Government Contracting at — Federal Lands

Over 49,000 acres along the Maine coast. Contracting includes road and carriage path maintenance, campground operations, visitor center construction, and coastal erosion mitigation.

The only US national park south of the equator, spanning three islands. Contracting covers tropical ecosystem restoration, remote facility maintenance, and cultural preservation projects.

Over 2,000 natural stone arches across 76,679 acres of Utah desert. Contracting includes trail construction, visitor facility upgrades, geological monitoring systems, and concession services.

242,756 acres of sharply eroded buttes and pinnacles in South Dakota. Contracting includes fossil protection, road maintenance, paleontological research support, and prairie restoration.

801,163 acres along the Rio Grande in West Texas. Contracting covers border infrastructure, remote facility maintenance, desert water systems, and river recreation management.

172,971 acres of marine environment south of Miami. Contracting includes marine habitat restoration, boat dock construction, coral reef monitoring, and underwater infrastructure.

Steep canyon walls dropping 2,722 feet to the Gunnison River. Contracting covers trail safety improvements, cliff stabilization, visitor center operations, and geological monitoring.

35,835 acres of colorful hoodoo rock formations in southern Utah. Contracting includes trail maintenance, shuttle bus systems, lodge and campground concessions, and erosion control.

337,598 acres of dramatic desert landscape carved by the Colorado and Green Rivers. Contracting covers backcountry road maintenance, river access improvements, and remote facility operations.

241,904 acres centered on the Waterpocket Fold in south-central Utah. Contracting includes historic orchard maintenance, scenic drive improvements, campground operations, and cultural site preservation.

Over 119 limestone caves beneath the Guadalupe Mountains. Contracting covers elevator systems, underground lighting, cave preservation technology, bat monitoring, and visitor center operations.

Five islands off the Southern California coast totaling 249,561 acres. Contracting includes marine transportation, island facility maintenance, invasive species removal, and marine research support.

26,476 acres of old-growth bottomland hardwood forest in South Carolina. Contracting covers boardwalk construction, flood monitoring systems, forest health surveys, and visitor facility upgrades.

The deepest lake in the US at 1,943 feet within a volcanic caldera. Contracting includes winter road snow removal, historic lodge maintenance, rim drive improvements, and water quality monitoring.

32,572 acres along the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland and Akron. Contracting covers scenic railroad operations, trail bridge construction, environmental remediation, and visitor center management.

3.4 million acres, the largest national park outside Alaska. Contracting includes extreme-climate infrastructure, road maintenance across vast distances, mining site remediation, and water system operations.

6 million acres surrounding North America's tallest peak at 20,310 feet. Contracting covers wilderness road maintenance, bus concession operations, visitor facilities, and mountaineering support services.

64,701 acres of remote islands 70 miles west of Key West. Contracting includes Fort Jefferson masonry restoration, marine transportation, seaplane dock maintenance, and coral reef monitoring.

1.5 million acres of subtropical wetlands, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Contracting covers Everglades restoration, invasive species management, water infrastructure, levee maintenance, and environmental monitoring.

8.4 million acres of wilderness with no roads or trails in Alaska's Brooks Range. Contracting includes remote logistics support, wildlife surveys, subsistence management, and backcountry ranger operations.

The smallest national park at 91 acres in downtown St. Louis. Contracting covers Arch tram system maintenance, museum operations, riverfront improvements, and historic structure preservation.

Over 1 million acres with 26 glaciers and 700 miles of trails. Contracting includes Going-to-the-Sun Road maintenance, historic chalet restoration, wildfire management, and climate monitoring systems.

3.3 million acres of tidewater glaciers and temperate rainforest. Contracting covers marine vessel operations, lodge concessions, glacier monitoring, and remote facility maintenance.

1.2 million acres featuring a mile-deep canyon carved by the Colorado River. Contracting includes trail rehabilitation, water pipeline maintenance, lodge concessions, helicopter support, and river corridor management.

310,044 acres of the Teton Range in western Wyoming. Contracting covers road and bridge construction, lodge and campground concessions, wildlife management, and avalanche mitigation.

