Kassandra Skeen

Kassandra Skeen serves as a key procurement specialist within the Bighorn National Forest, supporting the U.S. Forest Service’s mission to sustain forest ecosystems and ensure public safety through strategic acquisitions. She manages the full lifecycle of contracting actions focused on surveying and mapping services critical to infrastructure planning, wildfire risk assessment, and habitat conservation. Her work directly enables field operations by securing precise geospatial data and topographic analysis essential for trail maintenance, road alignment, and ecological monitoring. Skeen’s acquisitions are tightly aligned with the Forest Service’s operational priorities, ensuring that technical services meet federal standards for accuracy, environmental compliance, and land management integrity. Skeen maintains a consistent working relationship with Mountain View Reforestation LLC, a specialized vendor providing expert surveying, mapping, and ecological data collection services. Her procurement approach emphasizes long-term, performance-based partnerships with contractors who demonstrate technical proficiency in forested terrain mapping and adherence to USDA environmental protocols. These collaborations are characterized by iterative project delivery, data validation cycles, and close coordination with field foresters and civil engineers to ensure deliverables support on-the-ground resource management goals. Skeen demonstrates a steadfast commitment to small business participation, directing 100% of her acquisitions toward total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize qualified small businesses with demonstrated capability in geospatial services, fostering economic opportunity within rural and forest-dependent communities. She actively ensures compliance with socioeconomic goals, leveraging set-aside authorities to expand access for small firms with niche expertise in forestry-related surveying and mapping. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 541370—Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services—encompassing aerial LiDAR, ground-based topographic surveys, GIS data development, and digital terrain modeling. She procures services that support forest inventory, erosion control planning, and recreation infrastructure design, relying on contractors with specialized knowledge of federal land use regulations and forested terrain data collection methodologies.