Forest Inventory and Analysis – East Montana

The Rocky Mountain Research Station’s Base-Level FIA Inventory is a statistically based vegetation sampling program or inventory that supplements the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) National core or Regional FIA program and requires collection of data on or adjacent to the FIA plot.  In addition, several plots in each work area will be classified as “Soils” plots that require the Base-Level data and collection of the soils data (including collecting samples). Also, non-forest sampling (All Condition Inventory or ACI) in this element will supplement the existing FIA forestland inventory by collecting additional vegetation plots and conditions over all non-forest conditions (USFS Region 1 only).  Collected data shall be recordedin electronic format using the Forest Service MIDAS software.This Base-Level FIA Inventory data will be done on all bid items.

Work can be performed with a two (2) person minimum crew size. In areas with potential for high Grizzly bear, Mountain lion, and/or wolf activities, having a crew of three or more persons is recommended for safety. The contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, supplies (except those designated as government-furnished), and incidentals to perform all work necessary on the areas specified.  All aspects of the work program shall be performed in an organized, systematic manner to assure services will be performed over the entire unit.

The work of this contract encompasses field-based vegetation sampling of forested and non-forested condition inventory plots across the Rocky Mountain Research Station.  It includes, but is not limited to locating, monumenting, and photographing plots and conducting inventories of trees, shrubs, forbs, grass, collecting tree cores, and setting characteristics using a variety of protocols in the RMRS FIA P2 Field Procedures

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