Sarah Hill

Sarah Hill serves as a key procurement lead within the USDA Forest Service’s CSA Southwest 2 office, responsible for managing acquisitions that sustain the operational integrity of national forest systems across the Southwest. She oversees the full lifecycle of contracts supporting forest health initiatives, native plant propagation, reforestation nursery operations, and critical infrastructure maintenance in ecologically sensitive and remote terrains. Her work directly advances the agency’s mission of ecological resilience by ensuring timely, compliant, and mission-aligned procurement of specialized services. She primarily handles service-based acquisitions under the Support Activities for Forestry NAICS code, with a strong emphasis on environmental stewardship and sustainable land management. Sarah maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors specializing in forestry support services, including Raymond Romine, Shane Killian Construction, Cranmer Engineering, Inc., R & R Contracting Inc., and Neils Controlled Blasting LP. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in site-specific forest operations, controlled vegetation management, erosion control, and blast-related land restoration. Her procurement approach emphasizes reliability, technical competency, and local operational knowledge, fostering long-term vendor collaborations grounded in regulatory compliance and performance accountability. Sarah’s contracting portfolio is fully aligned with Small Business Set-Aside requirements under FAR 19.5, with 100% of her acquisitions reserved exclusively for small businesses. This reflects a deliberate and unwavering commitment to economic inclusion and regional workforce development, ensuring that local and specialized small firms have equitable access to federal forestry contracts. Her pattern of awarding exclusively to small business vendors underscores a strategic alignment with USDA’s socioeconomic goals and the Forest Service’s dedication to community-based environmental stewardship. Her primary technical domain is NAICS 115310—Support Activities for Forestry—encompassing nursery production, seedling handling, prescribed burning support, invasive species control, and forest road maintenance. She procures specialized services that require ecological literacy, field operational experience, and adherence to environmental compliance standards, making her a critical link between conservation objectives and on-the-ground implementation.