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FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
Portland, Oregon
FSH 6109.13 - PERFORMANCE, TRAINING, AND AWARDS HANDBOOK
R6 Supplement No. 6109.13-96-1
Effective January 15, 1996
POSTING NOTICE. Supplements are numbered consecutively by title and
calendar year. Post by document name. Remove entire document, if one exists, and
replace with this supplement. The last R6 Supplement to this handbook was
6109.13-92-1.
This supplement supersedes Supplement 6109.13-92-1.
Document Name
6109.13,30
Superseded New
(Number of Sheets)
5
3
Digest:
31.14 - Outstanding achievement in Public Land Management (Ranger District of
the Year Award) direction is being removed. This Regional award has been
discontinued.
/s/ John E. Lowe
JOHN E. LOWE
Regional Forester
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CHAPTER 30 - INCENTIVE AWARDS
31 - TYPES OF AWARDS.
31.14 - Forest Service Awards.
1. Regional HOST Achievement Award. Many Region 6 employees are
meeting and helping both business and recreation visitors every day in the best
tradition of public service. Annually, the Regional Office will select and honor an
individual or work group in the Region whose actions and approach to the job best
represent the spirit of the Forest Service HOST program.
The Regional HOST Achievement Award will consist of an official plaque, a cash
award, and shall be featured in the Regional Greensheet Newsletter.
One nomination shall be made from each Forest and the Regional Office units, by
previously selecting a recipient from the Unit's own HOST Achievement Award.
Nominees must be Forest Service employees, not volunteers or persons from other
employment programs.
Nominations are to be made in the form of a letter to the Regional Forester and
submitted on or before December 1 of each year. The letter should provide the
reasons the Unit feels their nomination best exemplifies the spirit of the Forest
Service HOST program. Constant high-quality performance, or special actions, or
both, are valid reasons for nomination.
Consideration for HOST awards should not be limited to contacts with Forest
visitors. The HOST program encourages quality performance in all contacts with
the public and with fellow employees. Employee's performance in contacts with
contractors, job seekers, fellow workers, or other Government agencies, in short,
any public contact, should not be overlooked.
A panel of judges from throughout the Region will select the person or group to
receive the award. This panel will consist of two Forest Supervisors, two Regional
Office Directors, and a District Ranger. Their judgment will be based on the
information in the nominating letters. The award winner will be announced during
January.
2. Primitive Skills Award. This Regional and national award is to be given
to the Forest Service employee (or employees) who shows the greatest initiative,
imagination, and commitment to wilderness principles by accomplishing a difficult
or challenging management job or activity with primitive skills or tools within a
wilderness. To qualify, such jobs or activities must be of the type where under
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normal situations (outside of wilderness) they would have been done using modern
methods or equipment.
a. Objectives of this award are:
(1) To surface examples which will serve as guideposts or challenges to all
managers.
(2) To give public visibility to and appreciation for the kinds of skills
employed on a daily basis by Forest Service wilderness managers.
(3) To set the example for wilderness users.
b. Criteria--to be used by a panel of judges to select a winner:
(1) Difficulty or challenging nature of the task.
(2) Uniqueness or ingenuity displayed in completing the job without
resorting to modern tools or methods.
(3) The resurrection or relearning of skills or tools that have been abandoned
or nearly lost.
(4) Special weight will be given to a nominee who accomplished a job the
primitive way when he/she could probably have obtained approval for motorized
equipment.
c. Format Requirements
(1) NOTE: The intent of this award is to recognize a primitive skill and not
the sophistication of a report.
(2) All material is to be on regular page size of 8 1/2 x 11 inches.
(3) There is a LIMIT of 16 pages (8 sheets printed front and back (plus
the cover).
(4) Photos and maps are encouraged, either color or black and white. Slides
cannot be used.
(5) Nominations are limited to the last year's efforts.
(6) Four (4) copies are required as each judge must have one. If requested,
three copies will be returned following selection of the winner.