Description
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Forest Service is soliciting sealed bids for a six‑month salvage timber harvest on the West Boundary of Blackwater River State Forest, damaged by Hurricane Isaias. The contractor must begin harvesting within 10 business days of contract execution, prioritize heavily damaged areas and a 4,032‑acre zone around red‑cockaded woodpecker clusters, and complete work before March 15 2027 for those priority zones. No volume estimate is provided; the sale includes pine pulpwood, chip‑n‑saw, sawtimber, and hardwood pulpwood. Bidders must be capable of handling the full 10,194‑acre area or forfeit additional sales if they win multiple contracts.