THE GRAND MESA, UNCOMPAHGRE AND GUNNISON (GMUG) NATIONAL FOREST (NF) LOCATED IN WESTERN COLORADO
WILL BE ADVERTISING A SCALER/SALE ADMINISTRATOR.THIS PERM, FULL TIME POSITION IS LOCATED IN THE SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE IN DELTA, COLORADO. THIS NOTICE IS BEING CIRCULATED TO INFORM PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS OF THE UPCOMING OPPORTUNITY AND TO IDENTIFY THE LEVEL OF INTEREST IN THIS POSITION.

Major Duties:  The position is a Forestry Technician - Zone Timber Measurement Specialist in the
Southern Timber Sale Contracting Zone of Region 2.  The South Contracting Zone consists of the Grand
Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison NF's, San Juan NF, Rio Grande NF, and Pike and San Isabel NF's. The
primary purpose of this position is to serve as the Timber Measurements Specialist providing technical
assistance and support to the South Zone timber volume measurement and product accountability program.
The incumbent will perform duties at various locations across the zone on an as needed basis. Some
travel is required. 

The position is responsible for development, implementation and administration of log accountability
systems, monitoring Forest Service and purchaser compliance with log accountability and utilization
standards, check cruising to determine volume and accuracy of sale volume.  Independently applies
scaling practices to determine log volumes and defect. Monitors and inspects Forest Service log
scaling sites concerning log accountability and control of log movement.

Assists with sale administration duties. On assigned timber sale contracts is responsible for field
inspections of contractor’s operations, inspect and determine whether utilization, slash disposal,
erosion control and log accountability are adequate and obtains compliance on contract violations.
Documents and reports findings to the Forest Service Representative.  Ability to obtain Sale
Administration Certification, 3P Scaling Certification and Check Cruiser Certification is a
requirement of the position.

 If you are interested in this position,please send a notice of interest to Pamela Rule at
2250 Highway 50, Delta, CO 81416, fax to 970-874-6655 or e-mail to pamelarule@fs.fed.us.
Provide your contact information and brief experience. Once the position is advertised you will be
notified. At this time this is merely a solicitation of interested candidates,timeframe for
advertisement of the position may be from 2-6 months.
 

Used - 20-Unit, Peerless brand Chip Bin. 

For wood chips, shavings, sawdust, or hog fuel.

Currently used for chips and includes box chain conveyor.

Ladder and catwalks included along with 15 HP hydraulic power unit to operate gates

Shipping weight is approximately 36,000 lbs. fair condition.

Price: $12,500 FOB Western MT 

Contact: Tom Waddell 406-546-5977

The Southwestern Region (AZ and NM) of the Forest Service has begun development of a multi-year forest landscape restoration project in northern New Mexico. A key component of the project’s success will be a partnership with forest industry to help facilitate attainment of desired conditions. Our partnership will take shape through the Request for Proposal process for the first ten-year Stewardship Contract. We are currently beginning to develop a RFP for the SWJM project, with a goal to award a contract in the spring or summer of 2014.

This Request for Information (RFI) is a complementary phase used to identify pertinent information to be used to refine contract options. The project objective is to restore Southwestern fire dependent forest types (mainly ponderosa pine and dry mixed conifer) by thinning and harvesting predominantly small diameter trees in excess of ecological requirements in the Southwest Jemez Mountains, New Mexico. Initial treatment areas are scattered across the 210,000 acre SWJM project area on the Santa Fe National Forest and Valles Caldera National Preserve. Currently both organizations are well on their way to completing environmental analyses to meet National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements.

The rate of treatments is anticipated to be roughly 5,000 to 6,500 acres per year over the first ten-year contract term. Most treatment areas will accommodate ground-based harvest systems with some temporary road construction requirements and minor amounts of specified road reconstruction. It is expected that additional project areas within the Jemez Mountains will be available to sustain this rate of treatment with an overall objective to treat approximately 150,000 acres in 20 to 30 years with similar contracts. Depending on site productivity, which is highly variable in the Jemez Mountains, this would yield approximately 1.2 to 4.2 million CCF (100 cubic feet) of wood fiber.

The RFI is located at: https://www.fbo.gov/notices/04c9 9d8286d288c717d424b32e38762d. Responses are requested by May 29, 2013, as detailed in the RFI document.

Information regarding the initial treatment areas can be found on Santa Fe National Forest website at:

http://www. fs.usda.gov/detail/santafe/landmanagement/projects/?cid=fsbdev7_021009

and on the Valles Caldera National Preserve website at:http://www.vallescaldera.gov/st ewardship/vctDevMain.aspx?id=1

  We manufacture and package in Both 20lb. & 40 lb.
    Bags. 100 & 50 bags to a pallet.
    Pallet: 40" X 48" X 52" & 59" high. approximate

    We co-bag and provide special formulations on large
    orders.

    Orders shipped as LTL and truckload quantities.

        BLEND OAK-HICKORY-CHERRY
        CHERRY FLAVORED
        MAPLE FLAVORED
        PECAN FLAVORED
        HICKORY FLAVORED
        APPLE FLAVORED
        MESQUITE FLAVORED
        100% OAK
        100% CHERRY
        100% MAPLE
        100% HICKORY

Arizona State Forestry with funding provided by the USDA Forest Service is soliciting cost-share proposals to treat a minimum of 10 contiguous acres of forested land within Arizona to reduce adverse bark beetle impacts. Minimum and maximum grant request is $10,000 and $100,000 respectively.

Eligible Applicants
• Units of local government (counties, municipalities, cities and towns)
• Non-Profit Organizations 501(c)3
• Public educational institutions

Individuals working in partnership with their neighborhood association may apply if they work
through or in conjunction with one of the above groups.

Individuals and for-profit companies do not qualify for direct funding. Money may not be spent for
treatment on tribal lands.

The Western Bark Beetle Initiative Grant Program does not discriminate against any person or
organization because of race, color, religion, disability, sex, age or national origin.

We encourage you to review the grant criteria and instructions at www.azsf.gov/grant_information. Applicatio ns are due no later than June 30, 2013.

Project Overview:

Blue Marble Biomaterials is a biochemical company in Missoula, Montana that manufactures specialty chemicals for the food, beverage, cosmetic, and personal product industries.  For an upcoming extract product, Blue Marble is seeking to access 4-9,000 tons of chipped slash from Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata) on an annual basis.  Blue Marble hopes to partner with multiple mills and land owners to access this biomass, and multiple contractors to process and acquire this biomass.  For questions please contact Erik Berry.

Biomass Specifications:

• Species: Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata)
• Specification: Composition of the required biomass will be green, freshly cut Western Red Cedar leaves and branches that have been processed through a chipper to increase density.   The desirable material is cedar leaf and acceptable biomass will be a minimum of 60% leaves by weight, or a maximum of 40% wood by weight.  Chip size must be no larger than 4” minus. 
• Sourcing: Biomass can be sourced from any available forest, urban, private or public site.  Sourcing from existing timber harvests, manufacturing by-products, stewardship contracts, and thinning projects is highly encouraged.  If the supplier has undesired slash or standing cedar that requires thinning and does not wish to process/deliver the biomass, a contractor will be arranged by Blue Marble. 
• Trial Contract Term: Up to 1,100 tons of biomass over a 6-month period
• Full Contract Term:  Up to 8,800 tons per year, or 170 tons per week, multi-year contact
• Delivery Location: Missoula, Montana or the surrounding area- exact address yet to be determined.                               
• Payment: A maximum of $90/ton will be paid for delivered biomass.

Supplier Proposals

TreeTaggr™ – Mobile Forest Health Tool

Turn your smartphone into a tool that tracks tree disease outbreaks and deliver forest health data to scientists and forest managers around the world.

Why TreeTaggr

Forests cover one-third of the total land area on our planet. Yet millions of hectares of native forests are under threat each year by a host of new stresses induced by climate change, including a growing number of pests, diseases, pollutants. Certain species such as the once-dominant chestnut and elm have been virtually wiped out by invasive disease.

So the fight is on to save the eastern hemlock, ash, and the suddenly vulnerable conifer stands from both native and non-native pests and diseases. And with the TreeTaggr app you can join the fight!

