The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R1-Northern Region awarded a $209,340.50 firm-fixed-price definitive contract to Ditches Unlimited Inc., an SBA-certified 8(a) and small disadvantaged business, to perform the Garnet Gulch Road & Panel Project. This total small business set-aside contract includes road reconstruction, stream restoration, and excavation of garnet-bearing gravel in the Emerald Creek Garnet Area of the Idaho Panhandle National Forest. The work involves excavation, embankment, culvert installation, aggregate surfacing, and erosion control. Ditches Unlimited has previously provided construction services to the Forest Service and other agencies under small business set-aside contracts, including equipment rental, excavation, and snow plowing.