James Blehm

James Blehm serves as a Supervisory Forester with the USDA Forest Service, overseeing the planning, coordination, and execution of forest health and ecological restoration acquisitions. In this leadership role, he ensures that procurement activities align with the agency’s mission to sustain forest ecosystems, mitigate wildfire risks, and enhance operational resilience in remote terrains. Blehm specializes in managing contracts for support activities critical to forestry operations, including vegetation management, invasive species control, and field-based technical services. His procurement focus centers on enabling field crews with the tools, personnel, and logistical support necessary to implement large-scale ecological interventions across national forests. Blehm maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of specialized contractors, including ACI FEDERAL INC, ONE STOP RECRUITING LLC, GONDO ROY E MD, THE LOCUMS CO, LLC, and AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC. These partnerships reflect a reliance on firms capable of delivering highly skilled forestry technicians, seasonal labor, medical support for remote field operations, and specialized equipment services. His contracting patterns emphasize agility and domain-specific expertise, favoring vendors with proven experience in federal land management environments and the ability to rapidly deploy resources under dynamic operational conditions. Blehm exhibits a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, directing 100% of his procurement activity toward total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This consistent preference underscores his dedication to fostering economic opportunity for small, locally rooted enterprises with expertise in forestry support services. His contracting approach prioritizes small businesses that bring technical proficiency and community-based knowledge to federal land management challenges. His procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 115310—Support Activities for Forestry—encompassing services such as prescribed burning assistance, timber stand improvement, pest monitoring, and forest inventory support. Blehm’s technical expertise lies in acquiring field-ready, ecologically informed labor and logistical services that directly enable the Forest Service’s on-the-ground restoration and fire mitigation missions.