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FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION (REGION 6)
PORTLAND, OREGON
FSH 2409.12 – TIMBER CRUISING HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 70 – DESIGNATING TIMBER FOR CUTTING
R6 Supplement No.: 2409.12–2012-1
Effective Date: May 28, 2012
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: Nora B. Rasure
For the Regional Forester
Date Approved: 5/23/2012
Posting Instructions: (Paper copies of this supplement should be printed on blue paper).
Supplements are numbered consecutively by Handbook number and calendar year. Retain this
transmittal as the first page(s) of this document. The last supplement to this Handbook was R6
FSH 2409.12-2008-1 to Chapters 30, 40, and 60 issued 03/03/2008.
New Document
R6 Supplement 2409.12, 71.21 and 71.22
3 pages
Superseded Document(s)
R6 Amendment No. 2409.12-2006-1,
Effective date 12/27/2006
1 page
Digest:
71.21
Consolidating R6 Amendment into R6 Supplement. Content has not been
changed.
71.22
Establishes new direction for proper boundary location and designation when
roads are adjacent to a unit boundary or when roads and/or openings are within
a cutting unit boundary.
R6 SUPPLEMENT 2409.12-2012-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 28, 2012
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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CHAPTER 70 – DESIGNATING TIMBER FOR CUTTING
71 - TIMBER MARKING
71.2 - Marking Guides
71.21 – Marking With Paint
3. For all situations, tracer paint is to be used.
a. Danger trees to be designated for cutting and removal associated with a timber sale
shall be marked with green paint.
b. Danger trees to be designated for cutting and removal not associated with a timber
sale shall be marked with yellow paint.
c. White paint is to be used to designate danger trees if the trees are to be marked and
cut, but not removed.
71.21 – Exhibit 01
Regional Paint Scheme for Danger Tree Activities
Work Item
Color
Cut Trees associated with a timber sale
Green
Cut Trees not associated with a timber sale
Yellow
Trees to be left
White
71.22 - Marking Boundaries
The location of a road along a unit boundary or roads and/or designated openings within a unit
can create difficult area determination and cruising scenarios that can have an effect on total sale
volume. Inclusion of roads and/or designated open areas in the total sale acres can affect the
average volume per acre if those areas are not adequately sampled in the cruise process. They
can also inflate associated charges such as logging costs, BD and KV which are calculated based
on total number of sale acres, even if those acres are not treated.
For boundary designation and traversing purposes:
1. Unit boundaries will be located on the unit side of the road. A description of specific
boundary locations must be documented in the cruise plan and must be capable of
duplication.
R6 SUPPLEMENT 2409.12-2012-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 28, 2012
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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2. When units have roads and/or designated openings within the boundary, and those acres
will be included in the total unit acreage, cruise through those areas using established
procedures. If a plot falls in a designated opening or on an existing road, the plot will be
monumented and cruised where it was located. Do not move, adjust, relocate or skip the plot
location because of the relationship to a road or opening.
3. If roaded and/or designated opening acres within the unit boundary are not going to be
included in the total treated acreage, the boundaries of those areas shall be properly
designated in accordance with R6 Forest Products Accountability Action Plan. The acreage
of those areas will be determined using appropriate area determination methods and removed
from total sale acres.