R2 SUPPLEMENT 1300-93-1
EFFECTIVE 6/18/93
1320
Page 1 of 6
FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
DENVER, CO
TITLE 1300 - MANAGEMENT
R2 Supplement No. 1300-93-1
Effective June 18, 1993
POSTING NOTICE. Supplements are numbered consecutively by Title and calendar year. Post
by document name. Remove entire document and replace with this supplement. Retain this
transmittal as the first page of this document. The last supplement to this Title was Supplement
1300-91-2 to FSM 1340.
This supplement supersedes Supplement No. 78 and 84 to FSM 1320.
Page Code
1320.45--1 thru 1320.45--4
1322 thru 1323
Document Name
1320
Superseded
(Number of Sheets)
2
1
New
(Number of Pages)
6
Digest:
Updates Chapter 20 to electronic format and changes staff names. Updates Primary Contact
Responsibilities.
ELIZABETH ESTILL
Regional Forester
R2 SUPPLEMENT 1300-93-1
EFFECTIVE 6/18/93
1320
Page 2 of 6
1320 - TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.
1320.2 - Objective. This supplement provides a system within the Rocky Mountain Region to
assure interactions and information flows so that: (1) the best resources management knowledge
is made available for forest managers and forest landowners, (2) research efforts are structured to
solve users' problems and meet their needs, and (3) two-way feedback between practitioners and
scientists occurs.
As a part of the system a "primary contact" will be identified as a mechanism for accomplishing
technology transfer goals of R-2 and RMS. This approach is not intended to substitute for or
replace existing interchange between the Region and Station staffs.
1320.4 - Responsibilities.
1320.44 - Regional Foresters, Station Directors, and Area Direction.
The Regional Forester, Rocky Mountain Region, and Director, Rocky Mountain Station have
delegated staff functions to help maintain effective Region-Station communications concerning
research needs and research programs as follows.
Director, State and Private Forestry. Is designated as Regional Research Coordinator and
administers the system by:
Requesting research needs from within the Forest Service and from the States, State
Foresters, landowners, and others.
Coordinating with R-2 Staff Directors to identify Regional priorities for research.
Jointly reviewing and analyzing priority Regional research needs.
Informing RMS on the use of research findings by land managers, indicating problems
that may limit their use or success.
Coordinate Regional review of alternative research proposals as research work unit
descriptions are renewed and initiated.
Keeping up-to-date on the status of research requests to RMS.
Assistant Station Director for Planning and Applications. Is designated as the RMS contact for:
Facilitating technology transfer activities between the Region and RMS.
Work with the Region in evaluating research needs presented to the Station and appraise
the Region of the status of research requests.
Facilitate Regional review of alternative research proposals as research work unit
descriptions are renewed and initiated.
Facilitate the use of technical "consultants" in support of the Region for the purpose of:
R2 SUPPLEMENT 1300-93-1
EFFECTIVE 6/18/93
1320
Page 3 of 6
Providing from currently available information, written answers and
recommendations to questions and problems encountered by the Region in resource
management.
Serving as liaison between the Region and other Station scientists.
Personal consultation and field visits as may be necessary to provide relevant
answers and recommendations to problems identified by the Region.
Advising as requested by the Region on the design and conduct of administrative
studies.
Identifying and describing to the Station Director, difficulties encountered by
managers in the Region in natural resource management which cannot be
adequately dealt with using currently available information.
Regional Office Staff Directors. Directors of Staff Units within R-2 are assigned responsibilities
for initiating and maintaining contacts with specific Research Work Units (RWU's). Exhibit 1
indicates primary and supporting contact assignments made to R-2 Staff Directors for each
appropriate RWU. To accommodate broad Regional Office interest in the work of some research
projects, more than one staff unit may be assigned supporting or primary contact responsibility.
Contact responsibilities may be delegated by R-2 Staff Director's to functional specialists.
Staff Directors will identify priority research needs to the Regional Forester periodically as
needed to address resource problems. Research needs identified in the forest land and resource
management planning process (FSM 1920) will be considered.
The Staff Directors are responsible for ensuring that applicable research findings and
technologies are used effectively to upgrade protection, management, and utilization practices on
National Forest System (NFS) lands and also State and Private Forestry (S&PF) lands. State land
managers, private landowners, and forest-based industries have access to the latest information
available.
Rocky Mountain State Project Leaders and Program Managers. RMS Project Leaders and
Program Managers are assigned contact responsibilities for their RWU's and RD&A Programs
(Exhibit 1). Primary contact responsibilities will be the individual responsibility of the Project
Leader but may be delegated to a scientist in the project to facilitate a closer functional match.
To provide a supporting contact with each RWU, Project Leaders and Program Managers will
designate a scientist for a supporting contact assignment. Designated Research personnel will
provide a focal point for continuing interchange between Research Work Units and R-2.
Forest Supervisors. Forest Supervisors are responsible for ensuring that applicable research
findings and technologies are used effectively to upgrade protection, management, and utilization
practices on National Forest System lands and to work with State Foresters and others in making
this information available to State and private interests.
R2 SUPPLEMENT 1300-93-1
EFFECTIVE 6/18/93
1320
Page 4 of 6
1320.44 - Exhibit 01
R2/RMS PRIMARY CONTACT RESPONSIBILITIES
Research Work
No. & Leader
Unit
Descriptive Title
RM 4151
(Edminster)
Multiresource Management
Central and Southern Rocky
Mountain Forests and Woodlands
Ft. Collins
CO
RR
RM 4152
(Clancy)
Stress Physiology of Western
Conifers
Flagstaff AZ
RR
RM 4301
(Troendle)
Sustaining Aquatic and Riparian
Ecological Systems in the Central
Rocky Mountains and Northern
Great Plains
Ft. Collins
CO
PR
RM 4302
(DeBano)
Management of Southwestern
Watersheds
Flagstaff
AZ
PR
RM 4351
(Finch)
Sustainablility of Southwestern
Grassland Watershed
Albuquerque
NM
PR
RM 4201
(Ruggiero)
Wildlife Habitat relationships in
the Central Rocky Mountains
Laramie
WY
RR
RM 4251
(Block)
Effects of Forest and Range
Management Practices on Fish and
Wildlife in the Southwest
Flagstaff
AZ
RR
PR
RM 4252
(Ursek)
Management of Livestock and
Wildlife Potential on the Northern
Great Plains
Rapid City
SD
RR
PR
RM 4452
(Musselman)
Effects of Atmospheric Change on
Alpine and Subalpine Ecosystems
Ft. Collins
CO
SPF
RR
(Air Resources)
RM 4501
(Shaw)
Pest Impact Assessment
Technology
FT. Collins
CO
RRF
SPF
RM 4551
(Schoeneberger)
Improvement of Stress - and Pestresistance of Great Plains Tree
Species.
Lincoln
NE
SPF
RR
RM 4802
(Schreuder)
Multiresource Inventory
Techniques
Ft. Collins
CO
RR
ENG
Location
Staff Responsibility
Primary
Supporting
PR
ENG
RR
RR
R2 SUPPLEMENT 1300-93-1
EFFECTIVE 6/18/93
1320
Page 5 of 6
1320.44 - Exhibit 01--Continued
R2/RMS PRIMARY CONTACT RESPONSIBILITIES
Research Work
No. & Leader
Unit
Descriptive Title
RM 4851
(Peterson)
Valuation of Wildland Resource
Benefits
Ft. Collins
CO
PP&B
RM 4803
(Hof)
Advanced Research in Economics
and Optimization for Forest
Service Planning
Ft. Collins
CO
PP&B
RM 4852
(Kent)
Natural Resource Assessment,
Ecology and Management Science
Research
Ft. Collins
CO
RR
RM 4853
(vacant)
Cultural Heritage Research
Albuquerque
NM
HR
Location
Staff Responsibility
Primary
Supporting
PR, PSRR
RR
PROGRAMS:
Fox
Rietveld
Schmidt
Interior West Global Change Program
Center for Semi-Arid Agroforestry Stream
Systems Technology Center
1321 - RESEARCH WORK UNIT CONTACTS. Region 2 and RMS "primary contact"
individuals will:
Maintain informal contacts and participate in annual coordination meeting to: (a) review
current and planned research, (b) provide field input to the research process through review
of action programs with emphasis on user needs feedback, (c) identify research results
being applied and measures taken or needed to enhance applicability and effectiveness, and
(d) plan for further cooperative interaction to disseminate and implement new and expected
research results, including development of workshops, demonstrations, and other
technology transfer actions. Minutes of each meeting should identify the important points
discussed and follow-up action needed. A copy of the minutes should be sent to the
Regional Forester and Station Director.
Participate in preplanning and review of research plans and R-2 field projects, and
administrative studies through: (a) input at special planning sessions, (b) exchange of
planning document drafts (e.g., research work unit descriptions, problem analyses, study
plans, and field project work plans) for information and critique, and (c) joint participation
in field activities for both research and management purposes.
Provide communication channels for information flow from and to a larger area of
researchers and users; e.g., (a) Research contacts to Research personnel in other
R2 SUPPLEMENT 1300-93-1
EFFECTIVE 6/18/93
1320
Page 6 of 6
Experiment Stations and universities, and (b) RO contacts to Forest and Area/Zone
specialists, District practitioners, State forestry specialists, private land managers, and other
users of research results.
1322 - FIELD COORDINATION. An R-2, R-3, and RMS Technology Transfer Coordination
Committee is established and shall be composed of R-2 and R-3 Research Coordinators and the
RMS Assistant Station Director for Planning and Application.
This committee will meet annually to discuss the following:
Exchange information pertinent to research program development and technology transfer
needs and opportunities.
Identify research application needs and recommend assignments for development of
technology transfer plans or follow-up on existing plans.
Provide guidance for preparation of annual Evaluation of Technology Transfer Activities
report to the Chief.
Look for opportunities where the Regions and Station can more effectively work together
to reduce duplication.
1323 - REPORT. Report FS-1200B, Evaluation of Technology Transfer Activities, is due in the
Regional Office by September 15 from the Forest Supervisors and Directors.