Swearingen Kurt A

Swearingen Kurt A, doing business as Jefferson Natural Resources, is a sole proprietorship registered in SAM.gov that specializes in forestry, land management, and environmental services primarily for the U.S. Forest Service. The company provides professional services across multiple western states, focusing on scientific and technical consulting in natural resource management. Jefferson Natural Resources operates as a small business that conducts specialized forestry assessments, including landscape examinations, vegetation surveys, timber stand evaluations, forest health improvement work, and resource management support for national forests.

Through its federal contract awards, Jefferson Natural Resources has performed an extensive range of forestry and land management services across multiple U.S. Forest Service regions, including Regions 2 (Rocky Mountain), 3 (Southwestern), 5 (Pacific Southwest), and 6 (Pacific Northwest). The company has consistently been awarded small business set-aside contracts, with most contracts valued between $20,000 and $360,000. Specific contract services have included reforestation stocking surveys, stand examination surveys, landscape and forest health services, timber sale preparation, pre-treatment and post-treatment data collection, and common stand examination activities. Contract work has been performed in diverse locations such as Wind River Ranger District, Mt. Hood National Forest, Trinity County (California), San Juan National Forest, and various locations in North and South Dakota.

Regarding grant awards, the available information shows limited grant activity, with a notable sub-grant award from the New Mexico Association of Soil & Water Conservation District for a tree stand examination on the North Sandoval Forest area for the Rio Puerco BLM. This suggests the company has some capacity to participate in grant-related environmental and forestry assessment work, though federal grant prime awards are not extensively documented in the provided records.

Jefferson Natural Resources holds two significant federal contract indefinite delivery vehicles (IDVs): a $50 million Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for land management integrated resources with the USDA Forest Service, valid through March 2033, and a $7 million single-award IDC for common stand examination services with the USDA Forest Service Southwestern Region, valid through September 2025. These IDVs enable the company to provide professional services, natural resources restoration, engineering, and project management across multiple Forest Service regions. The IDVs have already generated numerous task orders ranging from $20,000 to over $350,000, demonstrating the company's ability to secure and execute complex federal contract work in natural resource management.