Allie Wood

Allie Wood serves as Wilderness Trails Manager for the Custer Gallatin National Forest, overseeing the planning, design, and maintenance of recreational and ecological trail infrastructure across more than 3 million acres of federally protected land. In this role, she is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of trail-related acquisitions—from environmental assessments and engineering designs to construction and rehabilitation contracts—ensuring compliance with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) standards and U.S. Forest Service operational guidelines. Her procurement activities directly support the agency’s mission of sustainable recreation access and ecosystem resilience, with a focus on trail construction, erosion control, bridge repair, and wildfire-adaptive trail mitigation. Wood maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors, including YOUNG GUN CONSTRUCTION LLC, TK3, LLC, and KOMMODITIES CORP, all of which specialize in remote-area civil works, native vegetation restoration, and durable trail surfacing systems. These partnerships are characterized by long-term performance-based agreements, repeat task order awards, and collaborative site-specific planning to address rugged terrain challenges and seasonal access constraints. Her contracting approach prioritizes technical proficiency in low-impact trail development and ecological compliance over cost alone. Allie Wood’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% non-set-aside contracting pattern, with no preference for 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her acquisition strategy, she actively evaluates vendor capability, past performance, and technical alignment with wilderness-specific requirements, ensuring that contract awards are driven by mission-critical expertise rather than socioeconomic criteria. Her primary NAICS classification is 924120 (Administration of Conservation Programs), underscoring her focus on public land stewardship rather than commercial construction. She procures specialized services including trail alignment surveying, bioengineering solutions, signage and wayfinding systems, and seasonal maintenance contracts tailored to high-use backcountry corridors, demonstrating deep domain expertise in federal wilderness infrastructure management.