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WI-DNR STATS UWSP STATS2009 FALL BID RESULTS:
THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 100 BIDS ON THE FALL TIMBER SALES.
THE WEIGHTED AVERAGES FOR EACH SPECIES AND ALL THE BIDS RECIEVED CAN BE DOWNLOADED AS PDFS..
-- WEIGHTED AVERAGES OF BIDS -- 14 KB
-- ALL BIDS RECEIVED -- 27 KB
2009 FALL TIMBER-SALES BID:
THERE ARE EIGHTEEN TIMBER SALES TO BE BID ON THIS FALL.
THE SALES TOTAL AN ESTIMATED:
2,002 ACRES
323 MBF
24,178 CORDS
SEALED BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL 8:30 AM CDT THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009.
BIDS WILL BE OPENED AT THE FORESTRY AND PARKS DEPARTMENT AT 9:00 AM CDT THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009.
BIDS WILL BE OFFICIALLY AWARDED AT THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009 AT 8:00 AM CDT.
YOU CAN STOP IN AT THE OFFFICE TO PICK UP A PROSPECTUS AND MAPS.
YOU CAN CALL THE OFFICE TO REQUEST ONE BE MAILED TO YOU, WHICH WILL COST YOU $3.
OR, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD TWO PDF FILES...
-- PROSPECTUS -- 2.02 MB
-- MAPS -- .88 MB
2009 SPRING TIMBER-SALES BID:
THERE WERE TWENTY-THREE TIMBER SALES
TO BE BID ON LAST SPRING.
THE SALES TOTAL AN ESTIMATED:
2,110 ACRES
446 MBF
29,829 CORDS
SEALED BIDS WERE ACCEPTED
UNTIL 8:30 AM CDT
THURSDAY, JUNE 04, 2009.
BIDS WERE OPENED
AT THE FORESTRY AND PARKS DEPARTMENT
AT 9:00 AM CDT
THURSDAY, JUNE 04, 2009.
ONE SALE RECEIVED NO BIDS.
ALL RESULTS ARE UNOFFICIAL
UNTIL VOTED ON BY THE COMMITTEE.
BIDS WILL BE OFFICIALLY AWARDED
AT THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2009
AT 8:00 AM CDT.
BID INFO CAN BE DOWNLOADED AS TWO PDF FILES...
-- WEIGHTED-AVERAGE OF BIDS -- 380 KB
-- ALL BIDS RECEIVED -- 449 KB
THE WEIGHTED-AVERAGE IS NOT JUST A SIMPLE AVERAGE OF BIDS. IT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE VOLUMES AS WELL AS BID PRICES.
EXAMPLE: IF THERE WERE ONLY TWO SALES WITH HARD MAPLE LOGS, ONE WITH 10 MBF AND ONE WITH 1 MBF, THE BID PRICE FOR THE SALE WITH THE LARGER VOLUME WOULD HAVE GREATER WEIGHT. IF THE 10 MBF SALE HAD A BID OF $300, AND THE 1 MBF SALE HAD A BID OF $400, THE SIMPLE AVERAGE WOULD BE $350, BUT THE WEIGHTED-AVERAGE WOULD BE
(($300 * 10 MBF) + ($400 * 1 MBF)) / (10 MBF + 1 MBF) =
($3000 + $400) / 11 MBF =
$3400 / 11 MBF =
$309.09 / MBF
YOU WILL NEED A PROGRAM THAT CAN VIEW PDF FILES TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THEM. YOU CAN EITHER GET THE OFFICIAL ACROBAT READER FROM ADOBE, OR THE MUCH LIGHTER AND FASTER FOXIT READER FROM FOXIT SOFTWARE.
HISTORY:
THE COUNTY FOREST COVERS APPROXIMATELY 175-THOUSAND ACRES... THAT IS ONE-THIRD OF THE AREA OF IRON COUNTY.
DURING THE LATE 70'S AND EARLY 80'S, THE WISCONSIN DNR INVENTORIED THE FOREST. IT WAS DIVIDED INTO COMPARTMENTS, USING ROADS, RIVERS, LAKES, AND SECTION LINES. THE COMPARTMENTS RANGE FROM 200 TO 1500 ACRES, WITH AN AVERAGE OF ALMOST 700 ACRES. THE COMPARTMENTS WERE THEN DIVIDED INTO STANDS, DEPENDING ON TREE TYPES, AGE, SIZE, AND DENSITY.
IN THE WINTER OF 2003, THE COUNTY FOREST WAS DIGITIZED AND ENTERED INTO A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM.