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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
MISSOULA, MONTANA
TITLE 2400 - TIMBER MANAGEMENT
R-1 Supplement No. 2400-96-1
Effective February 23, 1996
POSTING NOTICE: Supplements are numbered consecutively by title and calendar year. Post
by document name. Remove entire document and replace with this document. Retain this
transmittal as the first page of this document. The last R1 supplement to this title was
supplement 2400-95-2 to chapter 90 (2490).
Document Name
2490
Superseded
New
(Number of Pages)
5
4
Digest:
2493.12 - Revision of regional policy for crediting the timber sale program
accomplishments for Management Attainment Reporting (MAR) is included.
2494 - This supplement removes obsolete sections.
/s/ Richard M. Bacon, for
HAL SALWASSER
Regional Forester
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FSM 2400 - TIMBER MANAGEMENT
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TITLE 2400 - TIMBER MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 2490 - TIMBER MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
2490.3 - Policy.
Regional Foresters have been directed to establish a uniform system for recording and reporting
timber resource information on each National Forest.
The stand management record system in Region 1 provides data only for the timber resource. It
is connected to other resource data in two ways:
1. Common ADP codes which reference management and capability areas defined by the
Integrated Land and Resource Management Plan.
2. Geographical location on an index map.
2490.4 - Responsibilities.
Ranger Districts. Stand management is a Ranger District job. Therefore, maintenance of stand
records is a District responsibility and the stand record file shall reside on the Ranger District.
Each District Ranger shall designate a Coordinator who has the primary responsibility for the
record system on their unit.
National Forests. Each National Forest is a reporting unit and each Forest Supervisor will be
responsible for assuring that District records are current and accurate. The Forest Supervisor
shall designate a Forest Coordinator who will be responsible for training District Coordinators
and for assuring the effective operation of the system at the Forest level.
Region. The Regional Office is responsible for design and testing of record system components
and training Forest Coordinators. The Region will assist in solving operational problems at the
Forest and District level and will monitor the system to insure that it is accomplishing its
required functions.
The timber stand management record system in Region 1 has the following functions: Regional
responsibility for each function is indicated by Timber Management Staff units.
1. Provide the detailed information needed to design silvicultural treatments.
(Silviculture)
2. Provide the capability to program and schedule treatments. (Plans and Programs)
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3. Store data for reports made to all levels of the organization. (Plans and Programs)
4. Provide a continuous, historical record for evaluation of both treatments and natural
changes in forest stands. (Silviculture)
5. Provide data for updating and revision of the Timber Resource Plan and Harvest
Scheduling. (Plans and Programs)
The Data Systems Manager is responsible for all automated parts of the Record System.
2493 - TIMBER SALE PREPARATION RECORDS AND REPORTS.
2493.12 - Timber Sale Accomplishment Report.
1. Reporting of Regular Program Timber Sales for Credit Toward MAR Targets.
a. Sales progressing normally through the Gate system will receive credit for
Management Attainment Reporting (MAR) when the sale has been advertised
(Gate 4). Sales will be reported sold (Gate 6) when the timber sale contract has
been awarded and entered into the respective information systems (Sales Tracking
and Reporting System (STARS) and Timber Sale Accounting (TSA)).
b. Personal Use Permits (greenslips) will receive credit when they are sold (Gate 6).
Reporting will be handled through the TSA and transferred to STARS by way of the
quarterly TSA crossover files. Periodic Timber Sale Accomplishment Report (PTSAR)
will reflect greenslip volume at Gate 6.
c. Timber settlement or direct (negotiated) sales will receive credit.
d. Additional types of product or optional removal material made as part of the timber
sale contract (optional removal with mandatory payment by purchaser) will be
given credit at time of the sale award.
e. Volume added as a result of environmental modifications where substantial National
Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) time was spent to accomplish modification
will be given credit.
f. Situations that warrant credit, as deemed on a case-by-case basis, in
consultation with the Regional Office may receive credit.
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2. Reporting and Accountability of Unsold (No Bid) Sales. Credit may be considered
toward the current year's MAR timber target for sales previously offered but receiving no bids.
The following criteria will determine if credit will be given.
a. No credit.
(1) Mostly paper changes with physical changes less than 25 percent of original
preparation cost.
(2) Capital investment roads constructed on unsold sales with no change, or minor change
as above.
(3) Sales requiring less than 25 percent physical change when combined with another sale
or other volume.
b. Credit.
(1) Sales requiring physical change greater than 25 percent of original preparation cost.
(2) New volume added to sales in (1) above, such as new units, combining of sales,
addition of products not in original sale, and utilization changes.
3. Reporting and Accountability of Carryover Sales. Forest Supervisors will consider
sales as carryover volume which meet the following conditions: (1) a sale that had field work
completed (Gate 3) and was ready to offer, but was delayed due to appeals or other reasons; (2)
because of the delay, the sale was not offered during the fiscal year in which it was planned to
sell.
Normally, this volume will be added to the Forest's next fiscal year's target as carryover volume.
The Regional Office will negotiate with the Forest Supervisor, the volume and necessary dollars
to offer the carryover volume in the given fiscal year.
2495 - REPORTING FORMS OF USE OTHER THAN COMMERCIAL TIMBER SALES
2495.2 - Free Use.
1. Annual Free Use Report. Forest Supervisors will complete Section A, Form
FS-2400-47, Annual Free Use Report and submit it annually to the Regional Forester by October
15.
2496 - SILVICULTURAL PRACTICES
2496.1 - Reporting Requirements
Accomplishment Reporting. National Forests will report tree improvement accomplishments
for the previous year on form R1-FS-2470-5, Tree Improvement Accomplishments, and
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R1-FS-2470-25, Superior Tree Selection Status Report. These reports are due in the Regional
Office annually by October 1.