The Arborist has performed as a direct federal prime across the National Park Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and National Cemetery Administration. Every contract executed without damage, disruption, or regulatory non-compliance.
The Arborist has performed 5 NPS contracts across Arizona, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Missouri — covering post-fire mitigation, post-hurricane recovery, post-tornado emergency response, and routine high-consequence hazard mitigation. NPS sites present the most complex operational environments in federal vegetation management: active public access requirements, archaeological protections, historic preservation constraints, and extreme terrain.
Across all NPS engagements, The Arborist has protected more than 3.2 million federal site users and preserved over $1.5 billion in NPS infrastructure — without closing a single site.
NPS sites require compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and Endangered Species Act (ESA) — often simultaneously. The Arborist has demonstrated capability across all three regulatory frameworks, including airspade extraction on unexcavated Civil War earthworks (Fort Donelson), Biomonitor-supervised crane operations in endangered species habitat (Montezuma Castle), and no-closure execution at sites with over 1,200 daily visitors (Guilford Courthouse). BCMA and TRAQ certified personnel on staff provide the documentation standard NPS contracting officers require.
The Arborist has performed direct prime work for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Barren River Lake, Kentucky — a high-traffic DOD recreation facility serving 1 million annual visitors. The contract required hazard tree mitigation across 3 active campgrounds while campers were present, with full scope delivery in 3 days.
USACE vegetation management contracts present unique operational constraints: active recreation operations, DOD compliance requirements, and compressed delivery windows driven by recreation season schedules. The Arborist delivered on all counts without a single campground closure.
USACE recreation facilities operate on tight seasonal windows with minimal tolerance for closures or disruptions. The Arborist's compressed-timeline delivery model — demonstrated at Barren River Lake with full scope completion in 3 days — directly addresses the operational reality of DOD recreation contracts. BCMA supervision on staff satisfies technical evaluation requirements on USACE vegetation solicitations, and TRAQ-documented risk assessments provide the defensible federal record DOD contracting officers require. The Arborist is actively pursuing additional USACE contracts and available for teaming on larger USACE vegetation and land management solicitations.
The Arborist has performed 2 NCA contracts at national cemeteries in Louisiana — including the removal of a 56-inch DBH tree over an active public highway at Baton Rouge National Cemetery using crane operations. NCA sites require an operational standard found almost nowhere else in federal vegetation management: zero disruption to ongoing ceremonial activities, absolute protection of gravesites and markers, and coordination with active interment schedules.
The Arborist has maintained zero ceremony disruptions and zero gravesite damage across all NCA engagements.
National cemetery operations demand a level of precision and institutional awareness that most vegetation contractors are not equipped to deliver. Every tree, every piece of equipment, every movement must be coordinated around active interment schedules, ceremonial timing, and gravesite proximity. The Arborist's zero-disruption execution model — proven across NCA operations in Louisiana — is built on pre-operation site mapping, real-time coordination with cemetery staff, and BCMA-supervised removal sequencing that eliminates improvisation. The Arborist holds VA / NCA contracting history and is positioned to support expanded NCA work across the national cemetery system.
Multi-agency prime past performance across NPS, USACE, and NCA — with verifiable contract numbers, metrics, and references. If you are a contracting officer or prime building a team for a federal vegetation solicitation, contact us directly.
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