Crater Lake Forestry LLC

Crater Lake Forestry LLC, a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Medford, Oregon, delivers hand-thinning, cutting, lopping, scattering, and piling services for federal land management and forest health improvement exclusively as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates as a sole proprietorship and limited liability company with Hispanic American ownership and competes 100% under small-business set-asides across both transactional purchase orders and indefinite delivery vehicles.

Crater Lake's customer base concentrates on Interior and Agriculture agencies managing western public lands. The top five customer organizations account for 92% of awards by count and 100% of combined potential value. The rankings reveal a sharp dollar concentration: the USDA Forest Service Washington Office Acquisitions anchors $50 million (55% of combined potential value) through a single Land Management Integrated Resources (LMIR) National Blanket Purchase Agreement awarded March 30, 2026; the Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington Region contributes $40 million (44% of combined potential value) through a Forestry Stewardship IDIQ awarded August 28, 2026. Below those two anchors, the BLM Idaho Region places the most transactional awards (six purchase orders and BPA calls totaling $335 thousand), followed by BLM Nevada and USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region. Crater Lake holds positions on the $50 million LMIR BPA and the $40 million Oregon-Washington IDIQ; three task orders against LMIR carry $467 thousand in combined potential value, while the Oregon-Washington IDIQ and other vehicles drive smaller individual call values.

Activity has accelerated sharply: two awards in 2024, four in 2025, and seven through September 2026. Four awards carrying $596 thousand in combined potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore present recompete exposure. All work is concentrated under NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC codes aligned with tree thinning, forest improvements, and natural resources conservation. Representative projects include a $291 thousand BPA call from USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region for hazardous fuels reduction and danger tree removal on the Slater Fire roadside project in Oregon (completion September 2027); a $128.8 thousand purchase order from BLM California Region for hand thinning and piling on 358 acres at Long Hill in Lassen County (completion September 2028); and a $166 thousand purchase order from BLM Nevada Region for lop and scatter across 4,000 acres to improve sage grouse habitat (completion September 2025). Crater Lake operates with no subcontract footprint and performs all work across western federal land management regions, concentrating on juniper encroachment reduction, hazardous fuels mitigation, and forest health treatments on BLM and Forest Service land.