F--Provide Tree Thinning Services

The purpose of this Statement of Work is to establish a contract for the removal of hazardous trees and limbs on the Visitor Center grounds, Kennesaw Mountain Trail and Little Kennesaw Mountain trail at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. The work will be ordered, as needed by the National Park Service (NPS) approximately once per month. Trees will range from 16 inches to 24 inches in diameter and up to 100+ feet high. Trees will need to be cut down and debris chipped and/or moved from park boundaries, roads, parking lots and trails as order by the NPS. Tree stumps shall be cut at ground level. Of particular concern in these cutting operations is the protection of the historic earthworks. These earthen fortifications date back to the battle here and are a major resource to be protected within the park boundaries. These earthworks are particularly vulnerable to damage by the operation of both the tracked and wheeled vehicles which are often used in timbering operations. It is essential and mandatory that the contractor meet with the COTR and representatives of the park’s interpretive staff before operations begin in any new area, so they can be shown what these earthworks look like and discuss how best to protect them. Park employees has marked 25+- to 40- trees each month to be removed. A total of 237 hazardous trees will need to be removed. This contract will last 10 to 12 months. Contractor will start mid-2021 and finish in mid-2022.

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Exterior Improvements, Operation and Maintenance of Exterior Improvements, Irrigation, Planting Irrigation, Planting, Planting Preparation, Soil Preparation, Landscape Grading.