpwood (TONS) Logs (MBF) Aspen Acres: Red Oak Tract #: White Oak *in red oak 2 Basswood Mixed Hdwd Prepared By: Hard Maple *in mx hdwd 4 Totals Contract #: Minimum Value: $34, JK 12/14/2017 Sand Creek Young Aspen Gate Tract Cutting Requirements/Information Block 1-Selection Harvest -Cut all trees marked with orange paint. --Seasonal Restrictions: No cutting or hauling April 15-September 15. This is due to Oak Wilt restrictions and then due to nesting swans. Blocks 2-Aspen Regeneration Harvest Sand Creek Forest -Cut all trees 2" and greater except pine. DO NOT cut any pine and take care to avoid any damage to residual pine. -Retain any snags and cavity trees that are not an operational hazard. -Seasonal Restrictions: For the northern 3 blocks, same as selection harvest. For the southern two blocks located by the gate, there are no seasonal restrictions other than no rutting allowed. All Blocks -Sale is bound by young aspen, red paint lines, Sand Creek Forest Road and RMZ. -When the sale is complete, landings and roads must be leveled and in 'as good or better' condition than when the sale began. -Slash must be kept 10' from woods roads and less than 2' from the ground. -WI-BMPs for water quality must be followed. -No rutting allowed. Sale appears to be a dry year or winter type sale. Road County Hwy E 1.2 miles Legend Block 1 (28 Acres) Block 2 (16 Acres) Tract Red Paint Line Woods Roads Wetland Areas Rivers/Streams Lakes/Ponds Miles Legal Description SE 1/4 Section 25, T37N-R15W Lorain Township NE 1/4 Section 36, T37N-R15W Lorain Township

17 I hereby submit the following bid: Spring 2018 Polk County Forest Bid Sheet Tract "Buck McLimperson Sale" Species Product Est. Volume* Bid per unit Total Bid Aspen Pulpwood 1050 Red Oak Pulpwood 340 Basswood Pulpwood 100 Mixed Hdwd Pulpwood 375 Red Oak Sawlogs 43 White Oak Sawlogs 2 Basswood Sawlogs 8 Mixed Hdwd Sawlogs 11 Hard Maple Sawlogs 4 *volumes are in TONS for pulpwood and MBF for logs* Sale method: Lockbox Tickets for pulpwood (mill scale) Hand Scale for sawlogs Total Bid Minimum Value: $34, BOND REQUIRED $5, Bidder Name: Address: Signature:

18 320th St Polk County Forest Timber Sale Map "Whole Dump Truck Sale" Estimated Volumes Species 4" Top (TONS) Whole Tree (TONS) Oak Acres: Jack Pine Tract #: Aspen Prepared By: Totals Contract #: Minimum Value: $14, JK 12/14/ th Ave Young Re Private Land 330th St Evergreen Ave Cutting Requirements/Information -Cut all Oak (dead or alive), all Jack Pine, all Aspen and any Mixed Hardwood 2 inches and greater. -Sale is bound by young oak, young jack pine, young aspen, town road or red paint line. -Forester will flag any boundaries that need further clarification once sale begins. -Slash must be kept 20' from town roads, 10' from woods road and less than 2' from the ground. -Any oak sold to private individuals must have loose bark or be bark free. This is to prevent the further spread of oak wilt throughout the area. This sale is a salvage harvest because of oak wilt so this requirement becomes even more important. -This sale may be whole tree harvested but must be bid on as such. -No rutting: No other seasonal restrictions. Legal Description E 1/2 Section 15, T36N-R20W Sterling Township Legend Harvest Area Red Paint Line Town Roads Horse Trails Woods Roads Miles

19 I hereby submit the following bid: Spring 2018 Polk County Forest Bid Sheet Tract "Whole Dump Truck Sale" Species Product 4" Est. Volume* Oak Pulpwood Jack Pine Pulpwood Aspen Pulpwood *volumes are in TONS for pulpwood* Whole Tree Est. Volume Bid Per Unit Total Bid Total Bid **Choose either 4" or Whole Tree Volume** Minimum Value: $14, Sale method: Lockbox Ticket (mill scale) BOND REQUIRED $2, Bidder Name: Address: Signature: