The Great Basin Institute

This Stewardship Agreement Will Increase Unit Capacity to Meet Timber Production, Fuels Reduction and Restoration Targets Through Utilization of Partner Resource Crews and Partner Contracting. Partner Will Contract and Oversee 262 Acres of Mechanical Timber Harvest (1.4 Measured Miles Board Feet ((MMBF)), Mastication and Fuels Reduction, Biomass Removal and Transportation Treatments on High Public Use, Wildl and Urban Interface National Forest System Lands. Estimated Cost Per Acre Is $3,800. Partner Will Provide Professional Journeyman Level Foresters and Field Resource Crews to Conduct Timber Sale Preparation and Layout, Volume Estimation and Valuation, Heritage and Other Required Resource Surveys on at Least 2,000 Acres to Support 12 MMBF of Timber Sale Contracts at an Estimated Cost of $835 Per Acre. Partner Will Provide Trained Prescribed Fire Resource Crew to Conduct Burn Unit Prep, Including Line Construction, Fire Hose and Water Pump Installation and Tear Down, Ignition, Mop Up and Patrol to Accomplish and Implementation Approximately 1,400 Acres of Prescribed Fire Treatments at an Estimated $1,901 Per Acre. Resource Crews Will Support Restoration of Degraded Streams and Meadows and Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Habitat on Approximately 5 Miles of Stream at an Estimated $41,000 Per Mile. Resource Crews Will Conduct Resource Inventory Work in Two Critical Watersheds, Totaling Approximately 70,000 Acres at a Estimated Cost of $4.98 Per Acre. Partner Resource Crew Costs Include Workers Comp/fringe, Onboarding, Training, Chainsaw and Equipment, Fleet, Travel, Lodging, Field Per Diem, Materials and Supplies and Partner Liability Insurance. Partner's Negotiated Indirect Rate Is 20.58%.