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EFFECTIVE DATE: 12/31/2003
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSH 2409.19 – RENEWABLE RESOURCE USES FOR KNUTSON-VANDENBERG (K-V) FUND
HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 10 – K-V PROJECT PLANNING
11.1 - Environmental Analysis
The ID team shall minimize, to the extent possible, the need for mitigating resource impacts
funded by K-V caused by timber harvest and road construction by developing resource
management plans that protect critical wildlife, fish, and recreation, watershed, and soil values.
11.3 - Integrated Resource Planning
Coordinate K-V objectives for vegetative diversity as closely as possible with reforestation
objectives. (Providing for regeneration of a mixture of tree species to promote forest diversity is
one example of a possible objective.) Coordinate K-V objectives across resource areas to
optimize positive effects of K-V related resource improvements.
13.3 – Monitoring
K-V funds may not be used to monitor impacts of the timber sale, however, K-V funds may be
used to monitor or evaluate the effectiveness of K-V funded projects.
13.4 - Administrative Studies
Any administrative study must meet the guidelines in FSM 1990. Note that authority to conduct
the studies has been delegated only to the Regional Forester (FSM 1991.01).
13.6 - Priorities for the Use of K-V Funds
Give first priority for the use of K-V funds to accomplishment of required improvement work
(sec. 12).
Some items to consider for prioritizing K-V projects:
1. Maintenance or restoration of the productivity of existing resources. Set project
priorities based on consistency with the Forest Plan, priorities set in the project National
Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) document, magnitude of expected net project benefits,
long-term versus short-term effects, and effects on basic resource productivity.
2. Improvement of the productivity of existing resources (see project priorities above).
3. Mitigation of adverse resource impacts that cannot be avoided. Do not depend on KV funds to mitigate significant adverse impacts on basic resources or on existing facilities or
structures of significant value. Require mitigation of such impacts by the timber sale purchaser
under sale contract clauses (FSH 2409.18). If no assured means of mitigation exists, modify,
defer, or delete the project.
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Allow only the minimum investment necessary for ensuring successful reforestation. Do not
include proposals for low priority treatments that may inhibit the availability of K-V funds for
other work. Carefully examine need for and effectiveness of special treatments. The following
exhibit lists funding priorities for timber receipts:
13.6 – Exhibit 01
REGIONS 1 AND 4 - TRUST FUND POLICY
PLANNED COLLECTIONS:
As each Forest reviews the timber sales on which purchaser activity is planned for each Fiscal
Year (FY), it is necessary to establish or adjust the funding priorities for distribution of timber
sale receipts for each sale and for the Forest sales program as a whole. Effective for FY 2003
and continuing until modified, the Regional/Forest funding priorities are grouped as follows
below. A Forest Supervisor has the discretion to adjust between priorities if necessary to meet a
Forest’s overall funding strategy and program needs.
PRIORITY 1:
$0.25 per CCF minimum deposit to National Forest Fund (NFF)
Required reforestation
(If the timber sale is a Timber Sale Pipeline Restoration Fund sale, make the
distribution of funds necessary to fulfill this obligation.)
When a county has made the election to receive 25 percent payments under the
provisions of sec. 102(b)(1) of Public Law 106-393, “Secure Rural Schools and
Community Self-Determination Act of 2000,” provision must be made to assure
that sufficient funds are available in Account 5008 to make the 25 percent annual
payment.
If priority one is complete, then schedule;
PRIORITY 2:
Salvage Sale Fund (SSF (By Administrative Forest))
[Forest strategy should be to maintain a SSF fund balance equal to 1½ times the
3-year average need for the program]
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13.6 - Exhibit 01--Continued
If priority 1 and 2 are complete, then schedule;
PRIORITY 3:
Increase SSF collections as necessary to maintain desired balance. This is
commonly accomplished by applying a surcharge to SSF collection plans.
Surcharge requires annual review and written approval from the Regional
Forester.
Other K-V work (not necessarily listed by priority):
Remaining reforestation projects (exclusive of required projects)
Timber Stand Improvement
Other resource K-V projects
RECEIPTS MANAGEMENT:
The above policy applies to all active sales sold in prior years on which SSF plans and K-V Sale
Area Improvement (SAI) plans are updated to the current year, and to all sales sold in FY 2003
and fiscal years beyond, until this policy is changed or rescinded.
An interdisciplinary team will discuss and recommended all K-V Other resource projects, based
on goals set forth in Forest Plan standards and management area descriptions at the time of SAI
plan development. K-V narratives that describe objectives of K-V work from the perspective of
overall Management Area goals and/or District objectives for the sale area will be developed.