Managed Grazing Services in Natural and Open Space

The Sacramento County Department of Regional Parks (Regional Parks) is soliciting proposals for managed livestock grazing services utilizing sheep and/or goats in natural and open space areas on lands managed by Regional Parks within Sacramento County. The primary objective of the grazing activities is to protect the community and sensitive natural resources by reducing the biomass that fuels wildfires in natural and open spaces areas.

There are 7 distinct grazing areas (Figure 1 of Attachment A) covered in this Request for Proposals (RFP): Dry Creek Parkway (DCP), Indian Stone Corral, Rollingwood, North Nimbus, Illa M. Collin (IMC) Preserve, and the Upper and Lower American River Parkway (ARP). Regional Parks reserves the right to contract for grazing services resulting from this RFP from any Contractor, in part or in whole, and anticipates selecting more than one Contractor to provide the necessary services. The contracts shall be for an initial 3-year period with two optional 1-year extensions. Work performed under the contract(s) shall not occur prior to a notice to proceed from Regional Parks, which is anticipated to begin as early as January 2025.

Regional Parks maintains and operates more than 15,000 acres of parks throughout the County, including spaces along riparian corridors and within preserves. These areas are heavily regulated to ensure that sensitive natural resources are protected, and grazing activities may be either excluded or limited in those areas.

Regional Parks is focusing grazing activities in 7 distinct grazing areas, with a maximum potential grazing area of over 1,000 acres. Possible funding constraints and the price per acre charged by the Contractor(s) may limit the total area grazed.