Statewide Natural Areas Management - 4 year contract

Deep Roots Restoration has been awarded a Statewide Natural Areas Management contract by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), Office of Resource Conservation, with a total contract value of $5,504,200.00 for the period July 16, 2026 through July 15, 2030. The contract was awarded through an Open Market Competitive Sealed Bidding process and covers services across nine Illinois counties organized into three geographic zones: Zone 1 (Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, and Whiteside Counties), Zone 2 (Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Ogle, and Winnebago Counties), and Zone 3 (Bureau, Henry, LaSalle, Lee, Marshall, Mercer, Putnam, Rock Island, and Stark Counties).

Deep Roots Restoration will provide natural area management services including handwork vegetation control through chainsaw cutting, brushcutting, hand tool application, stump treatment, hack and squirt treatments, and herbicide application (basal bark and foliar methods) via handheld, backpack, UTV, or ATV sprayers, as well as firebreak maintenance consisting of cutting, clearing, and debris removal. Services will be performed at IDNR nature preserves, land and water reserves, Illinois Natural Areas Inventory sites, and other ecologically significant properties. The contractor will furnish all herbicides, equipment, supplies, and labor, with work assigned through individual work orders on an as-needed basis across the four-year contract term. All services must comply with federal requirements under the State Wildlife Grants Federal Assistance Program (CFDA #15.634).