77,180 acres including Wheeler Peak and Lehman Caves in eastern Nevada. Contracting includes cave lighting systems, high-altitude road maintenance, dark sky preservation, and bristlecone pine monitoring.

149,137 acres with the tallest dunes in North America at 750 feet. Contracting covers water rights management, visitor facility construction, sand dune monitoring, and wildlife corridor preservation.

The most-visited national park with over 12 million annual visitors spanning 522,427 acres. Contracting includes road rehabilitation, trail maintenance, historic building preservation, air quality monitoring, and wildfire management.

86,367 acres containing the four highest peaks in Texas. Contracting includes trail construction, backcountry water systems, fossil protection, and remote facility maintenance.

33,265 acres from volcanic summit to coastal rainforest on Maui. Contracting covers endangered species habitat restoration, telescope facility support, invasive species removal, and crater trail maintenance.

335,259 acres encompassing two active volcanoes on the Big Island. Contracting includes lava flow infrastructure repair, volcanic monitoring systems, road reconstruction, and visitor center operations.

5,554 acres in downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas, protecting 47 thermal springs. Contracting covers bathhouse restoration, thermal water distribution systems, historic building preservation, and promenade maintenance.

15,349 acres along the southern shore of Lake Michigan. Contracting includes beach restoration, industrial site remediation, wetland restoration, trail construction, and invasive species management.

571,790 acres of island wilderness in Lake Superior, accessible only by boat or seaplane. Contracting covers marine transportation, remote facility maintenance, wolf-moose research support, and dock construction.

795,156 acres where the Mojave and Colorado deserts meet. Contracting includes desert road maintenance, campground improvements, rock climbing area management, and solar energy facility support.

4 million acres of volcanic landscape and world-class bear habitat. Contracting covers lodge concessions, floatplane dock operations, bear viewing platform construction, and volcanic monitoring.

669,983 acres of glaciers and coastal fjords on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. Contracting includes Exit Glacier trail systems, marine tour boat concessions, glacier monitoring, and remote cabin maintenance.

461,901 acres of giant sequoia groves and deep granite canyon. Contracting covers sequoia protection, backcountry trail maintenance, road reconstruction, and wilderness management services.

1.75 million acres of Arctic wilderness above the Arctic Circle with no roads. Contracting includes wildlife survey flights, subsistence management, sand dune research support, and remote logistics.

4 million acres of volcanoes, glaciers, and wild rivers across Cook Inlet from Anchorage. Contracting covers bear viewing infrastructure, floatplane operations, volcanic monitoring, and wilderness lodge concessions.

106,452 acres with all four types of volcanoes found on Earth. Contracting includes hydrothermal monitoring, park road snow removal, volcanic hazard assessment, and campground operations.

The world's longest known cave system with over 420 explored miles beneath 52,830 acres. Contracting includes cave tour infrastructure, underground lighting, water quality monitoring, and visitor center construction.

52,485 acres protecting over 5,000 archaeological sites including 600 cliff dwellings. Contracting covers archaeological preservation, cliff dwelling stabilization, wildfire mitigation, and museum collections management.

236,381 acres surrounding the most glaciated peak in the contiguous US at 14,411 feet. Contracting includes glacier monitoring, historic inn restoration, road and bridge repairs, and avalanche control systems.

72,189 acres along one of the oldest rivers in North America. Contracting covers bridge inspection, trail construction, whitewater recreation management, and historic mining site remediation.

504,781 acres of alpine wilderness with over 300 glaciers. Contracting includes trail bridge construction, glacier monitoring, hydroelectric dam coordination, and backcountry ranger support.

922,650 acres spanning glacier-capped mountains, temperate rainforest, and Pacific coastline. Contracting covers road maintenance, dam removal projects, coastal erosion control, and lodge concessions.

221,390 acres of petrified wood, painted desert, and archaeological sites in northeast Arizona. Contracting includes paleontological site protection, road resurfacing, visitor center construction, and fossil theft prevention systems.

26,606 acres of eroded volcanic rock formations in central California. Contracting covers cave bat monitoring, California condor recovery support, trail maintenance, and campground operations.

