The USDA Forest Service has issued a LMIR BPA task order to a GeomorphIS team (including DockIt Consulting, Cattails Environmental, Algonquin Consulting, and Mason, Bruce & Girard) to prepare a Categorical Exclusion (CE) and Decision Memo (DM) for the Brookland Thinning Project on the Sabine National Forest, Angelina-Sabine Ranger District, National Forests and Grasslands in Texas (NFGT). In addition to the CE and DM, the team will prepare a biological assessment for red cockaded woodpecker (RCW) and other sensitive wildlife and plant species; conduct a common stand exam; conduct hydrology analysis; and perform a cultural resources inventory. The objective of the habitat management is to move the vegetation from the current condition to the desired conditions for RCW habitat and evaluate some of the older stands to create future RCW habitat as identified in the Forest Plan and RCW Recovery Plan; reduce stand densities that will moderate the risk of southern pine beetle outbreak in overstocked stands and fuel loadings to decrease wildfire effects in all treated stands.

The USDA Forest Service (USFS) has issued GeomorphIS a task order, under the Land Management Integrated Resources (LMIR) BPA to conduct heritage surveys on the Angeles and Los Padres National Forests in support of the Region’s Wildfire Crisis Landscapes Strategy (WCS). GeomorphIS and team partner Bargas Environmental will conduct archaeological phase I and II investigations that will support the Forests’ NHPA Section 106 compliance responsibilities: including, pre-field research, record/literature search, data sharing, archaeological permitting, cultural resources survey, recording newly identified site or resources, and updates of any previously recorded sites and/or condition assessments. Implementation and post-implementation support involve marking or flagging resources for avoidance, application of standard resource protection measures, monitoring protection measures effectiveness during implementation, post implementation surveys for areas that were deferred, and recording of any newly identified resources on Forest lands. Additional implementation and post-implementation support involve documenting unanticipated discoveries, conducting damage assessments or support of NAGPRA notifications and participation in associated consultations.

The USDA Forest Service (USFS) has issued an LMIR BPA task order to GeomorphIS to conduct botany surveys and Common Stand Exams (CSE) on the Los Padres National Forest, as part of the Forest’s Ecological Restoration Project (ERP). A GeomorphIS-Mason, Bruce & Girard team will conduct CSE Plot surveys within several project areas on the Forest. The team will review the existing CSE data to determine which forest successional stages are lacking. The team will use the RAVG GIS data layers to determine which forested areas need surveying to achieve adequate representation of existing condition of the forest CWHR-types and their successional stages in the project area. As part of the CSE Quick Plot Exam protocol, a fuel photo series code, or Residual Descriptive Code, will be used to determine fuel loadings for each plot. Data for each photo will include size, weight, volumes, residue depths, and percent of ground coverage. A GeomorphIS-SummitWest team will conduct botanical surveys for federally listed threatened and endangered species (TES), Regional Forester Sensitive Species (RFSS), and invasive/noxious weeds that occur on LPNF within the ERP. The survey observations will be recorded and mapped, and all geo-referenced digital and paper records will be submitted. The team will provide photos and GIS data of target species; provide treatment recommendations for invasive/noxious weed species; and summarize survey results in a final report.

The USDA Forest Service (USFS) has awarded GeomorphIS and team partners, Hope Archaeology, Inc., and US Western Research a GSA task order to conduct cultural resource survey, site recordation, and site monitoring on the Poker Jim/Green Creek Units, South Otter Landscape, within the Ashland District, Custer Gallatin National Forest, Montana. The USFS is proposing a cultural resource management project consisting of a Class III 100% level inventory of 3455 acres of National Forest lands on the Ashland District of the CGNF, Montana within the 4990-acre Area of Potential Effect for the Poker Jim/Green Creek Vegetation management project area. The purpose of the inventory is to locate, map, record and evaluate all cultural resources within the Area of Potential Effect. The CGNF is aware of 13 previously recorded cultural resources within the Area of Potential Effect.

The US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (USBR or ‘Reclamation’), has issued a GeomorphIS-Elliott Environmental Consulting team a task order to conduct botanical surveys on USBR Wyoming Area Office (WYAO) lands. The objective of the project is to identify and locate noxious and invasive weeds within priority areas of the WYAO. Data collected for this project will allow Reclamation to meet GPRA reporting standards as well be used to prioritize weed treatments areas and prescribe management options to reduce weeds and restore native plants in order to improve habitat/rangeland for wildlife, reduce fire occurrence, increase plant diversity, enhance stream and riparian corridors, and provide a diverse array of benefits to the public.