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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is offering for sale three (3) items of standing timber on approximately 182 acres within five (5) separate blocks at Fort Pickett Military Installation, Nottoway and Brunswick County, Virginia of which approximately the following volumes to be harvested:

These sales are sold per Item by unit, harvested timber will be sold by being scaled at the receiving mill by WEIGHT by the ton.

Item 1:

2 BLOCKS “A and B” (124 ACRES)

PINE SAWTIMBER -- 319 TONS

PINE CHIP N SAW – 141 TONS

PINE PULPWOOD – 1128 TONS

OAK SAWTIMBER – 959 TONS

POPLAR SAWTIMBER – 412 TONS

MISC. HARDWOOD SAWTIMBER – 158 TONS

HARDWOOD PULPWOOD – 4716 TONS

CHIPS (CHIPWOOD) – 0 TONS (MUST SUBMIT A PER UNIT BID TO BE ABLE TO CHIP)

Item 2:

2 BLOCKS “C and D” (34 ACRES)

PINE SAWTIMBER -- 1475 TONS

PINE CHIP N SAW – 135 TONS

PINE PULPWOOD – 2092 TONS

OAK SAWTIMBER – 38 TONS

POPLAR SAWTIMBER – 65 TONS

MISC. HARDWOOD SAWTIMBER – 38 TONS

HARDWOOD PULPWOOD – 584 TONS

CHIPS (CHIPWOOD) – 0 TONS (MUST SUBMIT A PER UNIT BID TO BE ABLE TO CHIP)

Item 3:

BLOCK E (24 ACRES)

PINE SAWTIMBER – 178 TONS

PINE CHIP N SAW – 805 TONS

PINE PULPWOOD – 1614 TONS

OAK SAWTIMBER – 5 TONS

POPLAR SAWTIMBER – 0 TONS

MISC. HARDWOOD SAWTIMBER – 5 TONS

HARDWOOD PULPWOOD – 91 TONS

CHIPS (CHIPWOOD) – 0 TONS (MUST SUBMIT A PER UNIT BID TO BE ABLE TO CHIP)

Contract Period of Performance:

*Purchaser (s) will be issued a time restricted contract from date of sale with special terms as follow. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the Northern Long- Eared Bat Myotis septentrionalis as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. All tree felling operations are restricted by federal law and must be completed by 1 April 2023. There will be no exception or extensions to this contract to allow for additional tree felling time.

Item # one (1) Blocks A & B shelterwood and clearcut harvests – All tree felling shall be complete by 1 April 2023; tree skidding, processing, and hauling as well as all site repair work, if any as directed must be complete 31 May 2022.

Item # two (2) Blocks C & D clearcut harvests – All tree felling shall be complete by 1 April 2023; tree skidding, processing, and hauling as well as all site repair work, if any as directed must be complete 31 May 2022.

Item # three (3) Block E thinning harvest – All tree felling shall be complete by 1 April 2023; tree skidding, processing, and hauling as well as all site repair work, if any as directed must be complete 31 May 2022.

INSPECTION INVITED ON FRIDAY 18 November 2022 BEGINNING AT 9:00 a.m. ALL AVAILABLE ITEMS WILL BE SHOWN ON THE ABOVE DAY. Sealed bids will be accepted until 2:00 p.m. Monday December 5, 2022 by the Acquisition, Management, and disposal section, real estate office, 803 Front Street, Norfolk, VA, and then opened publicly at Fort Pickett.

All sale areas are outside of streamside management zones. All timber for harvest is designated standing timber contained within the defined sale area boundaries. Harvest operations and associated work shall comply with the State of Virginia Forestry Best Management Practices for Water Quality. No trees will be harvested within the SMZs. Standing timber herein is located within training areas are of low military use areas, all indications are that metal contamination will be negligible, if any.

Forms for use in submitting bids are attached within this posting as an Invitation For Bid link as a pdf file. This pdf file contains the terms and conditions of the sale, the procedure for submitting bids, and description of the timber all of which are contained in the attached Invitation for Bid form. **Always look for the most recent attached Invitation for Bid pdf as updates can be made to the invitation for bid should corrections be made or more information becomes available.**Interested parties may reach either Mr. Stefan Flores for questions pertaining to bidding or the contract by phone at (757) 403-4079 or Ms. Elizabeth Nelson at (434) 292-8428 for further information on this standing timber sale prior to the week of bid opening.**Important please ensure all instructions for bidding are followed, ensure that your bid makes it to the appropriate location ON TIME, mail it early if in doubt.**

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