138,999 acres protecting 45% of remaining old-growth coast redwoods, the tallest trees on Earth. Contracting includes forest restoration, road decommissioning, watershed rehabilitation, and salmon habitat improvement.

265,807 acres with 77 peaks above 12,000 feet and Trail Ridge Road, the highest paved road in any national park. Contracting includes timed entry systems, road maintenance, elk management, and alpine trail rehabilitation.

91,716 acres protecting giant saguaro cactus forests in two districts flanking Tucson. Contracting covers invasive buffelgrass removal, scenic drive maintenance, desert tortoise monitoring, and visitor center operations.

404,064 acres protecting the world's largest trees by volume including General Sherman. Contracting includes sequoia fire management, Generals Highway maintenance, cave management, and high-altitude facility operations.

199,224 acres along the Blue Ridge Mountains with 105 miles of Skyline Drive. Contracting covers road resurfacing, lodge and campground concessions, forest health monitoring, and Appalachian Trail maintenance.

70,447 acres of badlands in three units along the Little Missouri River. Contracting includes scenic loop road maintenance, wild horse management, cabin restoration, and prairie ecosystem monitoring.

14,940 acres covering three-quarters of St. John island. Contracting includes hurricane damage repair, coral reef restoration, historic sugar plantation preservation, and marine infrastructure maintenance.

218,200 acres of interconnected waterways along the US-Canada border. Contracting covers houseboat concessions, dock construction, water quality monitoring, and winter recreation facility maintenance.

145,762 acres of white gypsum sand dunes in southern New Mexico. Contracting includes dune road maintenance, missile range coordination, visitor center operations, and sand encroachment mitigation.

33,970 acres above one of the longest and most complex caves in the world. Contracting includes cave exploration support, bison herd management, prairie restoration, and elevator system maintenance.

The largest national park at 13.2 million acres, six times the size of Yellowstone. Contracting covers remote airstrip maintenance, mining site remediation, glacier monitoring, and backcountry logistics.

2.2 million acres and the world's first national park, containing half the world's geothermal features. Contracting includes geyser boardwalk construction, road rehabilitation, wolf monitoring, lodge concessions, and wildfire suppression.

759,620 acres of granite cliffs, waterfalls, and giant sequoias in the Sierra Nevada. Contracting includes rockfall monitoring, Tioga Road maintenance, lodge and campground concessions, and fire management.

147,242 acres of colorful sandstone canyons in southwest Utah. Contracting includes shuttle bus operations, tunnel maintenance, trail rehabilitation, flash flood warning systems, and lodge concessions.

America's first national monument, a 867-foot volcanic rock formation in northeast Wyoming. Contracting includes trail maintenance, climbing route management, visitor center operations, and cultural consultation with tribal nations.

The iconic 305-foot copper statue on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. Contracting covers ferry concessions, security systems, structural preservation, museum operations, and pedestal maintenance.

554 acres of old-growth coast redwoods north of San Francisco. Contracting includes boardwalk construction, shuttle transportation systems, creek restoration, and visitor reservation management.

1.87 million acres of canyons, plateaus, and paleontological sites in southern Utah. Contracting covers road maintenance, fossil site protection, wilderness inventory, and range management.

1.36 million acres of archaeological and cultural landscape in southeastern Utah. Contracting includes cultural site monitoring, tribal co-management programs, road maintenance, and archaeological surveys.

750,000 acres of volcanic landscape on the Snake River Plain. Contracting covers lava tube safety improvements, loop drive maintenance, geological research support, and visitor facility construction.

210,844 acres preserving a world-class fossil quarry at the confluence of the Green and Yampa Rivers. Contracting includes quarry building maintenance, river recreation management, fossil preservation, and road improvements.

330,689 acres of Sonoran Desert ecosystem along the Mexican border. Contracting covers border infrastructure coordination, scenic drive maintenance, wildlife monitoring, and desert habitat restoration.

A well-preserved 5-story, 20-room Sinagua cliff dwelling in the Verde Valley. Contracting includes archaeological stabilization, visitor walkway construction, interpretive exhibit design, and creek habitat monitoring.

