Linda Spencer

Linda Spencer serves as a key procurement lead within the Umpqua National Forest, supporting the U.S. Forest Service’s mission to sustain healthy forest ecosystems through strategic acquisitions. She manages contracting activities centered on vegetation management, ecological restoration, and post-fire rehabilitation, ensuring compliance with federal land management priorities. Her work directly enables critical infrastructure maintenance, reforestation efforts, and habitat enhancement across the forest’s jurisdiction. Spencer specializes in service-based acquisitions under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) framework, frequently procuring contractor-led field operations that require technical expertise in silviculture, erosion control, and forest health monitoring. She maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of regional forestry contractors, including G E Forestry, Inc., Green Hills Forestry LLC, Three Stripes Contracting LLC, and Umpqua Valley Forestry, Inc. These vendors are deeply embedded in the Pacific Northwest’s forest management ecosystem and are regularly engaged for vegetation treatment, timber stand improvement, and fuel reduction projects. Spencer’s procurement approach emphasizes long-term operational continuity, favoring contractors with proven field capabilities, environmental compliance records, and regional familiarity to ensure mission-critical outcomes. Spencer demonstrates a steadfast commitment to small business participation, with 100% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. She prioritizes contracting with locally owned, family-operated forestry firms that qualify as small businesses under SBA size standards, fostering economic resilience in rural communities. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate strategy to build capacity among regional small businesses with expertise in sustainable forest practices, ensuring equitable access to federal land management opportunities. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 562111 (Solid Waste Collection), which, within the forest context, encompasses the removal and disposal of logging residues, slash, and other woody biomass generated during vegetation management operations. This specialization underscores her technical understanding of forest bio-waste streams and the regulatory requirements governing their handling, transportation, and beneficial reuse—positioning her as a specialist in environmentally compliant forest service logistics.