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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
DENVER, CO
FSM 2300 - RECREATION, WILDERNESS AND RELATED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
R2 Supplement No. 2300-94-4
Effective June 15, 1994
POSTING NOTICE. Supplements to this title are numbered consecutively. 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 Manual was Supplement 2300-94-3 to
2350.
Page Code
2361.42
2361.42--5
2363.21--1 through 2363.21--2
Superseded Sheets
1
1
1
Supplements Covered
R2 Supplement 119, 03/89
R2 Supplement 115, 06/88
R2 Supplement 102, 11/84
Document Name
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Digest:
Updates to electronic format.
ELIZABETH ESTILL
Regional Forester
New
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FSM 2300 – RECREATION, WILDERNESS, AND RELATED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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CHAPTER 2360 – SPECIAL INTEREST AREAS
2361.42 - Paraprofessionals. Paraprofessionals are Forest Service employees who, having an
interest in cultural resources management, have taken standard training to the extent that they are
able to recognize and record cultural resources, in addition to and in conjunction with their
primary job responsibilities. The purpose of training an employee to do paraprofessional jobs is
to create an extension of the professional, not a substitute. Paraprofessionals assist the Forest
Archeologist in conducting surveys and recording/reporting the presence or absence of cultural
properties.
Training Standards. In Region 2, all paraprofessionals must complete a standard 80 hour
training course. This will comprise 40 hours of combined classroom and field instruction plus an
additional 40 hours of field practice under the supervision of the Forest Archeologist. A certified
paraprofessional who moves from one Forest to another, within Region, will be required to take
additional training at the discretion of the Forest Archeologist.
Performance Standards. All paraprofessional reports must be documented to the
satisfaction of the Forest Archeologist. When paraprofessionals must be used on projects
entailing or impacting areas larger than 40 acres, the Forest Archeologist must be directly
involved in designing the fieldwork and in approving its results. Unless specifically directed
otherwise by the Forest Archeologist, paraprofessional surveys are always to Level III intensity
(complete surveys). Paraprofessionals do not collect artifacts or other archeological materials.
Any paraprofessional work on cultural resources beyond identification and recordation is strictly
at the discretion of the Forest Archeologist.
5. Out-Region Certification. Paraprofessional cultural resources specialist certification is
Region-specific. Hence, paraprofessionals trained in another Region, or another agency, must
complete additional training in order to be certified for paraprofessional activities in Region 2.
The additional training required comprises the second half of the current 72 hour training course.
This week, which is field practicum, can be completed during a regularly scheduled training
course or on the home Forest under the supervision of the Forest Staff Archeologist, and so
documented to the Regional Forester.
2363.21 - Nominating National Register Sites. Any citizen, including the State Historic
Preservation Officer (SHPO), may submit a National Register nomination for properties on
National Forest System lands. When the SHPO signs a nomination, regardless of its origin, it
becomes his or her nomination.
In Colorado and Wyoming, the Regional Forester has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
with SHPO, stipulating that SHPO nominations which involve National Forest System lands,
will be sent to the Regional Forester for his or her comments prior to submission.
When nominations are received from the SHPO, soliciting comments, the following things need
to be considered:
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a. What impact will the nomination have on existing Land Use and/or Management
Plans for the subject area. In addressing this, it should be pointed out that
management concerns are not supposed to have any bearing on a property's eligibility
and all eligible properties are to be nominated (1980 amendment to the National
Historic Preservation Act). However, there are practical considerations which must
be addressed. Conflicts in nomination and National Register of Historic Places
property management (36 CFR Part 800) versus Forest Land Use/Management Plans
should be pointed out.
b. Where nomination implies (per 36 CFR Part 800) maintenance, renovation,
restoration, monitoring, enhancement or interpretation, comments should squarely
address who will be responsible and when.
c. Where nominations entail special-use permits, the conditions of these permits
must be addressed and strictly administered. Necessary permit conditions which are
contrary to policy must be identified.
d. Where nominations will generate insoluble conflicts with Forest Management
Plans, alternatives should address, for example, recordation via the Historic
American Building Survey (HABS), which provides for the permanent recordation,
via architectural drawings and documentary photographs, of houses, buildings and
cabins on a National listing. Recordation via HABS can be a form of mitigation for
significant buildings when other management activities require removal or
relocation. Another example would be the Historic American Engineering Record
(HAER) a National listing like HABS, for significant structures other than buildings,
for example, bridges, tie flumes, etc. Similarly, recordation via HAER may be
submitted as mitigation prior to removal when other management concerns preclude
preservation.
e. "Federal Representative" signature required on USDI Form 10-306, National
Register Nomination Form, subsequent to State Historic Preservation Officer's
signature, shall be supplied by the Chief, USDA Forest Service.
The recommendations of the Regional Forester or designated Acting shall be secured before
forwarding a nomination to the Chief.