Nathan Briscoe

Nathan Briscoe serves as a key procurement professional within the Stewardship Contracting Branch of the U.S. Forest Service, supporting the agency’s mission to advance landscape-scale ecological restoration through strategic contracting. He manages the acquisition of services critical to sustainable forest management, including timber harvesting integrated with habitat restoration, watershed protection, and infrastructure maintenance. His work directly enables the implementation of congressionally authorized stewardship contracts that align timber sales with ecological outcomes, ensuring that resource extraction supports long-term forest resilience. Briscoe specializes in complex, performance-based acquisitions under the 115310 NAICS code, frequently procuring support activities for forestry that require technical expertise in silviculture, fuel reduction, and ecological monitoring. He maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including BRINK BROTHERS INC., PEAK ENGINEERING LLC, AZ HAMMER DOWN, LLC, GABINO D GRANO, and GLADHART LLC. These vendors are recognized for their capacity to execute multi-objective stewardship contracts that combine timber removal with restoration activities on federal forest lands. His contracting approach emphasizes long-term partnerships with firms possessing proven field capabilities in remote, ecologically sensitive environments, fostering reliability and operational continuity across multi-year projects. Briscoe’s procurement portfolio reflects a strict preference for non-set-aside acquisitions, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects the specialized nature of stewardship contracting, where technical expertise and operational scale often necessitate qualified contractors regardless of socioeconomic status, though small businesses remain eligible and active participants. His primary technical focus is on NAICS 115310—Support Activities for Forestry—encompassing services such as prescribed burning, road maintenance, debris removal, and ecological site rehabilitation. He specializes in contracting for integrated forest management solutions that balance economic output with environmental stewardship, requiring deep domain knowledge in forest ecology, wildfire risk mitigation, and federal land use regulations.