114,000 acres where the Cascade, Klamath, and Siskiyou mountain ranges converge. Contracting includes biodiversity surveys, fuels reduction, trail maintenance, and watershed restoration.

20,534 acres of red sandstone canyons and monoliths near Grand Junction. Contracting covers Rim Rock Drive maintenance, rockfall mitigation, trail rehabilitation, and campground operations.

7,636 acres with three natural bridges and the first International Dark Sky Park. Contracting includes bridge monitoring, solar power systems, dark sky preservation, and loop road maintenance.

The world's largest known natural bridge at 290 feet high near Lake Powell. Contracting covers boat dock maintenance, trail access improvements, cultural site protection, and lake level monitoring.

The third-longest cave in the world with over 215 miles of surveyed passages. Contracting includes cave exploration support, elevator maintenance, ventilation systems, and visitor tour infrastructure.

3,000 acres preserving a prominent Oregon Trail landmark bluff along the North Platte River. Contracting covers summit road maintenance, tunnel rehabilitation, museum operations, and trail restoration.

Three limestone caverns on the slopes of Mount Timpanogos in the Wasatch Range. Contracting includes steep trail maintenance, cave lighting, flash flood warning systems, and concession operations.

33,677 acres of ancestral Pueblo cliff dwellings and petroglyphs in the Jemez Mountains. Contracting covers archaeological preservation, trail ladder systems, flood damage repair, and wildfire mitigation.

A 200-foot sandstone bluff with centuries of carved inscriptions and ancestral Pueblo ruins. Contracting includes inscription preservation, trail maintenance, and visitor center operations.

83,840 acres of stunning canyon landscape on the Navajo Nation, unique as a living community. Contracting covers road and overlook maintenance, cultural resource protection, and tribal partnership programs.

A 2,500-foot-deep natural amphitheater at over 10,000 feet elevation in southwestern Utah. Contracting includes high-altitude road maintenance, wildflower meadow preservation, and winter snow removal.

35,422 acres of ancient Pueblo ruins in northern Arizona near Sunset Crater. Contracting covers archaeological site stabilization, loop road maintenance, and cultural resource surveys.

11,985 acres of dramatic volcanic rock spires in the Chiricahua Mountains. Contracting includes trail construction, scenic drive maintenance, wildfire mitigation, and wildlife monitoring.

Two Salado cliff dwellings overlooking Roosevelt Lake in central Arizona. Contracting covers archaeological preservation, trail safety improvements, and visitor center management.

Six clusters of ancestral Pueblo towers on the Utah-Colorado border. Contracting includes ruin stabilization, remote road maintenance, campground operations, and archaeological surveys.

8,198 acres preserving an ancient lake bed with Eocene-era fish fossils in southwest Wyoming. Contracting covers fossil quarry operations, museum collections, trail maintenance, and paleontological research support.

46,692 acres with over 700 lava tube caves on the Modoc Plateau. Contracting includes cave exploration safety, road maintenance, visitor center operations, and Modoc War battlefield preservation.

4,351 acres preserving the world's richest late Pliocene fossil deposits along the Snake River. Contracting includes fossil excavation, erosion control, visitor facility construction, and paleontological research.

280,000 acres of towering cliffs, deep canyons, and The Wave sandstone formation. Contracting covers condor reintroduction support, permit management systems, road maintenance, and wilderness monitoring.

242,555 acres of volcanic landscape and deep gorge along the Rio Grande. Contracting includes gorge trail maintenance, wild river management, wildlife surveys, and recreation site improvements.

328,315 acres protecting 38 giant sequoia groves in the southern Sierra Nevada. Contracting includes fire management, sequoia grove restoration, timber stand improvement, and recreation facility maintenance.

The largest national forest at 16.7 million acres of temperate rainforest in southeast Alaska. Contracting includes timber sales, road construction and decommissioning, salmon habitat restoration, and recreation cabin maintenance.

