Crater Lake Forestry LLC

Crater Lake Forestry LLC, a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Medford, Oregon, provides hand-thinning, cutting, lopping, scattering, and piling services for federal land management and forest health improvement as a prime contractor across the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. Crater Lake operates exclusively under total small business set-asides on the contract side and holds a broad multiple-award BPA with the Forest Service. The vendor is structured as a sole proprietorship and limited liability company with Hispanic American ownership.

Crater Lake's customer base concentrates on two federal land-management agencies. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management's Idaho Region accounts for four awards ($159 thousand combined potential value) and the Nevada Region for two awards ($202 thousand combined potential value), covering hand-thinning, lopping, and scattering operations across riparian zones, sage grouse habitat, and juniper-encroachment reduction projects in western states. A single award from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions dominates the potential-value ranking at $50 million — the Land Management Integrated Resources (LMIR) National Blanket Purchase Agreement, a multiple-award indefinite delivery vehicle running from March 30, 2026, through March 6, 2033. The LMIR BPA structure allows the Forest Service to issue task orders for project management, inspection, natural resources consulting, ecological restoration, and vegetation management across nationwide operations; Crater Lake's prior work history in forest health improvement and hazardous fuels reduction aligns with the vehicle's stated scope.

Recent award activity shows two purchases in 2024, four in 2025, and two in 2026, with combined potential value of $50.5 million against obligated dollars of $489 thousand (1% of potential), reflecting the large denominator of the LMIR BPA. Individual purchase orders range from $27.4 thousand to $166 thousand and are concentrated in NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC F014 (Natural Resources/Conservation — Tree Thinning). Named representative work includes a $128.9 thousand purchase order from BLM California Region for hand-thinning and cutting of white fir and juniper across 358 acres on the Long Hill forest health improvement project (performance through September 2028), a $166 thousand Nevada Region award for lop-and-scatter services across 4,000 acres to reduce juniper densities and improve sage grouse habitat (performance through September 2025), and a $47.1 thousand Idaho Region purchase order for hand-severing western juniper to reduce encroachment and maintain sagebrush-steppe habitat across 129 acres (performance through October 2025). One award (combined potential value $27 thousand) faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore enters recompete window. Crater Lake operates with no subcontract footprint — all eight recent awards are prime awards.