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Cosumnes River Preserve Waterfowl Hunt Opportunity

man shooting a rifleRequest for Proposals (RFP)
Administration of the Cosumnes River Preserve's Waterfowl Hunting Program
at Cougar Wetlands Unit in Galt, California 

Image of Cougar Wetlands at the Cosumnes River PreserveThe 154-acre Cougar Wetland Unit is a beautiful area immediately adjacent to the Cosumnes River that is largely free of human disturbance or other visual intrusions.  The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), with the help of other cooperators and Preserve Partners, has managed waterfowl hunting on the area for youth, women, apprentice, and mobility-impaired hunters for over 10 years.  The area is large enough to support 3-4 groups of 2-4 hunters each to hunt on a given day.

The BLM is seeking proposals from qualified organizations that are interested in administering the waterfowl hunts during the 2011-2012 season.  The organization that is selected to administer the hunting program will be issued a Special Recreation Use Permit (BLM Form 2930-1) to administer hunting on Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays at Cougar Wetland Unit.

The organization that is selected and permitted will be responsible for the following to include, but is not limited to:

  • Assuring that all State and Federal hunting laws and safe hunting practices are followed;
  • Assuring that all Preserve rules and terms and conditions of the Special Recreation Use Permit are followed;
  • Selecting youth, women, apprentice, and mobility-impaired hunters in an fair and equitable manner;
  • Assuring that mobility-impaired hunters have at least one and not more than two able-bodied assistants;
  • Assuring that youth, apprentice and women hunters have at least one experienced hunter in the blind with them at all times;
  • Maintaining the blinds;
  • Providing and setting out decoys and retrieving all of them within a week after the season;
  • Keeping the area free of all trash including shell casings;
  • Properly opening and closing the gate to the area;
  • Providing people to help with the pump and water control structure operations;
  • Submitting a brief weekly report to the Preserve Wetlands Manager;
  • Submitting an Annual Report in March that includes information about hunter use, hunter success, hunter recruitment and selection processes, work accomplished, photographs, and other details or suggestions for improvement.

The BLM will:

  • Provide overall supervision of the hunting program;
  • Issue the Special Recreation Use Permit;
  • Enforce the terms and conditions of the Permit;
  • Pay pumping costs and other costs associated with the maintenance of the wetland unit;
  • Implement habitat and infrastructure improvement actions as necessary to achieve the goals of the Unit (disking, mowing, road repair, pump repair, etc.).

Written proposals must be received no later than 5 p.m., June 19, 2011.

Written proposals should be submitted to: 
Cosumnes River Preserve, ATTN: Preserve Manager, 13501 Franklin Blvd., Galt, CA  95632. 
 

In addition to the information requested below, the package should include:  

  1. A completed BLM Form 2930-1
  2. A check for $100 made out to USDI, Bureau of Land Management
  3. An insurance certificate specifying a minimum of $1m each occurrence and $3m general aggregate with the BLM named as an additional insured.

To be selected, an organization must provide the following:

  • A primary point of contact for the proposal;
  • A statement of why the interested party wants to administer the hunting program on the Preserve;
  • Qualifications, experience, and verifiable capabilities and past performance to administer the hunting program and provide the required reports;
  • Anticipated plan to recruit youth, women, apprentice, and mobility-impaired hunters;
  • A description of the steps that will be taken to ensure all available hunters have a fair and equitable opportunity to hunt;
  • A written safety plan describing how the organization will ensure hunter safety and how accidents will be reported should they occur;
  • A written description of how the workload and other activities will be completed (e.g., blind construction and maintenance, decoy placement and removal, the movement of vehicles on the site, trash and debris collections, etc).
  • A statement of its ability and interest in contributing to the planning and implementation of habitat improvements.

 
If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please contact:
 Holden Brink, Wetlands Manager at hbrink@blm.gov or via telephone at 916-683-1740
 of your intent to submit a proposal no later than April 29, 2011.


 

   
Last updated: 04-01-2011