5.4 million acres of coastal forest, glaciers, and rivers on the Kenai Peninsula. Contracting covers trail construction, avalanche forecasting, fish habitat improvement, and campground operations.

The first national forest in the US, covering 2.4 million acres adjacent to Yellowstone. Contracting includes wildfire suppression, grizzly bear management, timber sales, and wilderness trail maintenance.

800,000 acres of northern hardwood forest in the White Mountains. Contracting covers ski area permits, Appalachian Trail maintenance, timber harvesting, and bridge construction.

400,000 acres along Vermont's Green Mountain spine. Contracting includes Long Trail maintenance, timber sales, ski area management, and maple sugaring lease administration.

512,758 acres in the Blue Ridge and Great Balsam Mountains of western North Carolina. Contracting covers road maintenance, timber harvesting, prescribed burning, and recreation site management.

531,286 acres, the largest national forest in North Carolina. Contracting includes whitewater recreation management, road construction, forest health treatments, and Appalachian Trail support.

921,000 acres in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia. Contracting covers acid mine drainage remediation, wind energy permitting, timber sales, and wilderness area management.

1.86 million acres surrounding Flagstaff and Sedona in northern Arizona. Contracting includes wildfire mitigation, red rock recreation management, forest thinning, and grazing allotment administration.

1.6 million acres on the eastern slope of the Oregon Cascades. Contracting covers ski area permit oversight, wildfire suppression, volcanic landscape management, and recreation facility construction.

1.7 million acres on the western slopes of the Washington Cascades. Contracting includes avalanche control, watershed protection, ski area management, and salmon stream restoration.

1.3 million acres including the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. Contracting covers volcanic monitoring, timber sales, old-growth forest surveys, and recreation trail construction.

871,495 acres in the northern Sierra Nevada of California. Contracting includes wildfire fuel reduction, ski area permits, gold mining site remediation, and watershed improvement.

700,000 acres of mountainous terrain above the Los Angeles Basin, serving 3 million visitors. Contracting covers wildfire suppression, post-fire erosion control, recreation management, and urban interface fuel breaks.

823,816 acres of mountains east of Los Angeles, including Big Bear Lake. Contracting includes wildfire management, off-highway vehicle area maintenance, ski area oversight, and water supply watershed protection.

2.2 million acres across central Colorado including Pikes Peak. Contracting covers fourteener trail rehabilitation, wildfire mitigation, beetle-kill timber removal, and recreation site construction.

1.5 million acres on both sides of the Continental Divide near Denver. Contracting includes ski area permits, water infrastructure, beetle-kill forest restoration, and wilderness area management.

1.6 million acres along the Montana-Idaho border in the Bitterroot Mountains. Contracting covers wildfire suppression, forest restoration, trail maintenance, and salmon habitat improvement.

3.1 million acres adjacent to Yellowstone in south-central Montana. Contracting includes grizzly bear management, wilderness trail systems, timber harvesting, and ski area oversight.

3.9 million acres in northeast Minnesota, including the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Contracting covers wilderness permit systems, portage trail maintenance, fire management, and mining impact assessment.

19.3 million acres of Arctic tundra on Alaska's North Slope, habitat for caribou, polar bears, and migratory birds. Contracting covers wildlife surveys, environmental impact studies, remote logistics, and climate monitoring.

402,000 acres of blackwater swamp, one of the largest intact freshwater ecosystems in North America. Contracting includes water control structure maintenance, boardwalk construction, wildfire management, and invasive species control.

14,000 acres on Assateague Island, famous for wild ponies and migratory shorebirds. Contracting covers beach nourishment, visitor facility maintenance, marsh restoration, and climate adaptation infrastructure.

1.92 million acres on the Kenai Peninsula protecting moose, brown bears, and salmon habitat. Contracting includes trail maintenance, fire management, salmon monitoring, and visitor center operations.

6,400 acres of mangrove estuary on Sanibel Island, one of the largest undeveloped mangrove ecosystems in the US. Contracting covers wildlife drive maintenance, mangrove restoration, visitor center construction, and water control systems.

Established in 1908 as the nation's first waterfowl refuge, spanning the California-Oregon border. Contracting includes water management infrastructure, wetland restoration, and agricultural lease administration.

