1. THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR), PARKS & RECREATION DIVISION, STEWARDSHIP UNIT IS SEEKING BIDS FOR CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE WETLAND PLANTS PHRAGMITES (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS), PURPLE LOOSTRIFE (LYTHRUM SALICARIA), FLOWERING RUSH (BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS), REED CANARY GRASS (PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA), NON-NATIVE CAT-TAIL (TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA AND T. XGLAUCA), AND FROGBIT (HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE), KNOTWEED (REYNOUTRIA JAPONICA, REYNOUTRIA SACHALINENSIS AND THEIR HYBRID REYNOUTRIA BOHEMICA), AND COASTAL OCCURRING LYME GRASS (LEYMUS ARENARIUS) AT 18 STATE PARKS. ADDITIONALLY, AT ONE STATE PARK (HOLLY RA) CONTROL OF BUCKTHORN AND OTHER SELECTIVE WOODY INVASIVE WILL BE TARGETED. LARGE PORTIONS OF THESE PARKS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED TO NATIVE LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIE, FEN, GREAT LAKES MARSH AND SHORELINE. THE LANDSCAPES WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATURAL WETLANDS THAT WERE COMMON ALONG THE GREAT LAKES SHORELINE AND OTHER INLAND LAKES, STREAMS AND WETLANDS PRIOR TO WIDESPREAD EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. THE GENERAL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTROL NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN TARGETED AREAS OF THESE STATE PARKS. IN MOST PARKS REQUIRED TASKS ARE A FOLLOW-UP AFTER ONE TO SEVERAL YEARS OF TREATMENTS. NEW POPULATIONS ARE COMMON WITHIN FOLLOW UP ZONES. SOME PARKS HAVE NEW ZONES ADDED AND ONE NEW PARK IN THE UP HAS BEEN ADDED. THIS WORK WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE PLANTS USING GROUND-BASED APPLICATION TECHNIQUES (I.E., NOT A HELICOPTER OR AIRPLANE), BY A COMBINATION OF FOLIAR SPRAYING AND HAND-SWIPING HERBICIDE ONTO INDIVIDUAL PLANTS. DRONE MAPPING AND DRONE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE WORK WILL BE BID AS LUMP SUM PRICES FOR EACH PARK WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE MULTIPLE LINE ITEMS PER PARK WILL OCCUR. BIDDERS MAY BID ON ANY COMBINATION OF PARKS/LINE ITEMS. PREBID MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FOR ALGONAC, BAY CITY, STERLING STATE PARKS, AND HOLLY RECREATION AREA. NO PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD FOR THE OTHER 14 PARKS, BUT QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO BIDDING. VENDERS DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND IN-PERSON PREBIDS TO BID ON REMAINING 14 PARKS. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THESE PARKS ON THEIR OWN PRIOR TO BIDDING. GIS DATA IS PROVIDED VIA WEB LINK IN SECTION D. GPS DATA (.GPX OR SHAPEFILES) FILE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. SEE SECTION D BELOW FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE PARKS/TREATMENT AREAS. ALL PROJECT ZONES AT ALL LOCATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN AUGUST 1, 2023 AND SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE TREE AND SHRUB WORK AT HOLLY RECREATION AREA HAS A MARCH 1, 2024 DEADLINE. WORK OUTSIDE THESE WINDOWS MAY BE PERMITTED IF CONTRACTOR PROVIDES ACCEPTABLE JUSTIFICATION IN WRITING AND RECEIVES APPROVAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE PRESENCE OF NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN THE DESIGNATED AREAS OF ALGONAC STATE PARK, BALD MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA, BAY CITY SP, BELLE ISLE PARK, BRIGHTON RA, EAST TAWAS HARBOR, GRAND MERE SP, HOLLY RA, ISLAND LAKE RA, LAKE PORT SP, LUDINGTON SP, MILLIKIN SP, MUSKEGON SP, SEVEN LAKES SP, STERLING SP, WARREN DUNES SP, WILDERNESS SP AND MENOMINEE STATE RECREATION AREA, THEREBY FURTHER FAVORING THE PRESENCE OF NATIVE VEGETATION. NOTE THAT THERE IS NATIVE PHRAGMITES AT SEVERAL PARKS THAT WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE TARGETED PLANTS WITHIN DESIGNATED TREATMENT AREAS, OR WITHIN DESIGNATED POINT LOCATIONS THAT REPRESENT SPECIFIC AREAS. CONTACT: BOB CLANCY [email protected] 517-202-6751 2. THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR), PARKS & RECREATION DIVISION, STEWARDSHIP UNIT IS SEEKING BIDS FOR CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE WETLAND PLANTS PHRAGMITES (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS), PURPLE LOOSTRIFE (LYTHRUM SALICARIA), FLOWERING RUSH (BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS), REED CANARY GRASS (PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA), NON-NATIVE CAT-TAIL (TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA AND T. XGLAUCA), AND FROGBIT (HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE), KNOTWEED (REYNOUTRIA JAPONICA, REYNOUTRIA SACHALINENSIS AND THEIR HYBRID REYNOUTRIA BOHEMICA), AND COASTAL OCCURRING LYME GRASS (LEYMUS ARENARIUS) AT 18 STATE PARKS. ADDITIONALLY, AT ONE STATE PARK (HOLLY RA) CONTROL OF BUCKTHORN AND OTHER SELECTIVE WOODY INVASIVE WILL BE TARGETED. LARGE PORTIONS OF THESE PARKS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED TO NATIVE LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIE, FEN, GREAT LAKES MARSH AND SHORELINE. THE LANDSCAPES WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATURAL WETLANDS THAT WERE COMMON ALONG THE GREAT LAKES SHORELINE AND OTHER INLAND LAKES, STREAMS AND WETLANDS PRIOR TO WIDESPREAD EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. THE GENERAL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTROL NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN TARGETED AREAS OF THESE STATE PARKS. IN MOST PARKS REQUIRED TASKS ARE A FOLLOW-UP AFTER ONE TO SEVERAL YEARS OF TREATMENTS. NEW POPULATIONS ARE COMMON WITHIN FOLLOW UP ZONES. SOME PARKS HAVE NEW ZONES ADDED AND ONE NEW PARK IN THE UP HAS BEEN ADDED. THIS WORK WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE PLANTS USING GROUND-BASED APPLICATION TECHNIQUES (I.E., NOT A HELICOPTER OR AIRPLANE), BY A COMBINATION OF FOLIAR SPRAYING AND HAND-SWIPING HERBICIDE ONTO INDIVIDUAL PLANTS. DRONE MAPPING AND DRONE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE WORK WILL BE BID AS LUMP SUM PRICES FOR EACH PARK WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE MULTIPLE LINE ITEMS PER PARK WILL OCCUR. BIDDERS MAY BID ON ANY COMBINATION OF PARKS/LINE ITEMS. PREBID MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FOR ALGONAC, BAY CITY, STERLING STATE PARKS, AND HOLLY RECREATION AREA. NO PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD FOR THE OTHER 14 PARKS, BUT QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO BIDDING. VENDERS DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND IN-PERSON PREBIDS TO BID ON REMAINING 14 PARKS. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THESE PARKS ON THEIR OWN PRIOR TO BIDDING. GIS DATA IS PROVIDED VIA WEB LINK IN SECTION D. GPS DATA (.GPX OR SHAPEFILES) FILE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. SEE SECTION D BELOW FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE PARKS/TREATMENT AREAS. ALL PROJECT ZONES AT ALL LOCATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN AUGUST 1, 2023 AND SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE TREE AND SHRUB WORK AT HOLLY RECREATION AREA HAS A MARCH 1, 2024 DEADLINE. WORK OUTSIDE THESE WINDOWS MAY BE PERMITTED IF CONTRACTOR PROVIDES ACCEPTABLE JUSTIFICATION IN WRITING AND RECEIVES APPROVAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE PRESENCE OF NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN THE DESIGNATED AREAS OF ALGONAC STATE PARK, BALD MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA, BAY CITY SP, BELLE ISLE PARK, BRIGHTON RA, EAST TAWAS HARBOR, GRAND MERE SP, HOLLY RA, ISLAND LAKE RA, LAKE PORT SP, LUDINGTON SP, MILLIKIN SP, MUSKEGON SP, SEVEN LAKES SP, STERLING SP, WARREN DUNES SP, WILDERNESS SP AND MENOMINEE STATE RECREATION AREA, THEREBY FURTHER FAVORING THE PRESENCE OF NATIVE VEGETATION. NOTE THAT THERE IS NATIVE PHRAGMITES AT SEVERAL PARKS THAT WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE TARGETED PLANTS WITHIN DESIGNATED TREATMENT AREAS, OR WITHIN DESIGNATED POINT LOCATIONS THAT REPRESENT SPECIFIC AREAS. CONTACT: BOB CLANCY [email protected] 517-202-6751 3. THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR), PARKS & RECREATION DIVISION, STEWARDSHIP UNIT IS SEEKING BIDS FOR CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE WETLAND PLANTS PHRAGMITES (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS), PURPLE LOOSTRIFE (LYTHRUM SALICARIA), FLOWERING RUSH (BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS), REED CANARY GRASS (PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA), NON-NATIVE CAT-TAIL (TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA AND T. XGLAUCA), AND FROGBIT (HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE), KNOTWEED (REYNOUTRIA JAPONICA, REYNOUTRIA SACHALINENSIS AND THEIR HYBRID REYNOUTRIA BOHEMICA), AND COASTAL OCCURRING LYME GRASS (LEYMUS ARENARIUS) AT 18 STATE PARKS. ADDITIONALLY, AT ONE STATE PARK (HOLLY RA) CONTROL OF BUCKTHORN AND OTHER SELECTIVE WOODY INVASIVE WILL BE TARGETED. LARGE PORTIONS OF THESE PARKS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED TO NATIVE LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIE, FEN, GREAT LAKES MARSH AND SHORELINE. THE LANDSCAPES WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATURAL WETLANDS THAT WERE COMMON ALONG THE GREAT LAKES SHORELINE AND OTHER INLAND LAKES, STREAMS AND WETLANDS PRIOR TO WIDESPREAD EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. THE GENERAL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTROL NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN TARGETED AREAS OF THESE STATE PARKS. IN MOST PARKS REQUIRED TASKS ARE A FOLLOW-UP AFTER ONE TO SEVERAL YEARS OF TREATMENTS. NEW POPULATIONS ARE COMMON WITHIN FOLLOW UP ZONES. SOME PARKS HAVE NEW ZONES ADDED AND ONE NEW PARK IN THE UP HAS BEEN ADDED. THIS WORK WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE PLANTS USING GROUND-BASED APPLICATION TECHNIQUES (I.E., NOT A HELICOPTER OR AIRPLANE), BY A COMBINATION OF FOLIAR SPRAYING AND HAND-SWIPING HERBICIDE ONTO INDIVIDUAL PLANTS. DRONE MAPPING AND DRONE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE WORK WILL BE BID AS LUMP SUM PRICES FOR EACH PARK WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE MULTIPLE LINE ITEMS PER PARK WILL OCCUR. BIDDERS MAY BID ON ANY COMBINATION OF PARKS/LINE ITEMS. PREBID MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FOR ALGONAC, BAY CITY, STERLING STATE PARKS, AND HOLLY RECREATION AREA. NO PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD FOR THE OTHER 14 PARKS, BUT QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO BIDDING. VENDERS DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND IN-PERSON PREBIDS TO BID ON REMAINING 14 PARKS. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THESE PARKS ON THEIR OWN PRIOR TO BIDDING. GIS DATA IS PROVIDED VIA WEB LINK IN SECTION D. GPS DATA (.GPX OR SHAPEFILES) FILE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. SEE SECTION D BELOW FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE PARKS/TREATMENT AREAS. ALL PROJECT ZONES AT ALL LOCATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN AUGUST 1, 2023 AND SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE TREE AND SHRUB WORK AT HOLLY RECREATION AREA HAS A MARCH 1, 2024 DEADLINE. WORK OUTSIDE THESE WINDOWS MAY BE PERMITTED IF CONTRACTOR PROVIDES ACCEPTABLE JUSTIFICATION IN WRITING AND RECEIVES APPROVAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE PRESENCE OF NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN THE DESIGNATED AREAS OF ALGONAC STATE PARK, BALD MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA, BAY CITY SP, BELLE ISLE PARK, BRIGHTON RA, EAST TAWAS HARBOR, GRAND MERE SP, HOLLY RA, ISLAND LAKE RA, LAKE PORT SP, LUDINGTON SP, MILLIKIN SP, MUSKEGON SP, SEVEN LAKES SP, STERLING SP, WARREN DUNES SP, WILDERNESS SP AND MENOMINEE STATE RECREATION AREA, THEREBY FURTHER FAVORING THE PRESENCE OF NATIVE VEGETATION. NOTE THAT THERE IS NATIVE PHRAGMITES AT SEVERAL PARKS THAT WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE TARGETED PLANTS WITHIN DESIGNATED TREATMENT AREAS, OR WITHIN DESIGNATED POINT LOCATIONS THAT REPRESENT SPECIFIC AREAS. CONTACT: BOB CLANCY [email protected] 517-202-6751 4. THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR), PARKS & RECREATION DIVISION, STEWARDSHIP UNIT IS SEEKING BIDS FOR CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE WETLAND PLANTS PHRAGMITES (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS), PURPLE LOOSTRIFE (LYTHRUM SALICARIA), FLOWERING RUSH (BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS), REED CANARY GRASS (PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA), NON-NATIVE CAT-TAIL (TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA AND T. XGLAUCA), AND FROGBIT (HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE), KNOTWEED (REYNOUTRIA JAPONICA, REYNOUTRIA SACHALINENSIS AND THEIR HYBRID REYNOUTRIA BOHEMICA), AND COASTAL OCCURRING LYME GRASS (LEYMUS ARENARIUS) AT 18 STATE PARKS. ADDITIONALLY, AT ONE STATE PARK (HOLLY RA) CONTROL OF BUCKTHORN AND OTHER SELECTIVE WOODY INVASIVE WILL BE TARGETED. LARGE PORTIONS OF THESE PARKS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED TO NATIVE LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIE, FEN, GREAT LAKES MARSH AND SHORELINE. THE LANDSCAPES WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATURAL WETLANDS THAT WERE COMMON ALONG THE GREAT LAKES SHORELINE AND OTHER INLAND LAKES, STREAMS AND WETLANDS PRIOR TO WIDESPREAD EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. THE GENERAL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTROL NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN TARGETED AREAS OF THESE STATE PARKS. IN MOST PARKS REQUIRED TASKS ARE A FOLLOW-UP AFTER ONE TO SEVERAL YEARS OF TREATMENTS. NEW POPULATIONS ARE COMMON WITHIN FOLLOW UP ZONES. SOME PARKS HAVE NEW ZONES ADDED AND ONE NEW PARK IN THE UP HAS BEEN ADDED. THIS WORK WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE PLANTS USING GROUND-BASED APPLICATION TECHNIQUES (I.E., NOT A HELICOPTER OR AIRPLANE), BY A COMBINATION OF FOLIAR SPRAYING AND HAND-SWIPING HERBICIDE ONTO INDIVIDUAL PLANTS. DRONE MAPPING AND DRONE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE WORK WILL BE BID AS LUMP SUM PRICES FOR EACH PARK WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE MULTIPLE LINE ITEMS PER PARK WILL OCCUR. BIDDERS MAY BID ON ANY COMBINATION OF PARKS/LINE ITEMS. PREBID MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FOR ALGONAC, BAY CITY, STERLING STATE PARKS, AND HOLLY RECREATION AREA. NO PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD FOR THE OTHER 14 PARKS, BUT QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO BIDDING. VENDERS DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND IN-PERSON PREBIDS TO BID ON REMAINING 14 PARKS. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THESE PARKS ON THEIR OWN PRIOR TO BIDDING. GIS DATA IS PROVIDED VIA WEB LINK IN SECTION D. GPS DATA (.GPX OR SHAPEFILES) FILE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. SEE SECTION D BELOW FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE PARKS/TREATMENT AREAS. ALL PROJECT ZONES AT ALL LOCATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN AUGUST 1, 2023 AND SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE TREE AND SHRUB WORK AT HOLLY RECREATION AREA HAS A MARCH 1, 2024 DEADLINE. WORK OUTSIDE THESE WINDOWS MAY BE PERMITTED IF CONTRACTOR PROVIDES ACCEPTABLE JUSTIFICATION IN WRITING AND RECEIVES APPROVAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE PRESENCE OF NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN THE DESIGNATED AREAS OF ALGONAC STATE PARK, BALD MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA, BAY CITY SP, BELLE ISLE PARK, BRIGHTON RA, EAST TAWAS HARBOR, GRAND MERE SP, HOLLY RA, ISLAND LAKE RA, LAKE PORT SP, LUDINGTON SP, MILLIKIN SP, MUSKEGON SP, SEVEN LAKES SP, STERLING SP, WARREN DUNES SP, WILDERNESS SP AND MENOMINEE STATE RECREATION AREA, THEREBY FURTHER FAVORING THE PRESENCE OF NATIVE VEGETATION. NOTE THAT THERE IS NATIVE PHRAGMITES AT SEVERAL PARKS THAT WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE TARGETED PLANTS WITHIN DESIGNATED TREATMENT AREAS, OR WITHIN DESIGNATED POINT LOCATIONS THAT REPRESENT SPECIFIC AREAS. CONTACT: BOB CLANCY [email protected] 517-202-6751 5. THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR), PARKS & RECREATION DIVISION, STEWARDSHIP UNIT IS SEEKING BIDS FOR CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE WETLAND PLANTS PHRAGMITES (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS), PURPLE LOOSTRIFE (LYTHRUM SALICARIA), FLOWERING RUSH (BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS), REED CANARY GRASS (PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA), NON-NATIVE CAT-TAIL (TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA AND T. XGLAUCA), AND FROGBIT (HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE), KNOTWEED (REYNOUTRIA JAPONICA, REYNOUTRIA SACHALINENSIS AND THEIR HYBRID REYNOUTRIA BOHEMICA), AND COASTAL OCCURRING LYME GRASS (LEYMUS ARENARIUS) AT 18 STATE PARKS. ADDITIONALLY, AT ONE STATE PARK (HOLLY RA) CONTROL OF BUCKTHORN AND OTHER SELECTIVE WOODY INVASIVE WILL BE TARGETED. LARGE PORTIONS OF THESE PARKS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED TO NATIVE LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIE, FEN, GREAT LAKES MARSH AND SHORELINE. THE LANDSCAPES WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATURAL WETLANDS THAT WERE COMMON ALONG THE GREAT LAKES SHORELINE AND OTHER INLAND LAKES, STREAMS AND WETLANDS PRIOR TO WIDESPREAD EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. THE GENERAL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTROL NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN TARGETED AREAS OF THESE STATE PARKS. IN MOST PARKS REQUIRED TASKS ARE A FOLLOW-UP AFTER ONE TO SEVERAL YEARS OF TREATMENTS. NEW POPULATIONS ARE COMMON WITHIN FOLLOW UP ZONES. SOME PARKS HAVE NEW ZONES ADDED AND ONE NEW PARK IN THE UP HAS BEEN ADDED. THIS WORK WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE PLANTS USING GROUND-BASED APPLICATION TECHNIQUES (I.E., NOT A HELICOPTER OR AIRPLANE), BY A COMBINATION OF FOLIAR SPRAYING AND HAND-SWIPING HERBICIDE ONTO INDIVIDUAL PLANTS. DRONE MAPPING AND DRONE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE WORK WILL BE BID AS LUMP SUM PRICES FOR EACH PARK WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE MULTIPLE LINE ITEMS PER PARK WILL OCCUR. BIDDERS MAY BID ON ANY COMBINATION OF PARKS/LINE ITEMS. PREBID MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FOR ALGONAC, BAY CITY, STERLING STATE PARKS, AND HOLLY RECREATION AREA. NO PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD FOR THE OTHER 14 PARKS, BUT QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO BIDDING. VENDERS DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND IN-PERSON PREBIDS TO BID ON REMAINING 14 PARKS. