Wildlife Investigations LLC

Wildlife Investigations LLC, a woman-owned small business based in McClellanville, South Carolina, provides field biology and forest conservation services to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor operating entirely under Total Small Business set-asides. The vendor operates as a limited liability corporation and competes exclusively within set-aside vehicles; all 51 awards in the source are prime contracts and task orders set aside for small business.

Wildlife Investigations holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 8 (Southern Region), valued at $7 million and running through August 2028, under which the vendor provides field biologists, foresters, and subject matter experts for habitat restoration, species monitoring, and research activities across the Southern Region. The vendor's work centers on support activities for forestry (44 awards), with secondary emphasis on special studies and analysis for wildlife and endangered species (9 awards each) and forest and range improvements (3 awards). Recent task orders under this BPA include a $99,600 Total Small Business call awarded April 1, 2024 for red cockaded woodpecker monitoring and cluster inventory services in Huger, South Carolina, running through March 31, 2029, and an $18,000 Total Small Business call awarded August 3, 2026 for monumenting and painting red-cockaded woodpecker trees to facilitate prescribed burning and timber sales, due October 3, 2026.

Customer concentration is absolute: all 34 active awards and $7.8 million in combined potential value flow from the Forest Service Region 8. Activity is sporadic — five awards in 2015, then one award in 2016, two in 2017, two in 2024, and one in 2026. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $763 thousand, representing 9% of the $8.1 million combined potential value across the full portfolio. The vendor maintains no subcontract footprint and operates as a regional specialist in endangered species and forest habitat work for a single agency customer.