NZ Animal Damage Control - Deer Caging at Monongahela NF

harvest units. Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials (except for government-furnished property identified in clause 140), supervision, transportation, equipment, supplies, and perform all work necessary for tree cage construction and placement in accordance with the specifications, provisions, and clauses of this solicitation and any resultant contract. This work is necessary to prevent deer browsing and ensure proper regeneration of preferred trees.

In units 14, 25, 27, 28, 29, and 22 tree cages shall be constructed out of 5 foot (60-in.) tall welded wire. Cages should use a 6-foot long piece of wire and be 2-feet in diameter. Two fiberglass stakes (3/8-in diameter and 5-feet in length) will be used hold the each cage in place. All planted hardwood seedlings in these units will be caged.