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THESE PARKS ON THEIR OWN PRIOR TO BIDDING. GIS DATA IS PROVIDED VIA WEB LINK IN SECTION D. GPS DATA (.GPX OR SHAPEFILES) FILE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. SEE SECTION D BELOW FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE PARKS/TREATMENT AREAS. ALL PROJECT ZONES AT ALL LOCATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN AUGUST 1, 2023 AND SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE TREE AND SHRUB WORK AT HOLLY RECREATION AREA HAS A MARCH 1, 2024 DEADLINE. WORK OUTSIDE THESE WINDOWS MAY BE PERMITTED IF CONTRACTOR PROVIDES ACCEPTABLE JUSTIFICATION IN WRITING AND RECEIVES APPROVAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE PRESENCE OF NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN THE DESIGNATED AREAS OF ALGONAC STATE PARK, BALD MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA, BAY CITY SP, BELLE ISLE PARK, BRIGHTON RA, EAST TAWAS HARBOR, GRAND MERE SP, HOLLY RA, ISLAND LAKE RA, LAKE PORT SP, LUDINGTON SP, MILLIKIN SP, MUSKEGON SP, SEVEN LAKES SP, STERLING SP, WARREN DUNES SP, WILDERNESS SP AND MENOMINEE STATE RECREATION AREA, THEREBY FURTHER FAVORING THE PRESENCE OF NATIVE VEGETATION. NOTE THAT THERE IS NATIVE PHRAGMITES AT SEVERAL PARKS THAT WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE TARGETED PLANTS WITHIN DESIGNATED TREATMENT AREAS, OR WITHIN DESIGNATED POINT LOCATIONS THAT REPRESENT SPECIFIC AREAS. CONTACT: BOB CLANCY [email protected] 517-202-6751 6. THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR), PARKS & RECREATION DIVISION, STEWARDSHIP UNIT IS SEEKING BIDS FOR CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE WETLAND PLANTS PHRAGMITES (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS), PURPLE LOOSTRIFE (LYTHRUM SALICARIA), FLOWERING RUSH (BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS), REED CANARY GRASS (PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA), NON-NATIVE CAT-TAIL (TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA AND T. XGLAUCA), AND FROGBIT (HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE), KNOTWEED (REYNOUTRIA JAPONICA, REYNOUTRIA SACHALINENSIS AND THEIR HYBRID REYNOUTRIA BOHEMICA), AND COASTAL OCCURRING LYME GRASS (LEYMUS ARENARIUS) AT 18 STATE PARKS. ADDITIONALLY, AT ONE STATE PARK (HOLLY RA) CONTROL OF BUCKTHORN AND OTHER SELECTIVE WOODY INVASIVE WILL BE TARGETED. LARGE PORTIONS OF THESE PARKS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED TO NATIVE LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIE, FEN, GREAT LAKES MARSH AND SHORELINE. THE LANDSCAPES WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATURAL WETLANDS THAT WERE COMMON ALONG THE GREAT LAKES SHORELINE AND OTHER INLAND LAKES, STREAMS AND WETLANDS PRIOR TO WIDESPREAD EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. THE GENERAL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTROL NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN TARGETED AREAS OF THESE STATE PARKS. IN MOST PARKS REQUIRED TASKS ARE A FOLLOW-UP AFTER ONE TO SEVERAL YEARS OF TREATMENTS. NEW POPULATIONS ARE COMMON WITHIN FOLLOW UP ZONES. SOME PARKS HAVE NEW ZONES ADDED AND ONE NEW PARK IN THE UP HAS BEEN ADDED. THIS WORK WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE PLANTS USING GROUND-BASED APPLICATION TECHNIQUES (I.E., NOT A HELICOPTER OR AIRPLANE), BY A COMBINATION OF FOLIAR SPRAYING AND HAND-SWIPING HERBICIDE ONTO INDIVIDUAL PLANTS. DRONE MAPPING AND DRONE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE WORK WILL BE BID AS LUMP SUM PRICES FOR EACH PARK WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE MULTIPLE LINE ITEMS PER PARK WILL OCCUR. BIDDERS MAY BID ON ANY COMBINATION OF PARKS/LINE ITEMS. PREBID MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FOR ALGONAC, BAY CITY, STERLING STATE PARKS, AND HOLLY RECREATION AREA. NO PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD FOR THE OTHER 14 PARKS, BUT QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO BIDDING. VENDERS DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND IN-PERSON PREBIDS TO BID ON REMAINING 14 PARKS. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THESE PARKS ON THEIR OWN PRIOR TO BIDDING. GIS DATA IS PROVIDED VIA WEB LINK IN SECTION D. GPS DATA (.GPX OR SHAPEFILES) FILE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. SEE SECTION D BELOW FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE PARKS/TREATMENT AREAS. ALL PROJECT ZONES AT ALL LOCATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN AUGUST 1, 2023 AND SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE TREE AND SHRUB WORK AT HOLLY RECREATION AREA HAS A MARCH 1, 2024 DEADLINE. WORK OUTSIDE THESE WINDOWS MAY BE PERMITTED IF CONTRACTOR PROVIDES ACCEPTABLE JUSTIFICATION IN WRITING AND RECEIVES APPROVAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE PRESENCE OF NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN THE DESIGNATED AREAS OF ALGONAC STATE PARK, BALD MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA, BAY CITY SP, BELLE ISLE PARK, BRIGHTON RA, EAST TAWAS HARBOR, GRAND MERE SP, HOLLY RA, ISLAND LAKE RA, LAKE PORT SP, LUDINGTON SP, MILLIKIN SP, MUSKEGON SP, SEVEN LAKES SP, STERLING SP, WARREN DUNES SP, WILDERNESS SP AND MENOMINEE STATE RECREATION AREA, THEREBY FURTHER FAVORING THE PRESENCE OF NATIVE VEGETATION. NOTE THAT THERE IS NATIVE PHRAGMITES AT SEVERAL PARKS THAT WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE TARGETED PLANTS WITHIN DESIGNATED TREATMENT AREAS, OR WITHIN DESIGNATED POINT LOCATIONS THAT REPRESENT SPECIFIC AREAS. CONTACT: BOB CLANCY [email protected] 517-202-6751 7. THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR), PARKS & RECREATION DIVISION, STEWARDSHIP UNIT IS SEEKING BIDS FOR CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE WETLAND PLANTS PHRAGMITES (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS), PURPLE LOOSTRIFE (LYTHRUM SALICARIA), FLOWERING RUSH (BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS), REED CANARY GRASS (PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA), NON-NATIVE CAT-TAIL (TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA AND T. XGLAUCA), AND FROGBIT (HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE), KNOTWEED (REYNOUTRIA JAPONICA, REYNOUTRIA SACHALINENSIS AND THEIR HYBRID REYNOUTRIA BOHEMICA), AND COASTAL OCCURRING LYME GRASS (LEYMUS ARENARIUS) AT 18 STATE PARKS. ADDITIONALLY, AT ONE STATE PARK (HOLLY RA) CONTROL OF BUCKTHORN AND OTHER SELECTIVE WOODY INVASIVE WILL BE TARGETED. LARGE PORTIONS OF THESE PARKS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED TO NATIVE LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIE, FEN, GREAT LAKES MARSH AND SHORELINE. THE LANDSCAPES WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATURAL WETLANDS THAT WERE COMMON ALONG THE GREAT LAKES SHORELINE AND OTHER INLAND LAKES, STREAMS AND WETLANDS PRIOR TO WIDESPREAD EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. THE GENERAL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTROL NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN TARGETED AREAS OF THESE STATE PARKS. IN MOST PARKS REQUIRED TASKS ARE A FOLLOW-UP AFTER ONE TO SEVERAL YEARS OF TREATMENTS. NEW POPULATIONS ARE COMMON WITHIN FOLLOW UP ZONES. SOME PARKS HAVE NEW ZONES ADDED AND ONE NEW PARK IN THE UP HAS BEEN ADDED. THIS WORK WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE PLANTS USING GROUND-BASED APPLICATION TECHNIQUES (I.E., NOT A HELICOPTER OR AIRPLANE), BY A COMBINATION OF FOLIAR SPRAYING AND HAND-SWIPING HERBICIDE ONTO INDIVIDUAL PLANTS. DRONE MAPPING AND DRONE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE WORK WILL BE BID AS LUMP SUM PRICES FOR EACH PARK WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE MULTIPLE LINE ITEMS PER PARK WILL OCCUR. BIDDERS MAY BID ON ANY COMBINATION OF PARKS/LINE ITEMS. PREBID MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FOR ALGONAC, BAY CITY, STERLING STATE PARKS, AND HOLLY RECREATION AREA. NO PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD FOR THE OTHER 14 PARKS, BUT QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO BIDDING. VENDERS DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND IN-PERSON PREBIDS TO BID ON REMAINING 14 PARKS. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THESE PARKS ON THEIR OWN PRIOR TO BIDDING. GIS DATA IS PROVIDED VIA WEB LINK IN SECTION D. GPS DATA (.GPX OR SHAPEFILES) FILE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. SEE SECTION D BELOW FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE PARKS/TREATMENT AREAS. ALL PROJECT ZONES AT ALL LOCATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN AUGUST 1, 2023 AND SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE TREE AND SHRUB WORK AT HOLLY RECREATION AREA HAS A MARCH 1, 2024 DEADLINE. WORK OUTSIDE THESE WINDOWS MAY BE PERMITTED IF CONTRACTOR PROVIDES ACCEPTABLE JUSTIFICATION IN WRITING AND RECEIVES APPROVAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE PRESENCE OF NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN THE DESIGNATED AREAS OF ALGONAC STATE PARK, BALD MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA, BAY CITY SP, BELLE ISLE PARK, BRIGHTON RA, EAST TAWAS HARBOR, GRAND MERE SP, HOLLY RA, ISLAND LAKE RA, LAKE PORT SP, LUDINGTON SP, MILLIKIN SP, MUSKEGON SP, SEVEN LAKES SP, STERLING SP, WARREN DUNES SP, WILDERNESS SP AND MENOMINEE STATE RECREATION AREA, THEREBY FURTHER FAVORING THE PRESENCE OF NATIVE VEGETATION. NOTE THAT THERE IS NATIVE PHRAGMITES AT SEVERAL PARKS THAT WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE TARGETED PLANTS WITHIN DESIGNATED TREATMENT AREAS, OR WITHIN DESIGNATED POINT LOCATIONS THAT REPRESENT SPECIFIC AREAS. CONTACT: BOB CLANCY [email protected] 517-202-6751 8. THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR), PARKS & RECREATION DIVISION, STEWARDSHIP UNIT IS SEEKING BIDS FOR CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE WETLAND PLANTS PHRAGMITES (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS), PURPLE LOOSTRIFE (LYTHRUM SALICARIA), FLOWERING RUSH (BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS), REED CANARY GRASS (PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA), NON-NATIVE CAT-TAIL (TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA AND T. XGLAUCA), AND FROGBIT (HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE), KNOTWEED (REYNOUTRIA JAPONICA, REYNOUTRIA SACHALINENSIS AND THEIR HYBRID REYNOUTRIA BOHEMICA), AND COASTAL OCCURRING LYME GRASS (LEYMUS ARENARIUS) AT 18 STATE PARKS. ADDITIONALLY, AT ONE STATE PARK (HOLLY RA) CONTROL OF BUCKTHORN AND OTHER SELECTIVE WOODY INVASIVE WILL BE TARGETED. LARGE PORTIONS OF THESE PARKS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED TO NATIVE LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIE, FEN, GREAT LAKES MARSH AND SHORELINE. THE LANDSCAPES WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATURAL WETLANDS THAT WERE COMMON ALONG THE GREAT LAKES SHORELINE AND OTHER INLAND LAKES, STREAMS AND WETLANDS PRIOR TO WIDESPREAD EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. THE GENERAL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTROL NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN TARGETED AREAS OF THESE STATE PARKS. IN MOST PARKS REQUIRED TASKS ARE A FOLLOW-UP AFTER ONE TO SEVERAL YEARS OF TREATMENTS. NEW POPULATIONS ARE COMMON WITHIN FOLLOW UP ZONES. SOME PARKS HAVE NEW ZONES ADDED AND ONE NEW PARK IN THE UP HAS BEEN ADDED. THIS WORK WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE PLANTS USING GROUND-BASED APPLICATION TECHNIQUES (I.E., NOT A HELICOPTER OR AIRPLANE), BY A COMBINATION OF FOLIAR SPRAYING AND HAND-SWIPING HERBICIDE ONTO INDIVIDUAL PLANTS. DRONE MAPPING AND DRONE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE WORK WILL BE BID AS LUMP SUM PRICES FOR EACH PARK WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE MULTIPLE LINE ITEMS PER PARK WILL OCCUR. BIDDERS MAY BID ON ANY COMBINATION OF PARKS/LINE ITEMS. PREBID MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FOR ALGONAC, BAY CITY, STERLING STATE PARKS, AND HOLLY RECREATION AREA. NO PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD FOR THE OTHER 14 PARKS, BUT QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO BIDDING. VENDERS DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND IN-PERSON PREBIDS TO BID ON REMAINING 14 PARKS. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THESE PARKS ON THEIR OWN PRIOR TO BIDDING. GIS DATA IS PROVIDED VIA WEB LINK IN SECTION D. GPS DATA (.GPX OR SHAPEFILES) FILE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. SEE SECTION D BELOW FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE PARKS/TREATMENT AREAS. ALL PROJECT ZONES AT ALL LOCATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN AUGUST 1, 2023 AND SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE TREE AND SHRUB WORK AT HOLLY RECREATION AREA HAS A MARCH 1, 2024 DEADLINE. WORK OUTSIDE THESE WINDOWS MAY BE PERMITTED IF CONTRACTOR PROVIDES ACCEPTABLE JUSTIFICATION IN WRITING AND RECEIVES APPROVAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE PRESENCE OF NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN THE DESIGNATED AREAS OF ALGONAC STATE PARK, BALD MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA, BAY CITY SP, BELLE ISLE PARK, BRIGHTON RA, EAST TAWAS HARBOR, GRAND MERE SP, HOLLY RA, ISLAND LAKE RA, LAKE PORT SP, LUDINGTON SP, MILLIKIN SP, MUSKEGON SP, SEVEN LAKES SP, STERLING SP, WARREN DUNES SP, WILDERNESS SP AND MENOMINEE STATE RECREATION AREA, THEREBY FURTHER FAVORING THE PRESENCE OF NATIVE VEGETATION. NOTE THAT THERE IS NATIVE PHRAGMITES AT SEVERAL PARKS THAT WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE TARGETED PLANTS WITHIN DESIGNATED TREATMENT AREAS, OR WITHIN DESIGNATED POINT LOCATIONS THAT REPRESENT SPECIFIC AREAS. CONTACT: BOB CLANCY [email protected] 517-202-6751 9. THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR), PARKS & RECREATION DIVISION, STEWARDSHIP UNIT IS SEEKING BIDS FOR CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE WETLAND PLANTS PHRAGMITES (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS), PURPLE LOOSTRIFE (LYTHRUM SALICARIA), FLOWERING RUSH (BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS), REED CANARY GRASS (PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA), NON-NATIVE CAT-TAIL (TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA AND T. XGLAUCA), AND FROGBIT (HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE), KNOTWEED (REYNOUTRIA JAPONICA, REYNOUTRIA SACHALINENSIS AND THEIR HYBRID REYNOUTRIA BOHEMICA), AND COASTAL OCCURRING LYME GRASS (LEYMUS ARENARIUS) AT 18 STATE PARKS. ADDITIONALLY, AT ONE STATE PARK (HOLLY RA) CONTROL OF BUCKTHORN AND OTHER SELECTIVE WOODY INVASIVE WILL BE TARGETED. LARGE PORTIONS OF THESE PARKS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED TO NATIVE LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIE, FEN, GREAT LAKES MARSH AND SHORELINE. THE LANDSCAPES WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATURAL WETLANDS THAT WERE COMMON ALONG THE GREAT LAKES SHORELINE AND OTHER INLAND LAKES, STREAMS AND WETLANDS PRIOR TO WIDESPREAD EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. THE GENERAL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTROL NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN TARGETED AREAS OF THESE STATE PARKS. IN MOST PARKS REQUIRED TASKS ARE A FOLLOW-UP AFTER ONE TO SEVERAL YEARS OF TREATMENTS. NEW POPULATIONS ARE COMMON WITHIN FOLLOW UP ZONES. SOME PARKS HAVE NEW ZONES ADDED AND ONE NEW PARK IN THE UP HAS BEEN ADDED. THIS WORK WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE PLANTS USING GROUND-BASED APPLICATION TECHNIQUES (I.E., NOT A HELICOPTER OR AIRPLANE), BY A COMBINATION OF FOLIAR SPRAYING AND HAND-SWIPING HERBICIDE ONTO INDIVIDUAL PLANTS. DRONE MAPPING AND DRONE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE WORK WILL BE BID AS LUMP SUM PRICES FOR EACH PARK WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE MULTIPLE LINE ITEMS PER PARK WILL OCCUR. BIDDERS MAY BID ON ANY COMBINATION OF PARKS/LINE ITEMS. PREBID MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FOR ALGONAC, BAY CITY, STERLING STATE PARKS, AND HOLLY RECREATION AREA. NO PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD FOR THE OTHER 14 PARKS, BUT QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO BIDDING. VENDERS DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND IN-PERSON PREBIDS TO BID ON REMAINING 14 PARKS. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THESE PARKS ON THEIR OWN PRIOR TO BIDDING. GIS DATA IS PROVIDED VIA WEB LINK IN SECTION D. GPS DATA (.GPX OR SHAPEFILES) FILE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. SEE SECTION D BELOW FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE PARKS/TREATMENT AREAS. ALL PROJECT ZONES AT ALL LOCATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN AUGUST 1, 2023 AND SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE TREE AND SHRUB WORK AT HOLLY RECREATION AREA HAS A MARCH 1, 2024 DEADLINE. WORK OUTSIDE THESE WINDOWS MAY BE PERMITTED IF CONTRACTOR PROVIDES ACCEPTABLE JUSTIFICATION IN WRITING AND RECEIVES APPROVAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE PRESENCE OF NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN THE DESIGNATED AREAS OF ALGONAC STATE PARK, BALD MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA, BAY CITY SP, BELLE ISLE PARK, BRIGHTON RA, EAST TAWAS HARBOR, GRAND MERE SP, HOLLY RA, ISLAND LAKE RA, LAKE PORT SP, LUDINGTON SP, MILLIKIN SP, MUSKEGON SP, SEVEN LAKES SP, STERLING SP, WARREN DUNES SP, WILDERNESS SP AND MENOMINEE STATE RECREATION AREA, THEREBY FURTHER FAVORING THE PRESENCE OF NATIVE VEGETATION. NOTE THAT THERE IS NATIVE PHRAGMITES AT SEVERAL PARKS THAT WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE TARGETED PLANTS WITHIN DESIGNATED TREATMENT AREAS, OR WITHIN DESIGNATED POINT LOCATIONS THAT REPRESENT SPECIFIC AREAS. CONTACT: BOB