Statement of Work

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

Little Yellow River Restoration Project: Albreit Lateral Ditch Fill and Tree Removal on Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
Part 1

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. GENERAL: This is a non-personnel services contract to remove trees, construct a mineral soil ditch plug, soil leveling, and filling 0.2 miles of ditch within a part of Albreit Lateral Ditch; and construct a 130’ long 8’ wide scrape to increase hydrologic connectivity with adjacent wetlands for the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn, is responsible to the Government.

1.1 Description of Services/Introduction:

a. Base Award: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personnel services necessary to: 1) remove all trees and stumps from on top of both banks of the Albreit Lateral Ditch and deposit trees in the ditch; 2) perform soil leveling to original ground elevation (i.e., push in both sides (east and west side) of dirt from ditch bank on top of felled trees in ditch) to fill 0.2 miles of ditch and construct a 200’ long ditch plug to deter water flowing from north to south; and 3) excavate a 130’ long by 8’ wide scrape to improve hydrologic connectivity between Albreit Lateral and east towards Goose Pool (Attachment 1). The contractor shall perform the standards in this contract.

1.2 Background:

This project involves filling in approximately 0.2 miles of ditch (Albreit Lateral) within the Lower Yellow River Watershed (HUC 10). Albreit Lateral is to the east of recently completed Neal Lateral project on Necedah NWR within Juneau County, adjacent to 9th Street and Goose Pool on the refuge. Some of the water flow from Neal Lateral project is flowing south/southeast direction towards Albreit Lateral. The objective is to retain and control water flowing south towards 9th Street. The purpose of the project is four-fold: 1) restore or enhance roughly 85 acres of wetland; 2) remove ditch-side spoil banks, thereby reducing beavers’ ability to dam ditches and culverts; 3) retain water from Neal Lateral in West Goose Pool and 4) decrease additional hydrological pressure onto 9th Street to the south associated with high water-whether caused by large precipitation events, snowmelt or beavers.