Scot Rogers

Scot Rogers serves as a key procurement professional within the Stewardship Contracting Branch of the U.S. Forest Service, supporting the agency’s mission to advance ecosystem resilience through landscape-scale stewardship contracting. He manages the acquisition of services essential to forest health restoration, including timber harvesting, hazardous fuel reduction, watershed rehabilitation, and infrastructure maintenance. His work directly enables the integration of ecological outcomes with resource extraction, ensuring contracts align with the National Forest Management Act and the Healthy Forests Restoration Act. Rogers specializes in performance-based, results-oriented contracting mechanisms that prioritize long-term environmental outcomes over commodity outputs. He maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of specialized contractors, including Brink Brothers Inc., Peak Engineering LLC, Miller Timber Services, Inc., AZ Hammer Down, LLC, and Dennis Kirby, all of whom possess demonstrated expertise in forest operations and ecological restoration. These partnerships reflect a preference for contractors with proven experience in implementing complex, multi-objective stewardship projects that combine silvicultural practices with conservation goals. His procurement approach emphasizes contractor capacity for adaptive management, environmental compliance, and collaborative field execution. Rogers does not utilize socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of his acquisitions competed without restriction under the full and open competition authority. This reflects a strategic focus on technical capability and project-specific expertise over socioeconomic classifications, ensuring the most qualified entities—regardless of size or certification—are selected based on merit and past performance. His procurement activity is entirely concentrated under NAICS 115310, Support Activities for Forestry, encompassing services such as prescribed burning, trail and road maintenance, invasive species control, and forest inventory. He specializes in contracting for technical forestry support that bridges operational execution with ecological science, ensuring that all acquisitions directly contribute to the sustainable stewardship of national forest lands.