Gary Asbridge

Gary Asbridge serves as Supervisory Fish Biologist at the Pacific Northwest Regional Office of the U.S. Forest Service, where he plays a pivotal role in advancing ecological stewardship through targeted procurement of scientific and engineering services. His responsibilities include identifying, evaluating, and acquiring technical support essential to aquatic habitat restoration, fish population monitoring, and stream ecosystem management across sensitive forested watersheds. He works closely with field biologists and environmental specialists to translate operational needs into solicitations that ensure compliance with federal environmental regulations and ecological best practices, primarily overseeing acquisitions under the NAICS 115310 category for forestry support activities. Mr. Asbridge maintains longstanding partnerships with a select group of engineering and environmental consulting firms, including K.F. Davis Engineering, Inc., Sargent Engineers Inc., Great West Engineering Inc., GDM-AE, Inc., and Thomas Dean & Hoskins Inc. These contractors provide specialized expertise in hydraulic modeling, stream restoration design, fish passage assessments, and riparian buffer implementation. His procurement approach emphasizes technical rigor and ecological outcomes, fostering collaborative, performance-based vendor relationships grounded in scientific credibility and regulatory compliance. He consistently employs a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside strategy under FAR 19.5, ensuring that all eligible forestry support contracts are reserved exclusively for small businesses. This reflects a deep institutional commitment to expanding economic opportunity for small, locally based firms with demonstrated expertise in natural resource management and environmental engineering. His procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 115310, encompassing services such as fisheries surveys, habitat enhancement planning, culvert and dam remediation, and streamflow monitoring. His technical domain expertise lies in freshwater ecology and watershed-scale intervention, ensuring that all contracted work directly supports the Forest Service’s mission to sustain healthy aquatic ecosystems within the Pacific Northwest’s complex forest landscapes.