Agreement Narrative: East Zone Forest Habitat Management Project, Lemonade Timber Sale
Primary Funder: Chippewa National Forest (Stewardship)
Location: Deer River Ranger District, Chippewa National Forest, Minnesota
Innovation: This is a non-timber short-form stewardship agreement. Through this short-form agreement, the U.S. Forest Service is providing RGS & AWS with Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to conduct supplemental timber marking contracting on the Deer River Ranger District of the Chippewa National Forest. The specific timber marking project areas land on a portion of the forest within the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (LLBO) Reservation. Using this funding, RGS & AWS will likely contract a tribal member (retired Forest Service employee) to conduct the timber marking activities and strengthen our tribal relations. Being that this agreement is funded through BIL, this agreement represents federal funding dollars that will be applied to local communities in Northern Minnesota in a way that has added economic benefit of producing timber products. RGS is leveraging our 2020 LCCMR Hunter Walking Trail Grant as our match towards this Stewardship Agreement.
Impact: The budget is for 507 acres of timber sale establishment, but additional acres could be added if there are cost savings.
Completed To-Date (2/16/24) :
Timber Sale Preparation contract executed with Curious G Outdoors LLC after extensive coordination and solicitation. Pre-work was conducted on 2/8/24 and the contractor currently started on work.
Partners: Consulting Foresters, Chippewa National Forest, LLBO (unofficially)
