The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R5-Pacific Southwest Region awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Tanner Environmental Services, a small business, to conduct California Spotted Owl protocol surveys on the Angeles National Forest for 16 designated Spotted Owl Protected Activity Centers (PACs) over a two-year period. The contract has a potential value of $29,975.00 and a completion date of December 31, 2023. The work involves conducting six nesting status surveys per territory, with three surveys per year, to determine presence/absence and reproductive status of the California Spotted Owl. Tanner Environmental Services specializes in wildlife surveys, particularly for endangered species like the Northern Spotted Owl and California Spotted Owl, to support federal land management agencies' habitat conservation programs and Endangered Species Act compliance efforts.