CLANCY [email protected] 517-202-6751 10. THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR), PARKS & RECREATION DIVISION, STEWARDSHIP UNIT IS SEEKING BIDS FOR CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE WETLAND PLANTS PHRAGMITES (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS), PURPLE LOOSTRIFE (LYTHRUM SALICARIA), FLOWERING RUSH (BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS), REED CANARY GRASS (PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA), NON-NATIVE CAT-TAIL (TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA AND T. XGLAUCA), AND FROGBIT (HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE), KNOTWEED (REYNOUTRIA JAPONICA, REYNOUTRIA SACHALINENSIS AND THEIR HYBRID REYNOUTRIA BOHEMICA), AND COASTAL OCCURRING LYME GRASS (LEYMUS ARENARIUS) AT 18 STATE PARKS. ADDITIONALLY, AT ONE STATE PARK (HOLLY RA) CONTROL OF BUCKTHORN AND OTHER SELECTIVE WOODY INVASIVE WILL BE TARGETED. LARGE PORTIONS OF THESE PARKS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED TO NATIVE LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIE, FEN, GREAT LAKES MARSH AND SHORELINE. THE LANDSCAPES WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATURAL WETLANDS THAT WERE COMMON ALONG THE GREAT LAKES SHORELINE AND OTHER INLAND LAKES, STREAMS AND WETLANDS PRIOR TO WIDESPREAD EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. THE GENERAL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTROL NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN TARGETED AREAS OF THESE STATE PARKS. IN MOST PARKS REQUIRED TASKS ARE A FOLLOW-UP AFTER ONE TO SEVERAL YEARS OF TREATMENTS. NEW POPULATIONS ARE COMMON WITHIN FOLLOW UP ZONES. SOME PARKS HAVE NEW ZONES ADDED AND ONE NEW PARK IN THE UP HAS BEEN ADDED. THIS WORK WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE PLANTS USING GROUND-BASED APPLICATION TECHNIQUES (I.E., NOT A HELICOPTER OR AIRPLANE), BY A COMBINATION OF FOLIAR SPRAYING AND HAND-SWIPING HERBICIDE ONTO INDIVIDUAL PLANTS. DRONE MAPPING AND DRONE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE WORK WILL BE BID AS LUMP SUM PRICES FOR EACH PARK WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE MULTIPLE LINE ITEMS PER PARK WILL OCCUR. BIDDERS MAY BID ON ANY COMBINATION OF PARKS/LINE ITEMS. PREBID MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FOR ALGONAC, BAY CITY, STERLING STATE PARKS, AND HOLLY RECREATION AREA. NO PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD FOR THE OTHER 14 PARKS, BUT QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO BIDDING. VENDERS DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND IN-PERSON PREBIDS TO BID ON REMAINING 14 PARKS. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THESE PARKS ON THEIR OWN PRIOR TO BIDDING. GIS DATA IS PROVIDED VIA WEB LINK IN SECTION D. GPS DATA (.GPX OR SHAPEFILES) FILE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. SEE SECTION D BELOW FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE PARKS/TREATMENT AREAS. ALL PROJECT ZONES AT ALL LOCATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN AUGUST 1, 2023 AND SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE TREE AND SHRUB WORK AT HOLLY RECREATION AREA HAS A MARCH 1, 2024 DEADLINE. WORK OUTSIDE THESE WINDOWS MAY BE PERMITTED IF CONTRACTOR PROVIDES ACCEPTABLE JUSTIFICATION IN WRITING AND RECEIVES APPROVAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE PRESENCE OF NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN THE DESIGNATED AREAS OF ALGONAC STATE PARK, BALD MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA, BAY CITY SP, BELLE ISLE PARK, BRIGHTON RA, EAST TAWAS HARBOR, GRAND MERE SP, HOLLY RA, ISLAND LAKE RA, LAKE PORT SP, LUDINGTON SP, MILLIKIN SP, MUSKEGON SP, SEVEN LAKES SP, STERLING SP, WARREN DUNES SP, WILDERNESS SP AND MENOMINEE STATE RECREATION AREA, THEREBY FURTHER FAVORING THE PRESENCE OF NATIVE VEGETATION. NOTE THAT THERE IS NATIVE PHRAGMITES AT SEVERAL PARKS THAT WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE TARGETED PLANTS WITHIN DESIGNATED TREATMENT AREAS, OR WITHIN DESIGNATED POINT LOCATIONS THAT REPRESENT SPECIFIC AREAS. CONTACT: BOB CLANCY [email protected] 517-202-6751 11. THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR), PARKS & RECREATION DIVISION, STEWARDSHIP UNIT IS SEEKING BIDS FOR CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE WETLAND PLANTS PHRAGMITES (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS), PURPLE LOOSTRIFE (LYTHRUM SALICARIA), FLOWERING RUSH (BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS), REED CANARY GRASS (PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA), NON-NATIVE CAT-TAIL (TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA AND T. XGLAUCA), AND FROGBIT (HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE), KNOTWEED (REYNOUTRIA JAPONICA, REYNOUTRIA SACHALINENSIS AND THEIR HYBRID REYNOUTRIA BOHEMICA), AND COASTAL OCCURRING LYME GRASS (LEYMUS ARENARIUS) AT 18 STATE PARKS. ADDITIONALLY, AT ONE STATE PARK (HOLLY RA) CONTROL OF BUCKTHORN AND OTHER SELECTIVE WOODY INVASIVE WILL BE TARGETED. LARGE PORTIONS OF THESE PARKS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED TO NATIVE LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIE, FEN, GREAT LAKES MARSH AND SHORELINE. THE LANDSCAPES WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATURAL WETLANDS THAT WERE COMMON ALONG THE GREAT LAKES SHORELINE AND OTHER INLAND LAKES, STREAMS AND WETLANDS PRIOR TO WIDESPREAD EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. THE GENERAL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTROL NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN TARGETED AREAS OF THESE STATE PARKS. IN MOST PARKS REQUIRED TASKS ARE A FOLLOW-UP AFTER ONE TO SEVERAL YEARS OF TREATMENTS. NEW POPULATIONS ARE COMMON WITHIN FOLLOW UP ZONES. SOME PARKS HAVE NEW ZONES ADDED AND ONE NEW PARK IN THE UP HAS BEEN ADDED. THIS WORK WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE PLANTS USING GROUND-BASED APPLICATION TECHNIQUES (I.E., NOT A HELICOPTER OR AIRPLANE), BY A COMBINATION OF FOLIAR SPRAYING AND HAND-SWIPING HERBICIDE ONTO INDIVIDUAL PLANTS. DRONE MAPPING AND DRONE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE WORK WILL BE BID AS LUMP SUM PRICES FOR EACH PARK WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE MULTIPLE LINE ITEMS PER PARK WILL OCCUR. BIDDERS MAY BID ON ANY COMBINATION OF PARKS/LINE ITEMS. PREBID MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FOR ALGONAC, BAY CITY, STERLING STATE PARKS, AND HOLLY RECREATION AREA. NO PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD FOR THE OTHER 14 PARKS, BUT QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO BIDDING. VENDERS DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND IN-PERSON PREBIDS TO BID ON REMAINING 14 PARKS. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THESE PARKS ON THEIR OWN PRIOR TO BIDDING. GIS DATA IS PROVIDED VIA WEB LINK IN SECTION D. GPS DATA (.GPX OR SHAPEFILES) FILE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. SEE SECTION D BELOW FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE PARKS/TREATMENT AREAS. ALL PROJECT ZONES AT ALL LOCATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN AUGUST 1, 2023 AND SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE TREE AND SHRUB WORK AT HOLLY RECREATION AREA HAS A MARCH 1, 2024 DEADLINE. WORK OUTSIDE THESE WINDOWS MAY BE PERMITTED IF CONTRACTOR PROVIDES ACCEPTABLE JUSTIFICATION IN WRITING AND RECEIVES APPROVAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE PRESENCE OF NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN THE DESIGNATED AREAS OF ALGONAC STATE PARK, BALD MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA, BAY CITY SP, BELLE ISLE PARK, BRIGHTON RA, EAST TAWAS HARBOR, GRAND MERE SP, HOLLY RA, ISLAND LAKE RA, LAKE PORT SP, LUDINGTON SP, MILLIKIN SP, MUSKEGON SP, SEVEN LAKES SP, STERLING SP, WARREN DUNES SP, WILDERNESS SP AND MENOMINEE STATE RECREATION AREA, THEREBY FURTHER FAVORING THE PRESENCE OF NATIVE VEGETATION. NOTE THAT THERE IS NATIVE PHRAGMITES AT SEVERAL PARKS THAT WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE TARGETED PLANTS WITHIN DESIGNATED TREATMENT AREAS, OR WITHIN DESIGNATED POINT LOCATIONS THAT REPRESENT SPECIFIC AREAS. CONTACT: BOB CLANCY [email protected] 517-202-6751 12. THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR), PARKS & RECREATION DIVISION, STEWARDSHIP UNIT IS SEEKING BIDS FOR CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE WETLAND PLANTS PHRAGMITES (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS), PURPLE LOOSTRIFE (LYTHRUM SALICARIA), FLOWERING RUSH (BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS), REED CANARY GRASS (PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA), NON-NATIVE CAT-TAIL (TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA AND T. XGLAUCA), AND FROGBIT (HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE), KNOTWEED (REYNOUTRIA JAPONICA, REYNOUTRIA SACHALINENSIS AND THEIR HYBRID REYNOUTRIA BOHEMICA), AND COASTAL OCCURRING LYME GRASS (LEYMUS ARENARIUS) AT 18 STATE PARKS. ADDITIONALLY, AT ONE STATE PARK (HOLLY RA) CONTROL OF BUCKTHORN AND OTHER SELECTIVE WOODY INVASIVE WILL BE TARGETED. LARGE PORTIONS OF THESE PARKS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED