UNSPSC 70151500: Forestry management

UNSPSC 70151500 Forestry management is a Class code under which state and local governments purchase invasive species removal, timber stand improvement, prescribed burning, tree health services, and land restoration across public conservation areas, state forests, and wildlife management areas. The recent activity spans herbicide application to woody encroachment, selective thinning and pre-commercial thinning of pine and hardwood stands, aerial ignition for prescribed burns, invasive plant deadening (particularly privet and multiflora rose), tree planting and replacement, fuels reduction mastication, and post-harvest forest health treatments. Issuing bodies are predominantly state fish and wildlife agencies, state departments of conservation, county water management districts, municipal parks and recreation departments, and land trusts. The Missouri Department of Conservation appears repeatedly across multiple conservation areas and service types; Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission also maintains steady procurement activity on wildlife management areas. State forestry departments in Washington, California, and Illinois, plus several New England municipalities, round out the issuer base.

Activity concentrates in Missouri, Florida, and the Pacific Northwest, with secondary activity in New England and California. Representative recent opportunities include the Missouri Department of Conservation's invasive plant species removal at Weldon Spring Conservation Area (196 acres, IFB, bids due October 26, 2026); the Town of Princeton, Massachusetts tree removal and pruning along twelve town roads (RFQ, quotes due October 22, 2026); timber stand improvement at Woodson K Woods Conservation Area, Missouri (144 acres across eight stands, IFB, bids due October 20, 2026); and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's aerial ignition services for prescribed burning across five northwest Florida wildlife management areas (ITB, bids due October 8, 2026). The code also captures single-source and on-call arrangements—exemplified by Tall Timbers Research Inc.'s administration of upland ecosystem restoration in Florida state forests (estimated $62,500 to $80,000, July 2026 posting) and the Nantucket Islands Land Bank's on-call emergency forestry management services (IFB, May 2026). Pesticide applicator licensing, Master Logger or Florida Certified Prescribed Burn Manager certifications, and proof of liability insurance are standard mandatory qualifications. Firm, fixed-price per-acre or per-hour rates dominate evaluation; set-aside preferences for Service-Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises, Organizations for the Blind, and Sheltered Workshops apply in Missouri and appear in select Florida and state solicitations.