The goal of this project is to restore woodland structure and promote oak regeneration within the wooded communities of Captain Daniel Wright Woods (Work Site).  The work of this project includes all labor, materials and equipment to remove approximately 80-90% of understory, non-oak trees and shrubs species (DBH < 12 inches) across 67 acres of Oak Woodland and Northern Flatwood communities and selectively girdle 25 trees of varying sizes in the Work Site.  Special care must be taken to not adversely impact this ecologically sensitive area.  Work shall include mechanical and hand cutting (chain saws, hand saws, tracked skid-loaders etc.), girdling, brush disposal via brush pile burning or chipping, selective wick herbicide application to cut stumps and follow-up wick foliar application of resprouts. 

There are two bid alternates.  The first is for removal of all dead Ash within 50 feet of the trails and parking lots within the worksite.  The second includes hauling approximately 80 logs from Captain Daniel Wright Woods, Elm Road Woods (access from Route 22) to Ethel’s Woods Forest Preserve.  The distance is approximately 25 miles.  Logs (six to eight feet long, 10 inches to 15 inches dbh) were cut and stacked into six piles at Elm Road in 2014.  Log piles at Elm Road need to be moved next to a gravel lot for loading onto a semi. Piles within Elm Road Woods are within ¼ mile of the gravel lot.  Logs shall only be moved when the ground is frozen.  Logs will be staged in a single location at Ethel’s Woods approximately ½ mile east along an access road located off Route 45. 

Execution of a contract for this work is dependent on the Owner receiving wetland mitigation funds from an outside governmental partner. 

The Work shall be performed at the following Work Site:

Captain Daniel Wright Woods Forest Preserve

24830 N. St. Mary’s Road

Mettawa, Illinois