57,331 acres along the Rio Grande, famous for sandhill crane and snow goose wintering grounds. Contracting covers water management, habitat restoration, agricultural operations, and visitor tour road maintenance.

74,000 acres of marshland at the northeast edge of the Great Salt Lake. Contracting includes dike construction, water control structure maintenance, wetland habitat management, and auto tour route improvements.

140,000 acres sharing boundaries with Kennedy Space Center, protecting endangered manatees and sea turtles. Contracting covers marsh impoundment maintenance, prescribed burning, space center coordination, and wildlife surveys.

24,700 acres in Jackson Hole providing winter range for thousands of elk. Contracting includes supplemental feeding operations, fencing, habitat improvement, and bison management coordination.

72 million acres of federal public lands in Alaska, the largest BLM management area. Contracting covers mineral leasing, fire management, Native land conveyances, and remote area logistics.

48 million acres representing 67% of Nevada's land area. Contracting includes wild horse and burro management, mining oversight, geothermal energy leasing, and rangeland improvement.

22.8 million acres of public lands including red rock deserts and canyon country. Contracting covers energy development oversight, off-highway vehicle management, grazing administration, and recreation site maintenance.

18.4 million acres managing significant oil, gas, and coal resources. Contracting includes energy lease sales, sage-grouse habitat management, reclamation, and wild horse population management.

12 million acres of rangeland, desert, and canyon country. Contracting covers wildfire suppression, sagebrush restoration, grazing administration, and Snake River recreation management.

8 million acres across Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Contracting includes coal leasing, prairie conservation, wildfire management, and Missouri River corridor maintenance.

15.7 million acres including Oregon's western forests and eastern rangelands. Contracting covers old-growth timber management, salmon habitat restoration, wildfire operations, and recreation area development.

15.2 million acres including the California Desert and coastal lands. Contracting includes renewable energy permitting, desert tortoise conservation, off-highway vehicle management, and wildfire suppression.

12.2 million acres of Sonoran Desert, riparian areas, and canyon country. Contracting covers border security coordination, wildlife water development, energy leasing, and recreation site management.

8.3 million acres of mountains, canyons, and high desert. Contracting includes oil and gas lease management, wild horse gathers, recreation trail construction, and sage-grouse habitat restoration.

1.25 million acres surrounding Lake Powell with 1,960 miles of shoreline. Contracting covers marina concessions, dam infrastructure support, water level monitoring, and desert road maintenance.

1.5 million acres surrounding Lake Mead and Lake Mohave on the Colorado River. Contracting includes marina operations, dam coordination, road maintenance, desert bighorn sheep monitoring, and water infrastructure.

82,116 acres spanning the San Francisco Bay Area coastline. Contracting covers historic military fort restoration, trail construction, Alcatraz Island operations, and coastal erosion mitigation.

48 miles of the Chattahoochee River corridor through metropolitan Atlanta. Contracting includes river access improvements, trail paving, water quality monitoring, and invasive plant removal.

70,000 acres along 40 miles of the Delaware River. Contracting covers flood damage repair, historic structure preservation, road maintenance, and river recreation management.

43,607 acres of pristine beaches, dunes, and lighthouses on Cape Cod. Contracting includes coastal erosion control, lighthouse restoration, beach access improvements, and climate adaptation infrastructure.

30,351 acres across barrier islands on North Carolina's Outer Banks. Contracting covers beach nourishment, lighthouse preservation, hurricane damage repair, and sea turtle nesting protection.

130,434 acres of the longest undeveloped barrier island in the world. Contracting includes sea turtle recovery programs, beach maintenance, visitor facility construction, and oil spill response infrastructure.

73,236 acres along 42 miles of Lake Superior shoreline in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Contracting covers cliff face monitoring, backcountry trail maintenance, winter recreation facilities, and lighthouse restoration.

71,210 acres of towering sand dunes, forests, and beaches along Lake Michigan. Contracting includes dune stabilization, scenic drive maintenance, maritime heritage preservation, and campground operations.