Brian McCrory

Brian McCrory serves as a key procurement professional within the Stewardship Contracting Branch of the U.S. Forest Service, supporting the agency’s mission to advance landscape-scale ecological restoration through strategic contracting. He manages the acquisition of services that integrate timber harvesting with watershed protection, fuel reduction, and forest infrastructure maintenance, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations and collaborative land management goals. His work directly enables the implementation of stewardship contracts that deliver mutual benefits to ecosystem health and rural economies, often coordinating across multiple federal, state, and private stakeholders to align contracting outcomes with long-term forest resilience objectives. McCrory maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of experienced contractors including Brink Brothers Inc., Peak Engineering LLC, Miller Timber Services, Inc., Az Hammer Down, LLC, and Dennis Kirby, all of whom specialize in forestry support activities. These partnerships are built on demonstrated technical competency in silvicultural operations, heavy equipment use, and ecological restoration practices. His procurement approach prioritizes reliability, safety, and adherence to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements, fostering long-term vendor collaboration over transactional engagements. McCrory’s contracting portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of acquisitions conducted under full and open competition. This reflects a deliberate strategy to prioritize technical capability and operational scale over socioeconomic categorizations, ensuring the highest quality execution of complex, high-risk stewardship projects. While small business participation is not formally targeted, qualified small firms are welcome to compete on an equal basis based on merit and capacity. His primary procurement focus is on NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry), encompassing services such as fuelbreak construction, timber sale administration, prescribed burning, road maintenance, and invasive species control. McCrory’s expertise lies in structuring performance-based contracts that incentivize ecological outcomes, requiring deep familiarity with forest management practices, environmental compliance, and contract monitoring frameworks specific to federal land stewardship.