SLED Opportunity · CALIFORNIA · MARIPOSA COUNTY
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Mariposa County seeks a Tree Mortality Project Manager to manage mitigation efforts addressing widespread tree mortality caused by drought and bark beetles, protecting public safety and infrastructure through strategic project management and contracting.
Mariposa County, like much of California, has experienced severe drought conditions and tree mortality. The lack of water has created a myriad of problems including millions of dead and dying trees, increased fire danger, the threat of insufficient groundwater for residents using private wells, a decrease in the single largest driver in our local economy (tourism), and a reduction in air quality. For local trees, and conifers in particular, difficult environmental conditions were compounded by a flourishing population of bark beetles that multiplied rapidly with warmer-than-normal winters and a virtually endless supply of trees that were too dry to produce the sap that is their normal defense. Mariposa County’s Board of Supervisors was among the first in the State to recognize the risks to public health and safety of widespread tree mortality. The Board responded by declaring a local state of emergency on September 15, 2015. The State acknowledged the devastation of tree mortality soon thereafter and Governor Brown declared a state of emergency on October 30, 2015 which remains in effect to this date. Beginning in 2016, the County began the work of removing hazard trees that presented a direct falling or fire risk to County infrastructure including roadways, parks, and facilities. Over 10,000 trees have been felled and the majority of those were removed by early 2020. As effective as these efforts have been, dead trees continue to appear on land for which the County is responsible and additional services are needed to protect public safety and infrastructure. This Request for Qualifications (RFQ) is intended to acquire the management resources to strategically target the greatest remaining risks, contract with agencies to complete mitigation work, leverage available resources and supervise the work to completion. This RFQ is issued at the direction of the Board of Supervisors. Please see the RFQ at this link for more information. Links: the RFQ at this link (https://www.mariposacounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/87123/Tree-Mortality-LATM-RFQ)
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