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FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
BOISE NATIONAL FOREST (REGION 4)
BOISE, ID
FSH 2409.19 – RENEWABLE RESOURCE USES FOR
KNUTSEN-VANDENBERG (K-V) FUND HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 10 – K-V PROJECT PLANNING
Supplement No.: r4_boise_2409.19-2001-2
Effective Date: September 7, 2001
Duration: Effective until superseded or removed
Approved: DAVID D. RITTENHOUSE
Forest Supervisor
Date Approved:
Posting Instructions: 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.
New Document(s):
2409.19_10
12 Pages
Superseded Document(s):
2409.19-93-1
Effective September 20, 1993
8 Pages
Digest:
11
This is a technical supplement issuing Forest material in new format with updated
references. Supplements procedures to be followed for K-V activities.
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FSH 2409.19 – RENEWABLE RESOURCE USES FOR
KNUTSEN-VANDENBERG (K-V) FUND HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 10 – K-V PROJECT PLANNING
Objectives. This supplement provides uniform guidance when planning K-V projects in timber
and in nonsilvicultural activities authorized in FSH 2409.19. These guidelines will:
1. Provide a process to identify and prioritize K-V projects for a timber sale area.
2. Assist in the development of complete and fiscally sound sale area improvement
plans.
3. Develop Forest-wide standard treatment costs with flexibility to meet specific site
conditions for use in current and outyear budget processes.
4. Assure a realistic base rate collection for required K-V work.
5. Minimize the need for K-V plan revisions.
6. Provide better documentation to assure efficient execution of post-sale treatments.
7. Provide a better understanding of the K-V process among resource specialists.
11 – DEVELOPMENT OF SALE AREA IMPROVEMENT PLANS
The only K-V item with a set priority is required reforestation. It is the only K-V activity to be
included in base rates (FSH 2409.18, 5.4). The revenues obtained from the increase in the base
rate must be deposited into the K-V fund. All other priorities are set for each sale by the line
officer with interdisciplinary team recommendations, based on total resource needs of the sale
area (FSH 1909.15). Treatments shall be guided by the Forest Land and Resource Management
Plan, regulations, laws, policies, environmental assessments, addendums to environmental
assessments, and silvicultural prescriptions.
11.1 – Environmental Analysis
Line officers have the responsibility to establish priorities for completion of projects listed on
each individually approved SAI plan irrespective of its relationship to total collections. Resource
needs should reflect the management direction and emphasis of the project area.
11.2 – Identification of Resource Improvement Needs and Projects
Interdisciplinary team members are required to assess the needs within the project area and
propose projects appropriate for K-V funding. K-V funds may not be used to conduct
identification and preplanning activities.
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FSH 2409.19 – RENEWABLE RESOURCE USES FOR
KNUTSEN-VANDENBERG (K-V) FUND HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 10 – K-V PROJECT PLANNING
1. Preplanning. Specialists should determine K-V needs during field examinations in the
sale planning, reconnaissance, and preparation phases, and record data on appropriate inventory
forms. Planned projects should include enough detail to show exactly what is planned, where the
project is located, the cost of the project, and the estimated year after expected harvest the
project(s) may be accomplished. Include a project location map.
2. Responsible Specialists. The most knowledgeable resource specialist of each activity
is responsible to briefly describe the project and make a cost estimate for the SAI plan.
3. Accomplishment Scheduling. Unless otherwise directed in the Forest Plan, K-V work
shall be accomplished within 5 years of sale closure. Specific goals for each sale unit will be
outlined using either page 6 of form R4-2400-26, Timber Sale Appraisal, or using BNF 2400-46
(3/00), Exhibit 01. One of these forms must be supplied with each K-V plan. BNF forms can be
retrieved from http://J:\fsfiles\ref\fsrecords\forms\BNF_Forms.
4. Standard Project Costs. Standard costs for some Forest K-V activities follow on the
K-V Cost Matrix, BNF 2400-47 (3/00), Exhibit 02. These costs will be evaluated and updated
annually. Any cost may be adjusted to fit the varying conditions and situations of the individual
projects. Any adjustment greater than 20 percent from the standards must be briefly documented
and forwarded with the K-V plan.
11.3 – Integrated Resource Planning
Priorities will be set for each individual project on a sale. The most logical approach is to have
the interdisciplinary team list, describe, and build cost estimates for all reasonable and potential
K-V projects. These would include the range of projects from reforestation and old road
stabilization, through streambank stabilization, and wildlife plantings. The priorities
recommended will be consistent with policy and regulation as follows:
1. Priority 1. All activities needed for required reforestation. These activities will be
done using K-V funds by including the cost in the base rates.
