Ecovirons

Ecovirons is a veteran-owned small business based in Lufkin, Texas, specializing in vegetative management services for federal land management agencies. The company has been registered to receive federal contract awards since March 2008 and primarily provides native plant and seed collection, rare plant surveys, and invasive species management services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. As a sole proprietorship, Ecovirons focuses on supporting habitat restoration, native plant conservation, and forest management initiatives across national forests in eastern Texas.

Through its federal contract awards, Ecovirons has conducted a range of vegetation management activities for the USDA Forest Service Southern Region. These services include hand harvesting and collecting native plant seeds and propagules from various species such as Echinacea sanguiniae, Eragrostis purpurea, Liatris aspera, and Arundinaria gigantea. The company has performed rare plant surveys and non-native invasive species plant surveys across thousands of acres in the Angelina, Sabine, Davy Crockett, Sam Houston, and Caddo National Forests. Ecovirons' work supports the Forest Service's West Gulf Coastal Plain Seed Increase Project and other habitat restoration efforts. Contract awards to Ecovirons have ranged from $8,800 to $25,000 for individual task orders, with no specific set-aside designations applied to these awards.

Ecovirons holds an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) with the USDA Forest Service Southern Region, awarded as part of a multiple-award task order contract for vegetative management services across national forests in Texas. This IDC, valued at up to $10 million over five years, was established as a total small business set-aside with an award date of February 11, 2020, and an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2024. Under this contract vehicle, the Forest Service has issued numerous task orders to Ecovirons for services including native seed collection, rare plant surveys, invasive species management, and other vegetation-related activities. These task orders support the agency's forest and land management programs across the national forests in eastern Texas, with work primarily centered in the Lufkin area.