2401.19_0 Code
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FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST (REGION 2)
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO
FSH 2409.19 – RENEWABLE RESOURCE USES FOR KNUTSON-VANDENBERG
(K-V) FUND HANDBOOK
ZERO CODE
Supplement No.: r2_white_river_2409.19-2001-4
Effective Date: July 16, 2001
Duration: This amendment is effective until superseded or removed
Approved: MARTHA J. KETELLE
Forest Supervisor
Date Approved: 07/10/2001
Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by Handbook number and
calendar year. Post by document; remove the entire document and replace it with this
supplement. Retain this transmittal as the first page(s) of this document. The last supplement to
this Handbook was 2409.12-2001-3 to FSH 2409.12 chapter 60.
New Document(s):
2409.19_0 Code
2 Pages
Superseded Document(s):
(Supplement Number and
Effective Date)
2409.19, 0 Code (supplement 2409.19, 03.1 &
3 Pages
04.32 dated11/90 WR Supp.#90-1)
Digest:
03.1a - 03.1b - Revises policy and responsibilities. Revises methodology for documentation and
calculation of outyear project costs at Gates 2 and 4. Specifies timing and process to monitor
expenditures and fund balance to FSH 2409.19 Zero Code.
04.23a, 1a, 1b, 2a, 5a - Outlines responsibility of the Resource Specialists to FSH 2409.19 Zero
Code.
WHITE RIVER SUPPLEMENT: r2 white river 2409.19-01-5
EFFECTIVE DATE: xx/xx/xxxx
DURATION: Effective until superseded or removed
2409.19, 0 Code
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FSH 2409.19 – RENEWABLE RESOURCE USES FOR
KNUTSON-VANDENBERG (K-V) FUND HANDGBOOK
ZERO CODE
Digest--Continued:
04.32 - Removes obsolete White River direction in section 2409.19 Zero Code.
03 - POLICY
1a. Activities to be funded with K-V funds will be identified in the Sale Area
Improvement Plan (WR-2400-50) during Gate 4 of the timber sale planning process. These
activities shall be documented in the corresponding NEPA document.
1b. Activities or proposed projects shall be noted in NEPA documentation as
opportunities, mitigation measures, design criteria, conservation practices, and monitoring
requirements or included in appendices such as silvicultural prescriptions.
04 – RESPONSIBILITY
04.23a – Interdisciplinary Teams
1a. Resource Specialists shall assist the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) and responsible
line officer by recommending mitigation, protection, and improvement needs within the Sale
Area boundary and document these recommendations as input to the environmental analysis
process.
1b. Specific project proposals shall be documented by resource specialists on a K-V
project proposal input form. Information provided will include the type of project, location, and
estimated costs for each project proposal. Proposed projects will be ranked by order of
importance by the IDT prior to completion of Gate 2.
2a. Resource specialists shall provide resource input, which addresses the economic
efficiency of implementing projects as compared to environmental consequences for meeting
mitigation, protection and improvement needs within the sale area.
5a. Resource specialists shall assist the responsible line officer in the review and revision
of SAI plans as requested prior to sale closure.