2. Priority 2. All activities required by the environmental analysis as a mitigation
measure of the timber harvest. These activities may or may not be accomplished with K-V funds
depending on amount of sale revenues. These projects must be accomplished, as they are part of
the contract made with the public in the environmental assessment. Resource specialists must
keep track of these projects and see they are accomplished.
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FSH 2409.19 – RENEWABLE RESOURCE USES FOR
KNUTSEN-VANDENBERG (K-V) FUND HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 10 – K-V PROJECT PLANNING
11.2 – Exhibit 01
USDA Forest Service
BNF-2400-46 (3/00)
REFORESTATION AND TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENT SUMMARY
TIMBER SALE
RANGER DISTRICT
REFORESTATION
SITE
PREP.
NATLS
SITE PREP-PLANTING
STD
COMP NO.
1
2
No.
No.
UNIT
NO.
AC/
3
No/
AC
ELEV. HAND
MID
PLNT
4
5
Mft
AC
1
3
(Circle One)
MECH
7
BURN
8
CHEM
9
DMWHIP
10
SITE
REST
11
MECH
12
BURN
13
GOPH
14
ELK
DEER
15
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
FENC
C/M OTHR
16
17
MI
5
6
Sheet
of
TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENT
RLEASE
AND
WEEDING
FUELS
STOCK CAMP SANIT/ CONIFER PRE- TREAT FERTIEVAL OPER/ IMPR. RELEASE COMM MENT LIZA5TH
MTCE
THIN CHEMICAL THIN
THIN
TION OTHER
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
SURVIVAL
EXAM AND
STOCKING
ANIMAL
CONTROL
HAND
6
4
AC
1ST
18
3RD
19
AC
AC
MBF
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
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FSH 2409.19 – RENEWABLE RESOURCE USES FOR
KNUTSEN-VANDENBERG (K-V) FUND HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 10 – K-V PROJECT PLANNING
11.2 – Exhibit 02
USDA Forest Service
BNF-2400-47 (3/00) (Page 1 of 3)
SILVICULTURE POST SALE TREATMENT SUMMARY
K-V COST MATRIX
Timber Sale
Ranger District
Subdivision No.
1
3
4
5
(Circle One)
(if applicable)
1992
Std.
Cost
ACTIVITY/TREATMENT
A. REFORESTATION (REQUIRED)
1. Planting:
a. Auger planting:
302 T/AC
360 T/AC
436 T/AC
538 T/AC
681 T/AC
2. Site Preparation-Planting:
a. Hand Scalping
b. Mechanical scalping
c. Broadcast burning
(1)
d. Pile burning
(1)
e. Chemical
f. DM residual removal
g. Site restoration
3. Site Preparation-Naturals:
a. Mechanical
b. Scattered
(1)
c. Underburning
(1)
d. Pile burning
(1)
4. Animal Control:
a. Gopher
b. Deer and elk
c. Domestic livestock:
(1) Fence construction
(2) Fence removal
(3) Fence maintenance
5. Survival Exams/Stocking Surveys:
a. First-year survival
b. Third-year survival
c. Fifth-year stocking
6. Snow Plowing:
7. Camp Oper. and Maint. (RD) (2)
8. Shading:
6
Page
Adj.
Std.
Cost
Unit
of
Work
330.00
335.21
369.21
416.74
450.08
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
43.29
107.20
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
55.00
68.76
AC
AC
AC
AC
57.60
AC
AC
AC
MI
MI
MI
5,548.00
270.71
9.00
7.75
8.80
AC
AC
AC
MI
MBF
AC
1
2
1.041
1.086
Years From Sale Date Work Accomplishment Scheduled
4
5
6
7
8
Adjustment Factor
1.132
1.176
1.218
1.258
1.300
1.343
3
of
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10
1.387
1.433
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CHAPTER 10 – K-V PROJECT PLANNING
11.2 – Exhibit 02 (continued)
(Page 2 of 3)
SILVICULTURE POST SALE TREATMENT SUMMARY
K-V COST MATRIX
Page
1992
Std.
Cost
ACTIVITY/TREATMENT
B. TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENT
1. Release and Weeding:
a. Sanitation/improvement
b. Conifer release - chemical
c. Conifer release - hand
2. Precommercial Thinning:
a. Precommercial
3. Fertilization (NA)
4. TSI Fuel Treatment:
a. Scatter
b. Crush
c. Hand pile
d. Tractor pile
e. Burn piles
f. Cable YUM
(3)
g. Tractor YUM
(3)
h. Hand fireline construction
i. Machine fireline construction
5. Other
Adj.
