UNSPSC 70151506: Forest monitoring or evaluation

UNSPSC 70151506 Forest monitoring or evaluation, a Commodity code, encompasses LiDAR-based tree canopy assessments, forest inventory data collection, and GIS-based forest monitoring services that state and local governments use to establish baseline canopy coverage, track woodland conditions, and support land management planning. The recent opportunities show municipalities and regional authorities soliciting this work to inform urban forestry strategy, invasive species treatment efficacy, and natural resource restoration priorities. The issuing bodies span cities, counties, state parks, tribal governments, and state departments—reflecting forest monitoring's role across municipal parks, conservation lands, and disaster-recovery operations. Cities like Pooler, Georgia and Atlanta are conducting tree canopy assessments and natural area monitoring to guide long-term vegetation management and restoration. Larger programs like Sacramento County's Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter treatment and Custer State Park's post-windstorm thinning rely on forest monitoring data to verify treatment success and plan residual stand management. The Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians are developing forest carbon project feasibility studies—a growing monitoring application—while the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Washington Department of Natural Resources are conducting timber inventory and stand assessment work to support deforestation and thinning operations.

Recent activity clusters in the Southeast (Georgia, Florida) and Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington), with secondary activity in California, South Dakota, Michigan, Texas, and Kentucky. The City of Pooler (Georgia) released an RFP on October 7, 2026 for tree canopy coverage assessment and geodatabase development, with proposals due November 6, 2026, requiring ISA or TCIA certification, LiDAR analysis, and ANSI A300/Z133 standards compliance. The City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management issued a pre-qualification notice on October 6, 2026 for a multi-year natural area management program including forestry services and habitat assessments, with prequalification deadline November 6, 2026. Custer State Park (South Dakota) solicited proposals for 239 acres of fuel reduction, pre-commercial thinning, and mastication across five bid items under RFP #26RFP19892, with proposals due August 11, 2026. The City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department issued RFP 8600 MLJ3012 on June 15, 2026 for a comprehensive tree inventory across 450,000 trees on 20,582 acres of parkland, with proposals due July 14, 2026, requiring ISA Certified Arborist(s), LIDAR or AI-assisted technology, and one-meter GPS accuracy.