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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
MISSOULA, MONTANA
FSM 2400 - TIMBER MANAGEMENT
Region 1 Supplement No. 2400-93-2
Effective August 16, 1993
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 R1 Supplement
2400-93-1 Chapter 2470.
This supplement supersedes supplement 2400-92-6 to FSM 2430.
Document name
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Digest:
2435.05 - Corrects terminology.
2435.23 - Eliminates duplication of definitions described in previous section. Adds requirement
of annual salvage sale strategy and long range salvage sale strategy.
DAVID F. JOLLY
Regional Forester
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TITLE 2400 - TIMBER MANAGEMENT
R1 SUPPLEMENT 2400-93-2
EFFECTIVE 8/16/93
CHAPTER 2430 - COMMERCIAL TIMBER SALES
2435.05 - Definitions.
1. Salvage Sale. The necessary ingredient to designate a timber offering as a qualifying
salvage sale is that the purpose for entry must be primarily to salvage (harvest) insect infested,
diseased, fire-damaged, and/or other dead, damaged, or down timber. The silvicultural
prescription should prescribe salvage and/or sanitation cutting with a manageable stand
remaining following harvest. When injurious agencies have depleted a stand to the point that a
manageable stand no longer exists on site, then a regeneration harvest may be necessary to
salvage the usable wood products from the stand. Additional green volume (usually incidental
volumes) may be included in the sale to provide for stand improvement as prescribed in items a f, FSM 2435.05, Qualifying Sales. Qualifying sales are designed for rapid removal of defective
materials, usually within two operating seasons. The entire volume for the qualifying salvage
sale will be reported as salvage sale volume under item B or C.2 on the Periodic Timber Sale
Accomplishment Report.
Qualifying Sales will have the word SALVAGE included in the sale name.
2. Partial Sales. There are two situations involving salvage sale fund collection and
accomplishment for the "partial salvage" sale classification. On some sales there will be unit(s)
identified for salvage and sanitation cutting. The primary reason for entry (removal of timber)
is to harvest insect infested, diseased, fire-damaged, windthrown, and partial salvage dead and
damaged timber. All timber in the salvage unit will be reported as SSF Timber for
Accomplishment Reporting.
The second situation involves insect infested, diseased, damaged, or down timber that is
dispersed throughout the sale area. This material represents salvage "component" volume.
This material may be designated as SSF timber. The remaining sale volume will be reported as
regular program volume.
The permissible salvage sale inclusions (a - f) described in FSM 2435.06 are applicable to
identification of partial salvage sale components also.
2435.23 - Salvage Sale Fund Plan. A salvage sale fund plan must be developed for both
deposits and expenditures from the salvage sale fund. Plans must be developed to support
expenditures for the presale activities listed under FSM 2435.1 Authorized Work and Expenses.
The plans supporting all SSF activities, both sale preparation and administration will provide the
basis for the fund status analysis required under Item 4, Chapter 11.54, FSH 6509.11k.
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Each Forest will develop a short-range salvage sale program plan (needs for the next fiscal year).
This summary of planned needs will be submitted to the Regional Office in the annual timber
program update, the FOREST SUMMARY "ET".
Each Forest will submit a long-range salvage sale strategy plan (Five fiscal years) for the
Regional Forester's review and approval in December of each year. The required format will be
supplied to the Forests by the Regional Office annually.