Std.
Cost
Unit
of
Work
80.08
112.57
87.78
AC
AC
AC
62.46
AC
AC
20.00
60.00
150.00
100.00
30.00
100.00
80.00
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC
MBF
MBF
CH
CH
1
2
1.041
1.086
Years From Sale Date Work Accomplishment Scheduled
3
4
5
6
7
8
Adjustment Factor
1.132
1.176
1.218
1.258
1.300
1.343
(1) A range of costs is provided, however, zone fuel specialists should be consulted to provide specific input for each project.
(2) Each Ranger District must submit a plan showing the specific facilities included and the percent of the cost charged to K-V.
(3) Regional Forester approval is required to do these activities.
of
9
10
1.387
1.433
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CHAPTER 10 – K-V PROJECT PLANNING
11.2 – Exhibit 02 (continued)
(Page 3 of 3)
Instruction
To use the standard cost (or a special cost you have devised), multiply the cost times the factor for the year you plan the activity to take place. For example,
planting 360 T/A in 1997, $335.21 X 1.218 = $408.29/acre to plant. This unit cost is then used in the Sale Area Improvement plan for the calculation of dollars
needed to complete the project.
Note: When sale subdivisions are used and/or it is anticipated postsale treatments may overlap 2 or more years in your projection, it is appropriate to include the
total treatment acreage for the midperiod of anticipated accomplishment years.
SILVICULTURE POST SALE TREATMENT SUMMARY
Range of Costs of Fuels Treatment Activities
Page
1992 Cost Range
Unit
of
Work
20.00
60.00
260.00 to 572.00
55.00 to 572.00
100.00
80.00
24.00 to 39.00
8.00 to 10.00
AC
AC
AC
AC
MBF
MBF
CH
CH
58.00 to 1,000.00
58.00 to 94.00
20.00 to 35.00
AC
AC
AC
ACTIVITY/TREATMENT
1. Fuel Manipulation
a. Scatter
b. Crush
c. Hand pile
d. Tractor pile
e. Cable YUM
f. Tractor YUM
g. Hand fireline construction
h. Machine fireline construction
2. Burning
a. Broadcast burn
b. Underburn
c. Pile burn
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FSH 2409.19 – RENEWABLE RESOURCE USES FOR
KNUTSEN-VANDENBERG (K-V) FUND HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 10 – K-V PROJECT PLANNING
3. Priority 3 – All activities stated in the environmental analysis to enhance renewable
resources. Once again, these activities may or may not be accomplished with K-V funds,
depending on sale revenues. They are also a part of the contract made with the public through
the EA as part of the process to reach the desired future condition of the sale area. These
activities should be completed, if necessary, with appropriated funds. Resource specialists must
keep track of these projects and see they are accomplished.
The priorities recommended and approved by the line officer will be listed on BNF-2400-2
(3/00), Exhibit 03, which will be made a part of the project EA. All silvicultural post-sale
treatments will be included within each stand’s silviculture prescription.
13 – APPROPRIATE USE OF K-V FUNDS
1. When slash is created by precommercial thinning and financed with K-V funds, K-V
funding will also pay the cost of fuels treatment and coordination between silviculture and fuels
personnel.
2. Slash created from harvest and precommercial thinning and treated simultaneously,
will share costs proportionately. For example, a project could include funds from appropriated
thinning (NFTI), harvest activity fuels (BDBD), and natural fuels (FFFP).
3. Other combinations are possible; scheduling and timing of treatments should be the
most efficient and cost-effective to meet land management objectives.
15 – REVIEW OF SALE AREA IMPROVEMENT PLANS
Timely and coordinated revisions will provide an opportunity for all reasonable K-V funds
available to meet project needs. In the case of a contract revision or extension, base rates
developed from the original
K-V plan may be revised depending on the extension options given the timber purchaser
(reference FSM 2433).
All specialists (including timber and other resources) with K-V projects identified and approved
in the EA should be aware of changing site conditions before all the volume is removed and
make needed plan adjustments before sale closure. If necessary, the IDT for the project area
should meet to review and recommend appropriate projects to the line officer.
The silviculturist must keep abreast with K-V collections and sale operations. Coordination with
the timber sale administrator is necessary. The recent WO activity review of the K-V program
states all K-V plans should be reviewed and, if necessary, revised prior to the annual K-V fund
analysis. FSH 2409.19 states the plan should be reviewed “at least . . . before the sale closes.”
Exhibit 04, K-V Plan Profile, BNF-2400-16 (3/00) will be used for each sale review.
