The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has issued a GeomorphIS-Elliott Environmental Consulting team a task order to conduct botanical surveys on the Lincoln National Forest (LNF), New Mexico. The contract will cover a variety of projects for each of the next five years, on three Ranger Districts across the LNF. Both large watershed scale planning units (i.e., greater than 10,000 acres) and small-scale planning units (less than 10,000 acres) may be assigned for botanical surveys for a suite of target rare plant species, including 6 federally-listed and 33 other rare plant species. The Scope of Work consists of completing rare plant survey tasks in accordance with three possible survey protocols that include an intuitive controlled survey for all species or species specific protocols for the Kuenzler’s hedgehog cactus and the Sacramento Mountains thistle.

The U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Pacific Northwest Region (R6), has issued GeomorphIS a task order under it’s 10-year USFS R6 professional services Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA), to conduct water rights site surveys and documentation. A GeomorphIS-Geosyntec team will conduct  surveys at designated water sources on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest (MBS) and Colville National Forest, Washington. The surveys will be conducted following established written guidelines. Waters of the state belong to the public and can’t be owned by any one individual or group. A water adjudication is a state law-based court process to determine water rights in a particular basin, including who holds a valid water right, how much water can be used pursuant to that right, duration of that right, and priority during shortages. Water adjudication is currently the most definitive and legally binding way to make these determinations. The Forest Service is required to participate as a general claimant for State-based water rights and federal reserved water rights.