FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
TAOS, NM
TITLE 2300 - RECREATION, WILDERNESS, AND RELATED RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
Carson Supplement No. 2300-92-1
Effective February 3, 1992
NEW POSTING NOTICE: This supplement is the first in a new
numbering series corresponding to the year in which material was
amended. Do not check for the last transmittal received for this
title. Place this transmittal sheet at the front of the title
and retain until the next transmittal is received.
Page Code
Superseded
Sheets
2331.1
2355.33
1
1
Document Name
New
Pages
!2300-91-1 Transmittal
2331
2350
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Digest:
2300 - Please read the new posting notice carefully.
directions apply to this transmittal only.
These
2331.1 - Revises direction on stay limits imposed on
recreational occupancy on the Carson National Forest. 2355.33 Direction has not been changed for 2355.33. Some minor
typographical and technical errors were corrected.
The electronic document names are shown above for ease in
accessing them from the !FSM Carson Public Files.
All subsequent supplements will be issued by document
LEONARD A. LINDQUIST
Forest Supervisor
FSM 2300 - RECREATION, WILDERNESS,
AND RELATED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
CARSON SUPPLEMENT 2300-92-1
EFFECTIVE 12/19/92
CHAPTER 2330 - PUBLICLY MANAGED RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES
2331.1 - Regulations and Orders. Under authority of Secretary
ofAgricultureRegulation, 36 CFR 261.58(a), the following stay
limits areimposed on occupancy on the Carson National Forest:
1.
There is a maximum stay limit on the Forest of
twenty-eight (28) days within a forty-five (45) day period.
2.
Fourteen (14) days is the maximum stay time allowed in
each developed campground or posted area of concentrated public
use.
3.
After a fourteen (14) day stay at one campground, the
user may move to another campground for fourteen (14) days or to
another area of the Forest for fourteen (14) days.
Stay limits in developed recreation sites and areas of
concentrated public use will be posted as outlined in 36 CFR
261.51. Posting is mandatory at the offices of the Forest
Supervisor and District Rangers. Posting should be maintained at
recreation site bulletin boards, and other locations that make
the information reasonably available to the public.
FSM 2300 - RECREATION, WILDERNESS,
AND RELATED RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
CARSON SUPPLEMENT 2300-92-1
EFFECTIVE 12/19/92
CHAPTER 2350 - TRAIL, RIVER, AND SIMILAR RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES
2355.33 - Permits. Authority to issue permits in areas and on
roads or trails where such use has been prohibited or restricted
under 36 CFR 261.50(a), (b), (f), and (e); 261.54(a) and (b); and
261.56 is delegated to District Rangers.
Permits will be issued on form 2300-31 or by letter.
When a timber sale is located within a travel restriction area,
the restriction may be lifted while those activities are in
progress by the placement of white arrow signs on the roads to be
open to the public.
Requests for individual entry permits for dead or down firewood
areas will be denied when it is necessary to use a prohibited
vehicle to remove the firewood unless a firewood area has been
established. A "firewood area" may be established within travel
restriction areas when the firewood is of sufficient quantity.
The restrictions will be removed by placing a white arrow on the
roads to be open to the public. Restrictions will become
effective again when the firewood has been utilized, by the
removal of the white arrows.
Permits to enter restricted areas will be issued only after
District Rangers have evaluated each individual request
thoroughly. This includes requests from livestock permittees to
remove sick animals, maintain improvements or place and service
camps. General or blanket permits should not be issued.
Federal, State or local officers, or members of an organized
rescue of fire fighting force, in the performance of an official
duty are exempt from the Travel Restrictions Order which was
issued by the Forest Supervisor on January 5, 1987, and do not
need a permit to enter restricted areas. This exemption will
require prudent management by each District Ranger to ensure that
the objectives that were applicable when the restrictions were
imposed are not violated by administrative or other Government
exceptions to the travel policy.
Travel restrictions will be considered and evaluated during the
NEPA process for projects that occur within restriction areas.
District Rangers and Forest Staff Officers will notify their
employees of the restrictions prior to and during any project
which affects a restricted area. District Rangers will be
responsible for ensuring that administrative activities within
restricted areas provide for safety, economic, and environmental
considerations.