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The objective of this project is to mechanically reduce live vegetation such as palmetto, gallberry, wax myrtle, hardwood saplings, and fetterbush, as well as to consolidate logging slash and other dead debris. The purpose is to reduce the stature and amount of vegetation to facilitate the planting operation and reduce competition to pine seedlings. Roller-drum chopping will sever live vegetation at ground level while crushing it relatively flat. In turn, this will increase seedling survival and provide an opportunity for seedlings to establish growth before competing vegetation reemerges. The work consists of roller-drum chopping 191.7 acres (62.5 acres at TCCA, 89.2 acres at LGCA, and 40 acres at SRA). It also consists of spot raking and piling logging slash in the vicinity of ramps and areas with dense concentrations of logging debris. The root raking and spot piling will be done on an hourly basis, and the District’s Project Manager will identify the dense areas to rake. The raking shall be done with an articulating loader mounted with a heavy-duty stacking rake. The rake shall have a minimum of eight teeth spaced approximately 1 foot apart. Roller-drum chopping will be done on a per-acre basis. This project requires a drum chopper with a minimum drum diameter of 60 inches and width of 8 feet (frame 10 feet). It must be a single drum straight blade chopper. The dozer/tractor must be capable of pulling the chopper at an average speed of 3 miles per hour. TCCA is located north of Jacksonville, Fla., near the Duval-Nassau County line; LGCA is located between Seville, Fla., and Lake George; SRA is in Marion County north of State Road 42, approximately 4 miles east of Lake Weir.