CLASS II LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT MEADOW RIVER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA TIMBER FOR SALE

CLASS II
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
MEADOW RIVER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
TIMBER FOR SALE
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Section, offers for sale the following timber on 77 acres of the 2,385-acre Meadow River Wildlife Management Area.  The purpose of this timber sale is to create and enhance game and nongame wildlife habitat.
ESTIMATED VOLUMES
Meadow River WMA
GP #1 Timber Sale
Doyle Tree Scale
Species                                   Board Feet
American Beech                           47,874
Black Cherry                                20,468
Black Locust                                14,285
Basswood                                     15,763
Black Walnut                                     295
Chestnut Oak                                  3,202
Hickory                                           8,719
Miscellaneous                                 5,358
Red Maple                                    40,482
Red Oak                                        43,727
Sugar Maple                                 73,585
Scarlet Oak                                   18,089
White Ash                                     15,104
White Oak                                         989
Yellow Poplar                             338,898
Sawtimber Total                         646,838
Pulpwood Total                          306 tons
Sealed bids for this timber sale will be received at the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Wildlife Re-sources Section, District Office located at 2006 Robert C. Byrd Drive, Beckley, WV 25801 at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, January 23, 2015.  Bids will be opened immediately after the bid opening.
A bid guarantee of 10{4ceb532c6f579389df471c6c1e832caf2346b74dc60fcbf6aabd4d29df3baf9c} of the total bid price must accompany each bid and will be returned to the unsuccessful bidders.
Meadow River WMA – GP #1 Timber Sale – Minimum acceptable bid $80,229.24.
Full information concerning the timber, conditions of sale and submission of bids can be obtained from the following location: WV Division of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Section, Staff Forester’s Office, P. O. Box 67, Elkins, WV 26241 (telephone:  304-637-0245, ext. 2031 or cell:  304-940-1132) or West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Section, District Wildlife Biologist’s Office located at 2006 Robert C. Byrd Drive, Beckley, WV 25801 (telephone: 304-256-6947).
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