Description
The Oregon Department of Forestry is seeking a qualified environmental consulting firm to provide comprehensive data‑collection, analysis, and documentation services required for NEPA compliance on the Dalles Watershed Good Neighbor Authority project. The contractor will produce an Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), conduct extensive biological, cultural‑resource, silvicultural, fire‑fuels, hydrology, soil, fisheries, recreation, and transportation analyses, and deliver a complete project record by June 30 2028. The effort is a two‑year, fixed‑price contract with multiple monthly progress meetings and required deliverables ranging from field surveys (fungal, mollusk, Northern Spotted Owl acoustic monitoring) to draft and final EA/FONSI packages.
• Conduct seasonal field surveys (fungal, mollusk, wildlife acoustic monitoring) and produce technical reports.
• Develop and submit silviculture, fire‑fuels, botany, hydrology, soil, fisheries, recreation, and transportation reports.
• Prepare draft and final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact, incorporating public comment review.
• Provide project‐record deliverables (GIS database, indexed reports) and maintain monthly progress meetings with ODF/MTHNF.