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FSH 2409.19 – RENEWABLE RESOURCE USES FOR
KNUTSEN-VANDENBERG (K-V) FUND HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 10 – K-V PROJECT PLANNING
When projects are unfunded because of lack of receipts from the initial sale auction, or become
unfunded because of escalation provisions in the timber sale contract, they must be scheduled
through the regular budget process for completion. All projects on the K-V plan were analyzed
by the IDT and deemed a necessary part of the proposal to achieve specific purposes and needs
in arriving at the desired future condition of the project area. These projects are a necessary
component of the harvest proposal and will have to be accomplished using appropriated funding.
Upon sale closure, all unfunded projects will be listed on form BNF-2400-17 (3/00), Exhibit 05,
by the District Silviculturist and given to the appropriate resource specialists for inclusion in the
regular budget process. All resource specialists are required to keep abreast of the funding
situation and status of projects within their resource area.
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CHAPTER 10 – K-V PROJECT PLANNING
15 – Exhibit 03
USDA Forest Service
BNF-2400-2 (3/00)
K-V PLAN PRIORITIES (Ref: FSH 1909.15)
(Supported by Forest Plans, EIS, EA, and Addendums)
Boise National Forest
District Ranger
Timber Sale
Project Priority
Ranking No.
Original 1/
Revision 2/
Silvicultural and
Nonsilvicultural
Activity Name or Project
Activity
Code
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
I have reviewed the applicable ID team inputs, current Forest management plans, policy, and procedures pertaining to the above projects
as they affect all resources and declare the above-listed project priorities meet with my approval in accordance with FSH 1909.15.
Approved by
Authorized Line Officer
1/ To be a part of each timber sale EA and followed up by K-V plan preparer.
2/ To be supported by EA addendum.
Date
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FSH 2409.19 – RENEWABLE RESOURCE USES FOR
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CHAPTER 10 – K-V PROJECT PLANNING
15 – Exhibit 04
USDA Forest Service
BNF-2400-16 (3/00)
K-V (SAI) PLAN PROFILE
(Complete analysis for each sale)
DISTRICT:
FOREST:
SALE NAME:
DATE:
Analysis of Work Remaining:
ACTIVITY
ITEM
ET 241
ET 243
ET 24
ET 24
ET 24
ET 24
ET 24
Reforestation - Natural
Reforestation - Planting
Animal Damage Control
Vegetation Control
Surveys/Monitoring
Other Other -
ET 251
ET 252
ET 25
ET 25
TSI - Release and Weed
TSI - PCT
Other Other -
AN 22
AT 22
Rec. Resource Improvement
Trail Construction
CF 221
CF 222
Str. Fish Improvement
N-S. Fish Improvement
CW 221
CW 222
Str. Wildlife Improvement
N-S. Wildlife Improvement
CT 221
CT 222
Str. T&E Improvement
N-S. T&E Improvement
DN 221
DN 222
DN 24
Str. Range Improvement
N-S. Range Improvement
Noxious Weed Control
FW 121
FW 22
Water Quality Monitoring
Watershed Improvement
UNITS
REMAINING
EST. YEAR
OF ACCOMP.
AVERAGE
UNIT COST
Indirect Costs and Special Collections - Subtotal
SO GA assessment percentage
SO and RD PM assessment percentage
Subtotal
WO and RO assessment percentage
TOTAL SALE NEEDS
%
%
$
%
$
PROJECTED
NEEDS
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15 – Exhibit 05
USDA Forest Service
BNF-2400-17 (3/00)
UNFUNDED K-V WORK
(To be accomplished using appropriated funding)
DISTRICT:
SALE NAME:
DATE:
Analysis of Unfunded Work:
ACTIVITY
ITEM
ET 251
ET 252
ET 25
ET 25
TSI - Release and Weed
TSI - PCT
Other Other -
AN 22
AT 22
Rec. Resource Improvement
Trail Construction
CF 221
CF 222
Str. Fish Improvement
N-S. Fish Improvement
CW 221
CW 222
Str. Wildlife Improvement
N-S. Wildlife Improvement
CT 221
CT 222
Str. T&E Improvement
N-S. T&E Improvement
DN 221
DN 222
DN 24
Str. Range Improvement
N-S. Range Improvement
Noxious Weed Control
FW 121
FW 22
Water Quality Monitoring
Watershed Improvement
UNITS
OF WORK
TOTAL SALE NEEDS
1/ Using an inflated cost rate for the estimated year of accomplishment
EST. YEAR
OF ACCOMP.
1/
AVERAGE
UNIT COST
$
PROJECTED
NEEDS