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Tender Details
- Country: Canada
- Summary: Pest Management (Richardson Ground Squirrel Control) Services Vermilion Provincial Park
- CAT Ref No: 80674709
- Deadline: 11 Apr 2023
- Competition: ICB
- Financier: Self Financed
- Purchaser Ownership: Public
- Tender Value: Refer Document
- Notice Type: Tender
- Document Ref. No.: 24TDRPAR423
- Purchaser's Detail :
- Description :
- Project Description : Vermilion Provincial Park is located adjacent to the Town of Vermilion and has an extensive and well used IUCN reported Provincial Park that includes front country areas consisting of a campground, group camps, water park, miniature golf, disc golf, playgrounds, manicured grasslands, soccer, and ball fields. As this area is largely mowed and manicured grass, it has made prime habitat for Richardson Ground Squirrels, more commonly known as gophers.Without significant natural predator control and with such a large area of manicured and semi-manicured grasslands, the population of gophers has grown substantively, and this has impacted the safety, enjoyment, and experience of both the day visitors and those staying in the group camps and campgrounds. Over the past several years, the presence of the large gopher population and disturbance of the lawn or campground areas by gopher holes was the number one complaint received by park management. In spring 2022, it was estimated that 6,000 gopher holes were found in this core park area.In 2022, a contractor was hired to support pest management at Vermilion PP. The contractor was required to monitor and control gopher populations within the park. The contractor was approved to use Rocon*. This product is advertised as being non-toxic to other wildlife, pets, and children if inadvertent contact is made with the application. It is anticipated that several more years of monitoring and control will be needed to...
- Documents :
Purchaser : ENVIRONMENT AND PROTECTED AREAS ON BEHALF OF FORESTRY, PARKS AND TOURISM
Yurko, Michelle
Contracting Manager
6th Floor, South Petroleum Plaza, 9915 - 108 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T5K 2G8
Tel: (587) 876-1677
Email: Michelle.Yurko@gov.ab.ca
Region of Delivery : Alberta
Email :Michelle.Yurko@gov.ab.ca
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