“There is no more pressing need than the need to preserve our trees, for our earth, and ourselves.  Any way we can help gather information on the health of trees must be embraced. TreeTaggr is a much needed tool for researchers and citizens who, together, are fighting to save our forest trees.” – Lori Knowles, Health Law Institute, Canada

Developed by the Institute of Forest Biotechnology, the TreeTaggr app uses the camera and geolocation functions on a smartphone to ‘tag’ unhealthy trees in a healthy forest, or, alternatively, healthy trees in an unhealthy stand.  This app is the first tool that would leverage the availability and connectivity of smartphones for forest health data collection. It would allow a user to walk into a forest, photograph a tree, add details about the tree, and send the information to a geographic database.  The user can then note the tree type, if the tree appears diseased or healthy, and add other observations.

The app would incorporate a game aspect to further encourage people to explore forests and notice tree health. Points will be given to the user as he or she identifies and explores more forests. (Points for exploring – how great is that!)

Our goals for this phone app are two-fold: 1) to get the public interested and engaged in gathering forest health information for analysis, and 2) generate forest health trend information that can help curtail disease spread in forests. Anyone interested in promoting healthy forests – such as foresters, hikers, conservationists, citizen scientists, educators, and anyone else with a smartphone who cares about trees are all potential users.

The TreeTaggr App:

• Automatic detection of the user’s location when making a report.
• Ability for the user to enter information about the tree affected by disease or a parasite.
• Attach photographs that will help the scientists evaluate the tree’s health.
• Upload the collected information to a geolocation database.
• Display leaderboard information so users can play while making reports.

 “From a certain perspective TreeTaggr is simple. It is basically a ‘crowd sourced’ data collection tool for tracking the spread of tree disease within and across forests.  But TreeTaggr is also a harbinger for something much bigger. TreeTaggr portends a new way of thinking about scientific research and a new way of thinking about volunteerism.” – Neil Hepburn, PwC, Canada

We want to raise $20,000 to get the Android phone application code written.

Work completed:

• Framework for the app developed
• Database designed and built – Microsoft Azure with Geolocation
• Web-driven API – Communication conduit between database, website, and phone
• Android phone application scoped in detail

We have a fully scoped software development proposal that includes all the details and features we have spent the last year brainstorming. This will give us a full-featured beta version of TreeTaggr in hand. We have been fortunate to have some really amazing pro-bono help to get us to this point (We know a guy). With the beta version complete, we will have a product ready to be used, tested and expanded to other smartphone platforms. We can begin gathering ‘tags,’ get feedback from beta-testers, and add finishing touches to the app. Any funds raised beyond the $20,000 goal will be used to develop the user interface for the website, and expand the app to additional phone platforms such as iOS and Windows.

Because The Institute of Forest Biotechnology is a non-profit 501-c-3 organization, the majority of your donation (89% in fact) is tax-deductible.

The Impact

Your smartphone has all the tools necessary to help improve forest health. The TreeTaggr platform has been built from the ground up to give you, your friends, family, colleagues, and anyone else with a smartphone and a passion for forests the ability to create robust, actionable, scientific research.

 “Treetaggr is a great way to engage not only citizen scientists, but everyone else who uses our forests and wants to keep them healthy for generations to come. This tool will help people understand the threats to our forests on a real-time and local scale, while at the same time getting better regional scale information to forest managers.” – Michael Rodemeyer, University of Virginia, USA

Other Ways You Can Help

Tell your friends about our campaign and get the word out about TreeTaggr. Visit TreeTaggr.org and hit the support button. Give us a shout out on Facebook or Twitter.

Remember to use the Indiegogo share tools!

Contact Information

Adam Costanza, President, Institute of Forest Biotechnology, adam.costanza@forestbiotech.org

Susan McCord, Executive Director, Institute of Forest Biotechnology, susan.mccord@forestbiotech.org

forestbiotech.org
The Institute of Forest Biotechnology works for societal, environmental, and economic benefits from appropriate uses of biotechnology in forests worldwide through science, dialogue, and stewardship.

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BARKO REPACEMENT PINS 160A & 160B SAVE TODAY COOPER FORESTRY 

Course Description: This training will provide attendees the skills and knowledge necessary to optimize existing pneumatic conveying systems or specify reliable systems to meet conveying requirements. Systems design, operation, component selection, advantages and disadvantages, and other characteristics of different conveying systems will be discussed. 

Attendees recommended but not limited to: Food processing, bulk storage, and pulp and paper, Biotechnical, biochemical, chemical, and fermentation, Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, and Mining/mineral and plastics processing.

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• Start: 7:30AM
• End: 4:30PM