TO NATIVE LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIE, FEN, GREAT LAKES MARSH AND SHORELINE. THE LANDSCAPES WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATURAL WETLANDS THAT WERE COMMON ALONG THE GREAT LAKES SHORELINE AND OTHER INLAND LAKES, STREAMS AND WETLANDS PRIOR TO WIDESPREAD EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. THE GENERAL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTROL NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN TARGETED AREAS OF THESE STATE PARKS. IN MOST PARKS REQUIRED TASKS ARE A FOLLOW-UP AFTER ONE TO SEVERAL YEARS OF TREATMENTS. NEW POPULATIONS ARE COMMON WITHIN FOLLOW UP ZONES. SOME PARKS HAVE NEW ZONES ADDED AND ONE NEW PARK IN THE UP HAS BEEN ADDED. THIS WORK WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE PLANTS USING GROUND-BASED APPLICATION TECHNIQUES (I.E., NOT A HELICOPTER OR AIRPLANE), BY A COMBINATION OF FOLIAR SPRAYING AND HAND-SWIPING HERBICIDE ONTO INDIVIDUAL PLANTS. DRONE MAPPING AND DRONE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE WORK WILL BE BID AS LUMP SUM PRICES FOR EACH PARK WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE MULTIPLE LINE ITEMS PER PARK WILL OCCUR. BIDDERS MAY BID ON ANY COMBINATION OF PARKS/LINE ITEMS. PREBID MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FOR ALGONAC, BAY CITY, STERLING STATE PARKS, AND HOLLY RECREATION AREA. NO PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD FOR THE OTHER 14 PARKS, BUT QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO BIDDING. VENDERS DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND IN-PERSON PREBIDS TO BID ON REMAINING 14 PARKS. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THESE PARKS ON THEIR OWN PRIOR TO BIDDING. GIS DATA IS PROVIDED VIA WEB LINK IN SECTION D. GPS DATA (.GPX OR SHAPEFILES) FILE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. SEE SECTION D BELOW FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE PARKS/TREATMENT AREAS. ALL PROJECT ZONES AT ALL LOCATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN AUGUST 1, 2023 AND SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE TREE AND SHRUB WORK AT HOLLY RECREATION AREA HAS A MARCH 1, 2024 DEADLINE. WORK OUTSIDE THESE WINDOWS MAY BE PERMITTED IF CONTRACTOR PROVIDES ACCEPTABLE JUSTIFICATION IN WRITING AND RECEIVES APPROVAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE PRESENCE OF NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN THE DESIGNATED AREAS OF ALGONAC STATE PARK, BALD MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA, BAY CITY SP, BELLE ISLE PARK, BRIGHTON RA, EAST TAWAS HARBOR, GRAND MERE SP, HOLLY RA, ISLAND LAKE RA, LAKE PORT SP, LUDINGTON SP, MILLIKIN SP, MUSKEGON SP, SEVEN LAKES SP, STERLING SP, WARREN DUNES SP, WILDERNESS SP AND MENOMINEE STATE RECREATION AREA, THEREBY FURTHER FAVORING THE PRESENCE OF NATIVE VEGETATION. NOTE THAT THERE IS NATIVE PHRAGMITES AT SEVERAL PARKS THAT WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE TARGETED PLANTS WITHIN DESIGNATED TREATMENT AREAS, OR WITHIN DESIGNATED POINT LOCATIONS THAT REPRESENT SPECIFIC AREAS. CONTACT: BOB CLANCY [email protected] 517-202-6751 13. THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR), PARKS & RECREATION DIVISION, STEWARDSHIP UNIT IS SEEKING BIDS FOR CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE WETLAND PLANTS PHRAGMITES (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS), PURPLE LOOSTRIFE (LYTHRUM SALICARIA), FLOWERING RUSH (BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS), REED CANARY GRASS (PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA), NON-NATIVE CAT-TAIL (TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA AND T. XGLAUCA), AND FROGBIT (HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE), KNOTWEED (REYNOUTRIA JAPONICA, REYNOUTRIA SACHALINENSIS AND THEIR HYBRID REYNOUTRIA BOHEMICA), AND COASTAL OCCURRING LYME GRASS (LEYMUS ARENARIUS) AT 18 STATE PARKS. ADDITIONALLY, AT ONE STATE PARK (HOLLY RA) CONTROL OF BUCKTHORN AND OTHER SELECTIVE WOODY INVASIVE WILL BE TARGETED. LARGE PORTIONS OF THESE PARKS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED TO NATIVE LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIE, FEN, GREAT LAKES MARSH AND SHORELINE. THE LANDSCAPES WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATURAL WETLANDS THAT WERE COMMON ALONG THE GREAT LAKES SHORELINE AND OTHER INLAND LAKES, STREAMS AND WETLANDS PRIOR TO WIDESPREAD EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. THE GENERAL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTROL NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN TARGETED AREAS OF THESE STATE PARKS. IN MOST PARKS REQUIRED TASKS ARE A FOLLOW-UP AFTER ONE TO SEVERAL YEARS OF TREATMENTS. NEW POPULATIONS ARE COMMON WITHIN FOLLOW UP ZONES. SOME PARKS HAVE NEW ZONES ADDED AND ONE NEW PARK IN THE UP HAS BEEN ADDED. THIS WORK WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE PLANTS USING GROUND-BASED APPLICATION TECHNIQUES (I.E., NOT A HELICOPTER OR AIRPLANE), BY A COMBINATION OF FOLIAR SPRAYING AND HAND-SWIPING HERBICIDE ONTO INDIVIDUAL PLANTS. DRONE MAPPING AND DRONE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE WORK WILL BE BID AS LUMP SUM PRICES FOR EACH PARK WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE MULTIPLE LINE ITEMS PER PARK WILL OCCUR. BIDDERS MAY BID ON ANY COMBINATION OF PARKS/LINE ITEMS. PREBID MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FOR ALGONAC, BAY CITY, STERLING STATE PARKS, AND HOLLY RECREATION AREA. NO PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD FOR THE OTHER 14 PARKS, BUT QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO BIDDING. VENDERS DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND IN-PERSON PREBIDS TO BID ON REMAINING 14 PARKS. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THESE PARKS ON THEIR OWN PRIOR TO BIDDING. GIS DATA IS PROVIDED VIA WEB LINK IN SECTION D. GPS DATA (.GPX OR SHAPEFILES) FILE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. SEE SECTION D BELOW FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE PARKS/TREATMENT AREAS. ALL PROJECT ZONES AT ALL LOCATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN AUGUST 1, 2023 AND SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE TREE AND SHRUB WORK AT HOLLY RECREATION AREA HAS A MARCH 1, 2024 DEADLINE. WORK OUTSIDE THESE WINDOWS MAY BE PERMITTED IF CONTRACTOR PROVIDES ACCEPTABLE JUSTIFICATION IN WRITING AND RECEIVES APPROVAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE PRESENCE OF NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN THE DESIGNATED AREAS OF ALGONAC STATE PARK, BALD MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA, BAY CITY SP, BELLE ISLE PARK, BRIGHTON RA, EAST TAWAS HARBOR, GRAND MERE SP, HOLLY RA, ISLAND LAKE RA, LAKE PORT SP, LUDINGTON SP, MILLIKIN SP, MUSKEGON SP, SEVEN LAKES SP, STERLING SP, WARREN DUNES SP, WILDERNESS SP AND MENOMINEE STATE RECREATION AREA, THEREBY FURTHER FAVORING THE PRESENCE OF NATIVE VEGETATION. NOTE THAT THERE IS NATIVE PHRAGMITES AT SEVERAL PARKS THAT WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE TARGETED PLANTS WITHIN DESIGNATED TREATMENT AREAS, OR WITHIN DESIGNATED POINT LOCATIONS THAT REPRESENT SPECIFIC AREAS. CONTACT: BOB CLANCY [email protected] 517-202-6751 14. THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR), PARKS & RECREATION DIVISION, STEWARDSHIP UNIT IS SEEKING BIDS FOR CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE WETLAND PLANTS PHRAGMITES (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS), PURPLE LOOSTRIFE (LYTHRUM SALICARIA), FLOWERING RUSH (BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS), REED CANARY GRASS (PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA), NON-NATIVE CAT-TAIL (TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA AND T. XGLAUCA), AND FROGBIT (HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE), KNOTWEED (REYNOUTRIA JAPONICA, REYNOUTRIA SACHALINENSIS AND THEIR HYBRID REYNOUTRIA BOHEMICA), AND COASTAL OCCURRING LYME GRASS (LEYMUS ARENARIUS) AT 18 STATE PARKS. ADDITIONALLY, AT ONE STATE PARK (HOLLY RA) CONTROL OF BUCKTHORN AND OTHER SELECTIVE WOODY INVASIVE WILL BE TARGETED. LARGE PORTIONS OF THESE PARKS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED TO NATIVE LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIE, FEN, GREAT LAKES MARSH AND SHORELINE. THE LANDSCAPES WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATURAL WETLANDS THAT WERE COMMON ALONG THE GREAT LAKES SHORELINE AND OTHER INLAND LAKES, STREAMS AND WETLANDS PRIOR TO WIDESPREAD EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. THE GENERAL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTROL NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN TARGETED AREAS OF THESE STATE PARKS. IN MOST PARKS REQUIRED TASKS ARE A FOLLOW-UP AFTER ONE TO SEVERAL YEARS OF TREATMENTS. NEW POPULATIONS ARE COMMON WITHIN FOLLOW UP ZONES. SOME PARKS HAVE NEW ZONES ADDED AND ONE NEW PARK IN THE UP HAS BEEN ADDED. THIS WORK WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE PLANTS USING GROUND-BASED APPLICATION TECHNIQUES (I.E., NOT A HELICOPTER OR AIRPLANE), BY A COMBINATION OF FOLIAR SPRAYING AND HAND-SWIPING HERBICIDE ONTO INDIVIDUAL PLANTS. DRONE MAPPING AND DRONE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE WORK WILL BE BID AS LUMP SUM PRICES FOR EACH PARK WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE MULTIPLE LINE ITEMS PER PARK WILL OCCUR. BIDDERS MAY BID ON ANY COMBINATION OF PARKS/LINE ITEMS. PREBID MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FOR ALGONAC, BAY CITY, STERLING STATE PARKS, AND HOLLY RECREATION AREA. NO PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD FOR THE OTHER 14 PARKS, BUT QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO BIDDING. VENDERS DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND IN-PERSON PREBIDS TO BID ON REMAINING 14 PARKS. