Bureau of Land Management, Arcata Field Office, “Larabee Valley Forest Health & Resiliency Project” - Tree Planting

The Larabee Valley Forest Health and Resiliency Project is a forecast procurement under NAICS code 115112, led by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as the project proponent. The project involves providing funding to the BLM Arcata Field Office to implement restoration treatments on up to 885 acres of BLM lands located south of Larabee Valley and Highway 36 in Humboldt County, California. These activities follow ground disturbing activities and biomass sales conducted under the 2023 Butte Creek and Larabee Buttes Hazardous Fuels Reduction and Fire Resiliency CE. The scope of work focuses on habitat restoration and ecosystem resilience through manual treatment activities, including seeding, seedling or plug planting, and post-planting maintenance such as mulching, shading, and browse protection. Species selection will prioritize the promotion of minor species and ecosystem types while accounting for climatic shifts in species distribution. The project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Public Resources Code Section 4799.05(d)(1) as it was previously reviewed under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).