Forestry Consulting Services

The vendor is required to provide forestry consulting services including analytical, field work, and harvest-related tasks on an as-needed basis.
•    Write silvicultural prescriptions to implement recommendations in forest stewardship plans. 
•    Expertise in forest growth modeling using FVS, FPS, or similar software. 
•    Layout timber sales incorporating silvicultural prescriptions in accordance with forest practice regulations and client objectives. 
•    Assist with public outreach and presentations regarding active forest stewardship practices. 
•    Cruising: determine value and volume of timber prior to a harvest or thinning. 
•    Assist in preparing contract language and solicitations for commercial and noncommercial forestry projects. 
•    Assist with inspection, supervision, and compliance:
o    Commercial thinning and harvest projects
o    Road building and maintenance
o    Tree planting
o    Noncommercial forestry projects such as pre-commercial thins, seedling maintenance, invasive plant control, etc.
•    Provide analysis and recommendations on logging systems, operations, and road maintenance requirements needed to comply with forest practices rules and client objectives.
•    Design, measure, and analyze forest inventories for forest stewardship plans, prescription development, appraisal purposes, timber trespass inventories, etc. in accordance with client objectives and protocols.
•    Conduct carbon sequestration analysis and modeling.
•    Prepare and implement planting and reforestation plans to include planting compliance, vegetation management, survival surveys, and certification of successful stand establishment components.
•    Assist with marketing of forest products.
•    Prepare non-commercial vegetation management plans such as pre-commercial thins (PCTS), seedling maintenance, hardwood management, or other conditions.
•    Prepare draft forest stewardship plans and maps including field work and written management recommendations
•    Provide geographic information services (GIS) data usage and analysis including map making, spatial analysis, raster analysis,
•    Provide advanced GIS analysis such as analyzing large remote-sensed data (lidar, digital aerial photogrammetry (DAP), or other datasets relevant to forest inventory and analyzing forest conditions over time and space.

- Contract Period/Term: 5 years