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THESE PARKS ON THEIR OWN PRIOR TO BIDDING. GIS DATA IS PROVIDED VIA WEB LINK IN SECTION D. GPS DATA (.GPX OR SHAPEFILES) FILE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. SEE SECTION D BELOW FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE PARKS/TREATMENT AREAS. ALL PROJECT ZONES AT ALL LOCATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN AUGUST 1, 2023 AND SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE TREE AND SHRUB WORK AT HOLLY RECREATION AREA HAS A MARCH 1, 2024 DEADLINE. WORK OUTSIDE THESE WINDOWS MAY BE PERMITTED IF CONTRACTOR PROVIDES ACCEPTABLE JUSTIFICATION IN WRITING AND RECEIVES APPROVAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE PRESENCE OF NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN THE DESIGNATED AREAS OF ALGONAC STATE PARK, BALD MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA, BAY CITY SP, BELLE ISLE PARK, BRIGHTON RA, EAST TAWAS HARBOR, GRAND MERE SP, HOLLY RA, ISLAND LAKE RA, LAKE PORT SP, LUDINGTON SP, MILLIKIN SP, MUSKEGON SP, SEVEN LAKES SP, STERLING SP, WARREN DUNES SP, WILDERNESS SP AND MENOMINEE STATE RECREATION AREA, THEREBY FURTHER FAVORING THE PRESENCE OF NATIVE VEGETATION. NOTE THAT THERE IS NATIVE PHRAGMITES AT SEVERAL PARKS THAT WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE TARGETED PLANTS WITHIN DESIGNATED TREATMENT AREAS, OR WITHIN DESIGNATED POINT LOCATIONS THAT REPRESENT SPECIFIC AREAS. CONTACT: BOB CLANCY [email protected] 517-202-6751 15. THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR), PARKS & RECREATION DIVISION, STEWARDSHIP UNIT IS SEEKING BIDS FOR CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE WETLAND PLANTS PHRAGMITES (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS), PURPLE LOOSTRIFE (LYTHRUM SALICARIA), FLOWERING RUSH (BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS), REED CANARY GRASS (PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA), NON-NATIVE CAT-TAIL (TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA AND T. XGLAUCA), AND FROGBIT (HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE), KNOTWEED (REYNOUTRIA JAPONICA, REYNOUTRIA SACHALINENSIS AND THEIR HYBRID REYNOUTRIA BOHEMICA), AND COASTAL OCCURRING LYME GRASS (LEYMUS ARENARIUS) AT 18 STATE PARKS. ADDITIONALLY, AT ONE STATE PARK (HOLLY RA) CONTROL OF BUCKTHORN AND OTHER SELECTIVE WOODY INVASIVE WILL BE TARGETED. LARGE PORTIONS OF THESE PARKS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED TO NATIVE LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIE, FEN, GREAT LAKES MARSH AND SHORELINE. THE LANDSCAPES WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATURAL WETLANDS THAT WERE COMMON ALONG THE GREAT LAKES SHORELINE AND OTHER INLAND LAKES, STREAMS AND WETLANDS PRIOR TO WIDESPREAD EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. THE GENERAL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTROL NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN TARGETED AREAS OF THESE STATE PARKS. IN MOST PARKS REQUIRED TASKS ARE A FOLLOW-UP AFTER ONE TO SEVERAL YEARS OF TREATMENTS. NEW POPULATIONS ARE COMMON WITHIN FOLLOW UP ZONES. SOME PARKS HAVE NEW ZONES ADDED AND ONE NEW PARK IN THE UP HAS BEEN ADDED. THIS WORK WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE PLANTS USING GROUND-BASED APPLICATION TECHNIQUES (I.E., NOT A HELICOPTER OR AIRPLANE), BY A COMBINATION OF FOLIAR SPRAYING AND HAND-SWIPING HERBICIDE ONTO INDIVIDUAL PLANTS. DRONE MAPPING AND DRONE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE WORK WILL BE BID AS LUMP SUM PRICES FOR EACH PARK WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE MULTIPLE LINE ITEMS PER PARK WILL OCCUR. BIDDERS MAY BID ON ANY COMBINATION OF PARKS/LINE ITEMS. PREBID MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FOR ALGONAC, BAY CITY, STERLING STATE PARKS, AND HOLLY RECREATION AREA. NO PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD FOR THE OTHER 14 PARKS, BUT QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO BIDDING. VENDERS DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND IN-PERSON PREBIDS TO BID ON REMAINING 14 PARKS. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THESE PARKS ON THEIR OWN PRIOR TO BIDDING. GIS DATA IS PROVIDED VIA WEB LINK IN SECTION D. GPS DATA (.GPX OR SHAPEFILES) FILE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. SEE SECTION D BELOW FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE PARKS/TREATMENT AREAS. ALL PROJECT ZONES AT ALL LOCATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN AUGUST 1, 2023 AND SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE TREE AND SHRUB WORK AT HOLLY RECREATION AREA HAS A MARCH 1, 2024 DEADLINE. WORK OUTSIDE THESE WINDOWS MAY BE PERMITTED IF CONTRACTOR PROVIDES ACCEPTABLE JUSTIFICATION IN WRITING AND RECEIVES APPROVAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE PRESENCE OF NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN THE DESIGNATED AREAS OF ALGONAC STATE PARK, BALD MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA, BAY CITY SP, BELLE ISLE PARK, BRIGHTON RA, EAST TAWAS HARBOR, GRAND MERE SP, HOLLY RA, ISLAND LAKE RA, LAKE PORT SP, LUDINGTON SP, MILLIKIN SP, MUSKEGON SP, SEVEN LAKES SP, STERLING SP, WARREN DUNES SP, WILDERNESS SP AND MENOMINEE STATE RECREATION AREA, THEREBY FURTHER FAVORING THE PRESENCE OF NATIVE VEGETATION. NOTE THAT THERE IS NATIVE PHRAGMITES AT SEVERAL PARKS THAT WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE TARGETED PLANTS WITHIN DESIGNATED TREATMENT AREAS, OR WITHIN DESIGNATED POINT LOCATIONS THAT REPRESENT SPECIFIC AREAS. CONTACT: BOB CLANCY [email protected] 517-202-6751 16. THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR), PARKS & RECREATION DIVISION, STEWARDSHIP UNIT IS SEEKING BIDS FOR CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE WETLAND PLANTS PHRAGMITES (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS), PURPLE LOOSTRIFE (LYTHRUM SALICARIA), FLOWERING RUSH (BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS), REED CANARY GRASS (PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA), NON-NATIVE CAT-TAIL (TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA AND T. XGLAUCA), AND FROGBIT (HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE), KNOTWEED (REYNOUTRIA JAPONICA, REYNOUTRIA SACHALINENSIS AND THEIR HYBRID REYNOUTRIA BOHEMICA), AND COASTAL OCCURRING LYME GRASS (LEYMUS ARENARIUS) AT 18 STATE PARKS. ADDITIONALLY, AT ONE STATE PARK (HOLLY RA) CONTROL OF BUCKTHORN AND OTHER SELECTIVE WOODY INVASIVE WILL BE TARGETED. LARGE PORTIONS OF THESE PARKS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED TO NATIVE LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIE, FEN, GREAT LAKES MARSH AND SHORELINE. THE LANDSCAPES WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATURAL WETLANDS THAT WERE COMMON ALONG THE GREAT LAKES SHORELINE AND OTHER INLAND LAKES, STREAMS AND WETLANDS PRIOR TO WIDESPREAD EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. THE GENERAL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTROL NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN TARGETED AREAS OF THESE STATE PARKS. IN MOST PARKS REQUIRED TASKS ARE A FOLLOW-UP AFTER ONE TO SEVERAL YEARS OF TREATMENTS. NEW POPULATIONS ARE COMMON WITHIN FOLLOW UP ZONES. SOME PARKS HAVE NEW ZONES ADDED AND ONE NEW PARK IN THE UP HAS BEEN ADDED. THIS WORK WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE PLANTS USING GROUND-BASED APPLICATION TECHNIQUES (I.E., NOT A HELICOPTER OR AIRPLANE), BY A COMBINATION OF FOLIAR SPRAYING AND HAND-SWIPING HERBICIDE ONTO INDIVIDUAL PLANTS. DRONE MAPPING AND DRONE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE WORK WILL BE BID AS LUMP SUM PRICES FOR EACH PARK WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE MULTIPLE LINE ITEMS PER PARK WILL OCCUR. BIDDERS MAY BID ON ANY COMBINATION OF PARKS/LINE ITEMS. PREBID MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FOR ALGONAC, BAY CITY, STERLING STATE PARKS, AND HOLLY RECREATION AREA. NO PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD FOR THE OTHER 14 PARKS, BUT QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO BIDDING. VENDERS DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND IN-PERSON PREBIDS TO BID ON REMAINING 14 PARKS. