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April 23, 2009 - Sources Sought Notice

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The Southwestern Region (AZ and NM) of the Forest Service is in the beginning stage of a large, multi-year forest restoration project in central Arizona. This request for information is the initial phase used to gather information and explore contract options. The project objective is to restore ponderosa pine forest types by thinning and harvesting mainly small diameter trees in excess of ecological requirements. Restoration would occur initially in the Williams, AZ to Flagstaff, AZ area. The area will be further defined during the collaborative planning process. Ultimately, over the next planning phases, restoration would occur across at least four Arizona national forests on what is called the Mogollon Rim consisting of mostly ponderosa pine and dry mixed conifer forests.

The rate of treatment is anticipated to be a minimum of 30,000 acres per year over a ten-year contract period. It is expected that most treatment areas would accommodate ground-based harvest systems with some temporary road construction requirements but little to no new, specified road construction needs.

The purpose of this request is to identify companies and industries that might be interested in learning more, potentially being a partner or proponent, and participating in the early phases of the planning process. There is no formal contract at present, the exact acres to be treated have not been identified, and the exact amount of wood to be removed has not been determined. However, a supply assessment has determined that there is a large sustainable supply for up to 10 years projected, and the Forest Service is confident that the volumes will be substantial and firm. From this information it is projected that there will be more contracts of comparable size in the future.

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March 6, 2009 - Letter from Regional Forester Corbin Newman to the Governor's Forest Health Council

In response to the letters and resolutions from the Governor of Arizona, the U.S. Representative for Arizona 1st District, all 7 counties of the Mogollon Rim (Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, Apache, Gila, Graham, and Greenlee), the Eastern Arizona Counties Organization, the Northern Arizona Council of Government, and the County Supervisors Association of Arizona (see Support for Accelerated, Consensus-based, Industry-supported, Landscape-scale Restoration Restoration) requesting the prompt implementation of accelerated, consensus-based, industry-supported, landscape-scale restoration, Regional Forester Corbin Newman informed the Governor's Forest Health Council of his intent to substantially accelerate the rate of forest restoration throughout the ponderosa pine vegetation type across northern Arizona:

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As discussed on a number of occasions, we fully intend to substantially accelerate the rate of forest restoration throughout the ponderosa pine vegetation type across the Apache-Sitgreaves, Tonto, Coconino, and Kaibab National Forests. The four forest supervisors have recently agreed to take the following actions to achieve that objective:

• Develop a four-forest strategy for evaluating large landscapes and identifying priorities for treatments taking full advantage of the wood supply study.

• Work expeditiously to identify planning, contracting, and collaboration mechanisms that support an acceleration of restoration consistent with the wood supply study consensus agreement.

• Identify and implement a streamlined environmental analysis methodology that meets National Environmental Policy Act and all other pertinent legal requirements.

• Organize and aggressively complete restoration across a 750,000-acre landscape within the wood supply study area by the end of the next decade.

• Implement thinning and fuels reduction projects using long-term stewardship contracts, agreements and other tools that provide for reasonable assurance of long-term wood supply.

• Work collaboratively with stakeholders, partners and cooperating agencies to implement the actions described above, as well as monitoring and research needs.

• Identify resource and financial needs to accomplish the work described above over the next five years.

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