U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Contracting and General Services, 1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99503-6199

F -- STABILIZE AND RESTORE DEGRADED SHORELINE, PROVIDE FISH HABITAT, AND PLANT NATIVE VEGETATION WITHIN OPEN GAPS ALONG SHORELINE. SOL 70181-0-Q022 DUE 052500 POC Contract Specialist, Karie L. Crow, (907) 786-3415 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in cooperation with the Municipality of Anchorage, will make improvements to Westchester Lagoon to stabilize and restore the degraded shoreline, provide fish habitat, and plant native vegetation within open gaps along the shore and park to discourage ducks and geese from gaining access. The proposed restoration area is located along the north shore of Westchester Lagoon and Spenard Road near 19th Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska. The project consists of restoring a total of 440 linear feet of shoreline with different treatments in specific areas that include: 1)installing a double layer of coir logs and a double layer of dormant willow cuttings along 225 linear feet of eroded shoreline, 2)installing a single layer of coir logs and a single layer of dormant willow cuttings with alders planted behind the willows and coir logs along 100 linear feet of unvegetated shoreline, 3)planting alders within two unvegetated areas totalling 115 linear feet along the shoreline, and 4)planting a total of 10 large native trees that may include 6-foot spruce trees, and/or 12-foot cottonwood or birch trees within two open grassy park areas adjacent to the lagoon. The contractor must demonstrate knowledge and expertise in Alaska shoreline restoration to include the following techniques: coir log installation and willow planting, cutting, collection, and storage methods. The contractor will proivde the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Contracting and General Services, with a list of stream or shoreline restoration projects completed over the last 5 years. The contractor will provide the project location, customer name, and customer phone number. Please fax your reqest for RFQ 70181-0-Q022 to (907) 786-3923. Posted 05/08/00 (W-SN452441). (0129)

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