RMRS 2024 New Mexico FIA Plots

The work of this contract encompasses field-based vegetation sampling of forested and non-forested condition inventory plots across the Rocky Mountain Research Station, New Mexico area. It includes, but is not limited to locating, monumenting, and photographing plots and conducting inventories of trees, shrubs, forbs, grass, collecting tree cores, and setting characteristics using a variety of protocols in the RMRS FIA P2 Field Procedures (see Attachment 1).

The work performed and the data collected shall be in compliance with the terms, specifications, conditions and provisions of this solicitation and the RMRS FIA P2 Field Procedures (see Attachment 1), or the most current version of this manual prior to data collection. The guide specifies the procedures and definitions for field implementation unless modified by this contract.

Plot photos are required to be taken at each location and consist of 4 digital photographs taken in the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west) from plot center. Please see all the attachments an dexhibits for the full solicitation details.