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FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
MISSOULA, MONTANA
FSH 2409.17 – SILVICULTURAL PRACTICES HANDBOOK
R-1 Supplement No. 2409.17-99-1
Effective April 12, 1999
NEW POSTING NOTICE: Supplements are numbered consecutively by Handbook number
and calendar year. 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 Handbook was Supplement 2409.17-98-1 to FSH 2409.17,8.5, Ex. 01-02
Document Name
2409.17,6 Contents
2409.17,6 (R1 Supplement)
2409.17,6-6.17
2409.17,6-6.4
2409.17,6, Exs. 6.8
Superseded New
(Number of Pages)
-2
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1
-26
37
27
Digest:
2409.17,6 Contents – Establishes chapter table of contents to accommodate consistent
direction issued by Regions 1, 2, 3, and 4 on timber stand improvement practices and policy
among the four regions.
6 – Consolidates Regions 1, 2, 3, and 4 silviculture handbook material contained in Regional
Handbooks 2409.26, 2409.26a, 2409.26b, 2409.26c, 2409.26d, 2409.26f, and 2409.26g into
appropriate chapters as regional supplements to WO FSH 2409.17, Silvicultural Practices
Handbook. This reduces four sets of FSH direction to one set for each topic that applies to
all four regions. This consolidation is more efficient for the Shared Services concept in
Silviculture. FHS 2409.26c is removed and direction moved to this handbook. This
supplement contains information on timber stand improvement (TSI) for Regions 1-4 and
reduces the volume of handbooks for TSI in the four regions by 70 percent.
/s/ Kathleen A. McAllister (for)
DALE N. BOSWORTH
Regional Forester