AHSAHKA, Idaho – The Walla Walla District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, invites interested parties to bid on the sale of approximately 77 acres of timber on Corps-managed forest lands at Dworshak Dam and Reservoir in Clearwater County, Idaho.
The timber sale is planned to remove mainly Grand fir and Douglas fir that are infected with root rot, heart rot and fungus, as well as beetle infestation in the area east of Canyon Creek Campground in Section 8, 9, and 17 of T37N, R02E, Boise Meridian.
Detailed information about the timber-sale opportunity, including maps, is available on the Walla Walla District website at http://www.nww.usace.army.mil/Locations/District-Locks-and-Dams/Dworshak-Dam-and-Reservoir/Dworshak-Forest-Management/. The Canyon Creek Timber IFB (Invitation for Bid) link contains instructions for submitting a bid and minimum bid deposit of 20 percent. Bids are to be submitted in dollars-per-ton of merchantable forest product.
Inspection of the timber is invited by appointment only between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. To arrange an inspection appointment, please contact Dworshak’s Forester at 208-476-1245.
“This timber sale will help improve forest health in the Canyon Creek area by removing infected and beetle-infested trees,” said Jake Chaffee, Dworshak’s forester. “That will also reduce the risk of disease and beetles spreading to trees in other areas around the reservoir.”
Bids must be submitted via the U.S. Postal Service or hand-delivered to arrive no later than 2 p.m. on Nov. 2, 2016, to:
Real Estate Contracting Officer
Walla Walla District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
201 N. 3rd Avenue
Walla Walla, WA 99362
Sealed bids will be received until 2 p.m. on Nov. 2, 2016, at which time bids will be opened. Bidders are welcome to attend the bid opening in Walla Walla.
Dworshak Dam and Reservoir is surrounded by more than 29,000 acres of federal land that the Corps manages. Maintaining a healthy forest is important for many reasons – ecosystem integrity, as well as wildlife habitat and recreational benefits. Forest health issues can include fuel loading, insect, disease, and parasite outbreaks or infestations. Each of these occur naturally at background levels in a healthy forest ecosystem, yet can become a serious threat to forest health when out of proportion.
For more information about the Douglas fir beetle in Idaho, see the Idaho Forest Products Commission website at www.idahoforests.org/health4b.htm.
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