Requests for Proposals

National Forest Foundation is seeking a contractor to construct fire line on the Tahoe National Forest in the North Yuba Landscape. The initial geographic focus of this Request for Proposals is on the Trapper Project.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by January 31, 2025.

Contact:

Heidi Goodrich, [email protected]

The National Forest Foundation (NFF), in partnership with USDA Forest Service J.W. Toumey Nursery (Toumey), is requesting quotes for a Horticulture Programming Consultant for the planning and analysis of future greenhouse and bareroot operations related to seedlings and native plant species.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by January 31, 2025.

Contact:

Monica Perez-Watkins, [email protected]

The National Forest Foundation (NFF) and the USDA Forest Service (Forest Service) are working together to protect and restore the Tahoe National Forest through targeted efforts in the NFF’s Tahoe Headwaters Treasured Landscape site. The NFF and the Yuba River Ranger District (YRRD) of the Tahoe National Forest are collaborating on the 3,543 acre Sleighville Project. The Sleighville Project is a fuel reduction and commercial thinning project designed to reduce wildfire risk by thinning over-stocked forests around the rural communities along the North Yuba River corridor, improve forest health and resilience, and generate enhanced stream flow.

The Sleighville Project has been divided into four phases, based on location and treatment method, Phase I – Tractor Based Units, Phase II – Tractor Based Units, Phase III – Cable Based Units, and Phase IV – Helicopter Units. Item 6, reconstruction of all roads in the Sleighville Roads Package, is being advertised as a stand-alone item. Bidders may bid on one or multiple phases and must bid on all items within the phase they are bidding.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by February 7, 2025.

Contact:

Maggie Cummings, [email protected]

The National Forest Foundation and Mammoth Lakes Ranger District are collaborating on a 543.7-acre Lava Timber Sale project. The Lava Timber Sale is a commercial thinning project designed to thin densely stocked Jeffrey Pine and Lodgepole stands to reduce high severity fire risk, improve forest health, and create conditions suitable for implementation of prescribed burning. Additional service work will include biomass disposal on-site, transportation, dust abatement, and erosion control.

Deadline:

Responses should be emailed by February 14, 2025.

Contact:

Katlyn Lonergan, [email protected]