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FSH 1609.11 – PUBLICATIONS MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 30 – SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
32 – CLASSIFICATION OF PUBLICATIONS
32.1 – Publications Versus Administrative Documents
Refer to FSM 1630.5 for the definition of publications and administrative documents.
1. Publications are produced to meet specific needs of the public, other agencies, and
cooperators, as well as the Forest Service. These materials are subject to a formal publications
proposal/review process. See FSM 1631.11; exhibit 01, for a list of publications subject to the
formal review process.
2. Administrative documents are produced primarily for use by Forest Service
employees. Printing is limited to 1,000 copies. These materials are exempt from formal
proposal/review/approval procedures, but must conform to all design standards, and other
applicable rules and regulations. See FSM 1631.12 for a list of items considered administrative
documents.
a. Distribution of administrative documents to other agencies, cooperators,
individuals, or organizations which need to be kept informed of Region 1 business,
must not exceed 100 copies or 10 percent of the total number of copies printed,
whichever is less.
b. An administrative document becomes public information (a publication) when the
distribution to the public exceeds the above limits; or when the document is made
available to Superintendent of Documents for public sale; or when the document is
put on the World Wide Web (WWW)/Internet.
34 – APPROPRIATE SERIES
Upon approval by the Regional Forester, the Regional Publications Control Specialist will
determine the appropriate series in which to issue a publication. See exhibit 01, D in the parent
text for Regional Publication Series.
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FSH 1609.11 – PUBLICATIONS MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 30 – SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
34.1 – Series Identification
The alphanumeric system for identifying series publications in Region 1 follows:
Unnumbered
Publications
2-digit number taken from the
first two digits of the 4-digit file
designation based on FSH
6209.11. For example:
--a publication which lists forest
tree diseases, the 2-digit
number would be: “45” for 4500
– Forest Insect & Disease
Research file designation
--a publication which addresses
fire prevention steps for
homeowners, the 2-digit
number would be: “51” for 5100
– Fire Management
--a publication listing Christmas
tree cutting areas and permit
rules, the 2-digit number would
be: “24” for 2400 – Timber
Management
Date of
Issue
Examples of
complete approved
publication number
to be shown on
publication
Location of
number on
publication
FR-45 -412-08/2002
6-digit number, month/year of issue
Forestry
Reports (FR)
Management
Bulletins (MB)
Miscellaneous
Reports (MR)
Protection
Reports (PR)
Recreation
Guides (RG)
Technical
Publications
(TP)
Utilization
Reports (UP)
Appropriate File Designation
3-digit number, beginning with “4", then the 2digit unit identifier
Series
Designation
Region/Unit
Identifier
Region 1 Identification System
MB-24-418-08/2002
MR-24-407-08/2002
PR-51-415-08/2002
RG-23-403-08/2002
TP-13-410-08/2002
UP-24-408-08/2002
23-400-08/2002
On back
cover or title
page (see
Section
18.21,
Exhibits 11
and 12)