Joel Fyock

Joel Fyock, doing business as Chestnut Ridge Forestry, is a veteran-owned small business sole proprietorship based in Mayhill, New Mexico, that delivers timber sale preparation, forest inventory assessment, and silvicultural field services to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor across multiple regions under total small business set-asides and competitive full-and-open delivery orders.

Chestnut Ridge Forestry operates almost exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) and competes across both set-aside and unrestricted vehicles, though the majority of its footprint is anchored to small business set-asides. The company's concrete capability portfolio centers on forest management field operations: common stand examinations (CSEs) using GPS-enabled data collection and Forest Service plot protocols; timber sale preparation including boundary marking, tree marking for harvest designation, timber cruising and inventory assessment, and vegetation monitoring; stocking surveys on reforested lands to assess conifer regeneration; and stand health evaluations to support natural resource management planning. Recent representative work includes a $260,393.92 BPA call from Forest Service Region 8 for CSEs across 6,665 plots on the Kisatchie National Forest (terminated for convenience June 2026); a $188,842.56 delivery order from Region 3 for intensive stand exam data collection on the Prescott National Forest using Browns transect protocols; a $166,232 delivery order from Region 9 for FY26 stocking surveys on the Allegheny National Forest across 6,153 plots; and a $117,912.96 purchase order from Region 6 for silvicultural stand examinations across three ranger districts on the Willamette National Forest in Oregon.

Customer concentration is extreme and regional: 77% of awards by count are distributed across the top five Forest Service regional offices, with the Forest Service Region 8 (Southern Region) accounting for 263 awards and $58.7 million in combined potential value—more than 35% of the total portfolio. Region 9 (Eastern Region) places the second-largest volume at 116 awards and $19.6 million; Region 3 (Southwestern Region) follows with 59 awards and $18.3 million. A single $50 million vehicle held at the Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions (the Land Management Integrated Resources National BPA awarded April 21, 2023, through March 2033) comprises 30% of the vendor's total potential value across all awards and drives the combined-dollars ranking substantially above award-count concentration. Forest Service represents 99% of the customer base; the vendor also carries work with the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region (e.g., a $98,349 purchase order for mark-and-cruise services June 2023, and a $64,839 purchase order for Deep Creek and Dry Ridge layout, mark, and cruise June 2026) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ($17,472 for Blue Mountain timber marking, September 2022).

Vehicle position includes multiple regional IDIQs and BPAs. The vendor holds a $5 million Timber Sale Preparation Services IDIQ with Region 8 (awarded October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2029); a $3 million Region 3 Timber Sale Prep IDC (October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2028); a $7 million Region 3 Common Stand Exam IDIQ (August 5, 2021, through September 30, 2025); a $2 million Region 9 single-award BPA for timber marking and cruising on Ottawa and Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forests (October 9, 2024, through November 15, 2028); a $900 thousand Shawnee/Hoosier National Forest MATOC IDIQ for common stand exams (August 1, 2023, through July 31, 2028); and a $2 million single-award IDC for George Washington and Jefferson National Forests common stand exams and timber marking (awarded May 15, 2023, through May 14, 2028). The $50 million Land Management Integrated Resources National BPA is the highest-ceiling vehicle and has generated task orders across Regions 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 9. Recent task orders under these vehicles include calls ranging from $4,140 to $260,393 for plot-based stand examinations, timber marking, cruising, and reforestation surveys across Louisiana, Arkansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Texas, Arizona, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

Activity has remained relatively flat in recent years—22 to 38 awards annually over the past five years, with 2024 as the peak at 38 awards. The vendor faces moderate recompete exposure: 34 awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $1.5 million. The vendor maintains no subcontract footprint and performs all work directly as a prime.

The vendor is registered in SAM.gov as a veteran-owned small business sole proprietorship and has held Forest Service contract relationships continuously since 2001. Award distribution by NAICS reflects the forestry field operations focus: 601 awards under Support Activities for Forestry (115310), with 13 under Timber Tract Operations and minor work under research and development codes. PSC coding maps to Natural Resources/Conservation categories, with 246 awards under forest/range improvements (non-construction) and 161 under general natural resources/conservation.