White Pine County, NV-Cave Assessment

Added: Aug 23, 2013 11:08 am THIS PROJECT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEWING AND PRINTING IN APPROXIMATELY SAME DAY.
White Pine County, NV-Cave Assessment
The purpose and intent of this solicitation is to contract for cave resource assessments for thirty (30) caves on Forest Service lands in White Pine County, NV. The assessments will focus on biologic inventories but include cave surveys and archaeological, geological and paleontological inventories. Invertebrate species composition and distribution lists will be compiled for each cave from the field inventories. Taxonomic analyses and voucher processing will be completed in the laboratory. Digital maps will be created with survey data. Cave-specific management recommendations and taxon-specific monitoring protocols will be developed based on the species composition lists derived from each cave.
LOCATION/ACCESSIBILITY
The caves are located on Forest Service Lands in the North Snake Ranges adjacent to Ely, NV. Most of the caves are at least partially accessible from Forest Service roads. They all require 4-wheel drive and hiking. Some include strenuous hiking up to 3km and 1000m elevation change.
The estimated, start work date is expected to be September 16, 2013 and completed June 1, 2014.
NAICS: 541690, $14.0M-Total Small Business set aside