Beaver Creek Seed Orchard Maintenance

The purpose of this contract is to procure services for management of all aspects of the Beaver Creek Seed Orchard. Primary emphasis being the care, maintenance, as-needed watering, fertilizing, cone pesticide spraying, and weeding of the planted trees within the Orchard. Other duties include, but are not limited to: ability to work with minimal oversite from Government staff; maintenance, operation, and repair of the existing drip irrigation system; seedling/tree measurements and recording; vegetation management using herbicides and manual techniques; grafting and graft maintenance; topping selected trees for cone production; pruning; slash disposal; performing work needed in the all of the tree blocks; mowing; maintenance of the buildings, big game fence, toilets, and water systems; other minor repairs and maintenance; and coordination with other agencies, public, and local private landowners.