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THESE PARKS ON THEIR OWN PRIOR TO BIDDING. GIS DATA IS PROVIDED VIA WEB LINK IN SECTION D. GPS DATA (.GPX OR SHAPEFILES) FILE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. SEE SECTION D BELOW FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE PARKS/TREATMENT AREAS. ALL PROJECT ZONES AT ALL LOCATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN AUGUST 1, 2023 AND SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE TREE AND SHRUB WORK AT HOLLY RECREATION AREA HAS A MARCH 1, 2024 DEADLINE. WORK OUTSIDE THESE WINDOWS MAY BE PERMITTED IF CONTRACTOR PROVIDES ACCEPTABLE JUSTIFICATION IN WRITING AND RECEIVES APPROVAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE PRESENCE OF NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN THE DESIGNATED AREAS OF ALGONAC STATE PARK, BALD MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA, BAY CITY SP, BELLE ISLE PARK, BRIGHTON RA, EAST TAWAS HARBOR, GRAND MERE SP, HOLLY RA, ISLAND LAKE RA, LAKE PORT SP, LUDINGTON SP, MILLIKIN SP, MUSKEGON SP, SEVEN LAKES SP, STERLING SP, WARREN DUNES SP, WILDERNESS SP AND MENOMINEE STATE RECREATION AREA, THEREBY FURTHER FAVORING THE PRESENCE OF NATIVE VEGETATION. NOTE THAT THERE IS NATIVE PHRAGMITES AT SEVERAL PARKS THAT WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE TARGETED PLANTS WITHIN DESIGNATED TREATMENT AREAS, OR WITHIN DESIGNATED POINT LOCATIONS THAT REPRESENT SPECIFIC AREAS. CONTACT: BOB CLANCY [email protected] 517-202-6751 17. THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR), PARKS & RECREATION DIVISION, STEWARDSHIP UNIT IS SEEKING BIDS FOR CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE WETLAND PLANTS PHRAGMITES (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS), PURPLE LOOSTRIFE (LYTHRUM SALICARIA), FLOWERING RUSH (BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS), REED CANARY GRASS (PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA), NON-NATIVE CAT-TAIL (TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA AND T. XGLAUCA), AND FROGBIT (HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE), KNOTWEED (REYNOUTRIA JAPONICA, REYNOUTRIA SACHALINENSIS AND THEIR HYBRID REYNOUTRIA BOHEMICA), AND COASTAL OCCURRING LYME GRASS (LEYMUS ARENARIUS) AT 18 STATE PARKS. ADDITIONALLY, AT ONE STATE PARK (HOLLY RA) CONTROL OF BUCKTHORN AND OTHER SELECTIVE WOODY INVASIVE WILL BE TARGETED. LARGE PORTIONS OF THESE PARKS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED TO NATIVE LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIE, FEN, GREAT LAKES MARSH AND SHORELINE. THE LANDSCAPES WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATURAL WETLANDS THAT WERE COMMON ALONG THE GREAT LAKES SHORELINE AND OTHER INLAND LAKES, STREAMS AND WETLANDS PRIOR TO WIDESPREAD EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. THE GENERAL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTROL NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN TARGETED AREAS OF THESE STATE PARKS. IN MOST PARKS REQUIRED TASKS ARE A FOLLOW-UP AFTER ONE TO SEVERAL YEARS OF TREATMENTS. NEW POPULATIONS ARE COMMON WITHIN FOLLOW UP ZONES. SOME PARKS HAVE NEW ZONES ADDED AND ONE NEW PARK IN THE UP HAS BEEN ADDED. THIS WORK WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE PLANTS USING GROUND-BASED APPLICATION TECHNIQUES (I.E., NOT A HELICOPTER OR AIRPLANE), BY A COMBINATION OF FOLIAR SPRAYING AND HAND-SWIPING HERBICIDE ONTO INDIVIDUAL PLANTS. DRONE MAPPING AND DRONE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE WORK WILL BE BID AS LUMP SUM PRICES FOR EACH PARK WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE MULTIPLE LINE ITEMS PER PARK WILL OCCUR. BIDDERS MAY BID ON ANY COMBINATION OF PARKS/LINE ITEMS. PREBID MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FOR ALGONAC, BAY CITY, STERLING STATE PARKS, AND HOLLY RECREATION AREA. NO PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD FOR THE OTHER 14 PARKS, BUT QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO BIDDING. VENDERS DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND IN-PERSON PREBIDS TO BID ON REMAINING 14 PARKS. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THESE PARKS ON THEIR OWN PRIOR TO BIDDING. GIS DATA IS PROVIDED VIA WEB LINK IN SECTION D. GPS DATA (.GPX OR SHAPEFILES) FILE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. SEE SECTION D BELOW FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE PARKS/TREATMENT AREAS. ALL PROJECT ZONES AT ALL LOCATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN AUGUST 1, 2023 AND SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE TREE AND SHRUB WORK AT HOLLY RECREATION AREA HAS A MARCH 1, 2024 DEADLINE. WORK OUTSIDE THESE WINDOWS MAY BE PERMITTED IF CONTRACTOR PROVIDES ACCEPTABLE JUSTIFICATION IN WRITING AND RECEIVES APPROVAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE PRESENCE OF NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN THE DESIGNATED AREAS OF ALGONAC STATE PARK, BALD MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA, BAY CITY SP, BELLE ISLE PARK, BRIGHTON RA, EAST TAWAS HARBOR, GRAND MERE SP, HOLLY RA, ISLAND LAKE RA, LAKE PORT SP, LUDINGTON SP, MILLIKIN SP, MUSKEGON SP, SEVEN LAKES SP, STERLING SP, WARREN DUNES SP, WILDERNESS SP AND MENOMINEE STATE RECREATION AREA, THEREBY FURTHER FAVORING THE PRESENCE OF NATIVE VEGETATION. NOTE THAT THERE IS NATIVE PHRAGMITES AT SEVERAL PARKS THAT WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE TARGETED PLANTS WITHIN DESIGNATED TREATMENT AREAS, OR WITHIN DESIGNATED POINT LOCATIONS THAT REPRESENT SPECIFIC AREAS. CONTACT: BOB CLANCY [email protected] 517-202-6751 18. THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR), PARKS & RECREATION DIVISION, STEWARDSHIP UNIT IS SEEKING BIDS FOR CONTROL OF THE INVASIVE WETLAND PLANTS PHRAGMITES (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS), PURPLE LOOSTRIFE (LYTHRUM SALICARIA), FLOWERING RUSH (BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS), REED CANARY GRASS (PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA), NON-NATIVE CAT-TAIL (TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA AND T. XGLAUCA), AND FROGBIT (HYDROCHARIS MORSUS-RANAE), KNOTWEED (REYNOUTRIA JAPONICA, REYNOUTRIA SACHALINENSIS AND THEIR HYBRID REYNOUTRIA BOHEMICA), AND COASTAL OCCURRING LYME GRASS (LEYMUS ARENARIUS) AT 18 STATE PARKS. ADDITIONALLY, AT ONE STATE PARK (HOLLY RA) CONTROL OF BUCKTHORN AND OTHER SELECTIVE WOODY INVASIVE WILL BE TARGETED. LARGE PORTIONS OF THESE PARKS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED TO NATIVE LAKEPLAIN PRAIRIE, FEN, GREAT LAKES MARSH AND SHORELINE. THE LANDSCAPES WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATURAL WETLANDS THAT WERE COMMON ALONG THE GREAT LAKES SHORELINE AND OTHER INLAND LAKES, STREAMS AND WETLANDS PRIOR TO WIDESPREAD EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. THE GENERAL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONTROL NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN TARGETED AREAS OF THESE STATE PARKS. IN MOST PARKS REQUIRED TASKS ARE A FOLLOW-UP AFTER ONE TO SEVERAL YEARS OF TREATMENTS. NEW POPULATIONS ARE COMMON WITHIN FOLLOW UP ZONES. SOME PARKS HAVE NEW ZONES ADDED AND ONE NEW PARK IN THE UP HAS BEEN ADDED. THIS WORK WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE PLANTS USING GROUND-BASED APPLICATION TECHNIQUES (I.E., NOT A HELICOPTER OR AIRPLANE), BY A COMBINATION OF FOLIAR SPRAYING AND HAND-SWIPING HERBICIDE ONTO INDIVIDUAL PLANTS. DRONE MAPPING AND DRONE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE WORK WILL BE BID AS LUMP SUM PRICES FOR EACH PARK WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS WHERE MULTIPLE LINE ITEMS PER PARK WILL OCCUR. BIDDERS MAY BID ON ANY COMBINATION OF PARKS/LINE ITEMS. PREBID MEETINGS WILL BE HELD FOR ALGONAC, BAY CITY, STERLING STATE PARKS, AND HOLLY RECREATION AREA. NO PRE-BID MEETING WILL BE HELD FOR THE OTHER 14 PARKS, BUT QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO BIDDING. VENDERS DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND IN-PERSON PREBIDS TO BID ON REMAINING 14 PARKS. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THESE PARKS ON THEIR OWN PRIOR TO BIDDING. GIS DATA IS PROVIDED VIA WEB LINK IN SECTION D. GPS DATA (.GPX OR SHAPEFILES) FILE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. SEE SECTION D BELOW FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE PARKS/TREATMENT AREAS. ALL PROJECT ZONES AT ALL LOCATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN AUGUST 1, 2023 AND SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE TREE AND SHRUB WORK AT HOLLY RECREATION AREA HAS A MARCH 1, 2024 DEADLINE. WORK OUTSIDE THESE WINDOWS MAY BE PERMITTED IF CONTRACTOR PROVIDES ACCEPTABLE JUSTIFICATION IN WRITING AND RECEIVES APPROVAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE PRESENCE OF NON-NATIVE PHRAGMITES IN THE DESIGNATED AREAS OF ALGONAC STATE PARK, BALD MOUNTAIN RECREATION AREA, BAY CITY SP, BELLE ISLE PARK, BRIGHTON RA, EAST TAWAS HARBOR, GRAND MERE SP, HOLLY RA, ISLAND LAKE RA, LAKE PORT SP, LUDINGTON SP, MILLIKIN SP, MUSKEGON SP, SEVEN LAKES SP, STERLING SP, WARREN DUNES SP, WILDERNESS SP AND MENOMINEE STATE RECREATION AREA, THEREBY FURTHER FAVORING THE PRESENCE OF NATIVE VEGETATION. NOTE THAT THERE IS NATIVE PHRAGMITES AT SEVERAL PARKS THAT WILL BE EXCLUDED FROM TREATMENT. THE TREATMENT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY APPLYING HERBICIDE TO THESE TARGETED PLANTS WITHIN DESIGNATED TREATMENT AREAS, OR WITHIN DESIGNATED POINT LOCATIONS THAT REPRESENT SPECIFIC AREAS. CONTACT: BOB CLANCY [email protected] 517-202-6751

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