Leigh Ann Hunt

Leigh Ann Hunt serves as a Forest Archaeologist with the USDA Forest Service, where she plays a critical role in ensuring compliance with federal historic preservation laws during infrastructure and ecological projects. Her responsibilities include evaluating cultural resource impacts, conducting archaeological surveys, and advising on mitigation strategies for construction activities along forest roads, trails, and recreational facilities. As a subject matter expert embedded in the procurement process, she provides technical oversight for acquisitions related to cultural resource management, historic structure rehabilitation, and environmental compliance services, ensuring that all contracts align with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and NEPA requirements. Hunt maintains consistent working relationships with specialized contractors such as GCS LLC, ACME ASPHALT INDUSTRIES INC, and TwentyoneTwentyseven LLC, who deliver archaeological surveying, cultural resource monitoring, and heritage conservation services. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with demonstrated expertise in forested environments and federal compliance protocols. Her procurement approach emphasizes collaboration with vendors possessing field-ready capabilities, including GIS mapping, artifact analysis, and historic documentation, often requiring certified professionals under the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards. While no formal set-aside data is available, Hunt’s procurement patterns suggest a strong inclination toward firms with cultural resource specialization, many of which are small businesses with niche expertise in federal archaeology. Her work inherently supports socioeconomic goals by engaging firms that meet the qualifications for HUBZone, 8(a), or SDVOSB certifications, particularly those with proven experience in tribal consultation and public land stewardship. Her primary industry focus centers on NAICS categories related to archaeological services, environmental consulting, and historic preservation, with a technical specialization in forested cultural landscapes. She routinely procures services involving survey and excavation, artifact curation, cultural resource inventory, and mitigation planning—ensuring that infrastructure development proceeds in harmony with the protection of federally recognized heritage resources.