FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST REGION (R5)
VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA
R5 FSH 2409.18 - TIMBER SALE PREPARATION
HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 40 - SALE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION (GATE 3) AND
APPRAISAL
Supplement No.: R5 2409.18-2015-1
Effective Date: 8/31/2015
Duration: This supplement expires 5 years from the effective date unless superseded or
removed earlier.
Approved: RANDY MOORE, Regional Forester
Date Approved: 8/31/2015
Posting Instructions: Handbook supplements are numbered consecutively by Handbook
number and calendar year. Post by document; remove the entire document and replace it with this
supplement. Retain this transmittal as the first page(s) of this document.
Last Change: 2409.18-2014-1 to chapter 30
New Document: 2409.18_40
Superseded Document(s): 2409.18-2010-1
Digest: 44.2: Establishes naming convention for projects and sales.
R5 FSH 2409.18 - TIMBER SALE PREPARATION HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 40 - SALE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION (GATE 3) AND APPRAISAL
Supplement No.:R5 2409.18-2015-1 - Effective Date: 8/31/2015
44.2 - Sales Tracking and Reporting
1.
Sale Number and Name - Project and sale names will utilize a geographic location or
feature as the basis for its name. Definitely a person’s name; living, dead, fictional, or
real, is not to be used. If the project or sale has any of the attributes listed below, that
attribute is to be identified as part of the name by either using the actual word(s) or an
abbreviation.
a.
Small Business Set-Aside (SBA)
b.
Special Salvage Timber Sale (SSTS)
c.
Stewardship (Stwd)
d.
Salvage (Salv)
e.
Fire Salvage
f.
Hazard Tree (HT)
g.
Thinning (Thin)
h.
Multi-Product (MP)
i.
Cut to Length (CTL)
j.
Helicopter (Heli, HC)
k.
Cable, Skyline, or Highlead
l.
Reoffer
m.
Resale
n.
Settlement
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