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FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
OTTAWA NF (REGION 9)
IRONWOOD, MI
FSH 2409.19– RENEWABLE RESOURCE
CHAPTER 30 – CWKV COLLECTIONS, COSTS, AND ACCOUNTING
Supplement No.: 2409.19_30_2015-1
Effective Date: November 3, 2015
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: LINDA L. JACKSON
Forest Supervisor
Date Approved: 10/23/2015
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 title was 2409.19-30_2015-1..
New Document
2409.19_30_2015-1
9 Pages
Superseded Document(s) by
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Effective Date
2409.19_30_2011-1
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Digest:
31.12 – Revises the national support collection rate and the Forest collection rate.
31.21 – Revises FACTS Activity Codes and Direct Unit Cost in Table 31.21
31.23 – Updated the FY Inflation Rate.
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31 – COLLECTION OF FUNDS
31.12 – Program Support Cost
31.12a – Program Support Content
The FACTS (Forest Service Activity Tracking System) data manager will annually update
FACTS with the latest assessment rates. The assessment rates for FY15 are as follows:
1
Assessment Rates
%
National Support Collection Rate (R.O./W.O./ Forest Cost Pools)1
40
Forest Collection Rate2
17.31
Total Assessment Rate3
57.31
From 10/7/14 letter from Regional Forester, Enclosure A.
2
The Forest collection rate was calculated using the FY15 CWKV Planning Collection Rate spreadsheet. Costs
included are Forest Program Management, Cost Pool 6 – Office of Workers Compensation, Cost Pool 7 –
Unemployment Compensation Insurance, and Cost Pool 9 – Facilities Assessment.
3
Includes the National Support Collection Rate (40%), the Forest Collection Rate (17.31%), and 40% of the Forest
Collection Rate (9.78%)
The latest assessment rates will be used when developing new KV plans, or when revising KV
plans. KV plans are updated with the latest assessment rates, by using buttons in FACTS to “Get
Latest Rates”, “Recalculate Total Unit Cost”, and “Allocate KV Funds”. Revised plans are then
printed for approval signatures.
Check FSH 2409.19, Chapter 30 for assessment rate updates each fiscal year.
31.2 – Documenting Sale Area Improvement and K-V Collection Plan
31.21 – Form FS-2400-50
Activities must be within the sale area boundary, and within ¼ mile of a cutting unit to qualify
for KV funding. KV plans are done through FACTS, where the FS-2400-50 form will be
created.
The following table displays the average direct unit costs incurred on the Ottawa to accomplish
different activities. Direct unit costs are all the costs (contracts, supplies, fleet, personnel) to
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accomplish an activity, not including direct and indirect assessment costs. The average direct
unit costs can be used as a guide in preparation of SAI (KV) plans. Adjustments to the direct
unit costs in the table should be made when necessary, but must be documented in the SAI/KV
Plan Narrative Template in FACTS.
31.21. - Exhibit 01
FACTS
ACTIVITY
CODE
1111
1130
1152
1153
ACTIVITY
FIRE
Activity Fuels Prescribe Burn
Burn of Activity Fuels Piles
Compacting/Crushing of Activity Fuels
Piling of Activity Fuels
DIRECT
UNIT
COST
UOM
$400
$175
$450
$300
Acres
Acres
Acres
Acres
$1100
$1000
Acres
Acres
$200
Acres
$100
$100
$6
Acres
Acres
Acres
3231
3232
3320
3350
3380
3500
3500
RECREATION
Trail Maintenance (Clearing)
Trail Reconstruction (Relocation)
Visual Resource Seeding/Replanting
Vista Clearing
Visual Resource Slash Treatment
Recreation Gate Roads or Trails – (Wood structure)
Recreation Gate Roads or Trails - (Metal structure)
$68
$19,008
$840
$175
$58
$571
$896
Miles
Miles
Acres
Acres
Acres
Structure
Structure
4341
4341
4341
4342
4342
TIMBER/SILVICULTURE
Stocking Survey (1st year – natural regeneration)
Stocking Survey (3rd year - natural regeneration)
Stocking Survey (3rd year plantation)
Plantation Survival Survey (1st year)
Plantation Survival Survey (3rd year)
$6
$6
$3
$10
$6
Acres
Acres
Acres
Acres
Acres
2510
2510
2510
2510
2510
2520
INVASIVE SPECIES
Invasive Species Treatment – Chemical (Aquatic)
Invasive Species Treatment – Chemical (Terrestrial,
Woody Plants)
Invasive Species Treatment – Chemical (Terrestrial,
Herbaceous Plants)
Invasive Species Treatment – Mechanical
Invasive Species Treatment - Manual
Invasive Species Monitoring – (Monitor the
effectiveness of the KV treatment)
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FACTS
ACTIVITY
CODE
4381
4382
4383
4431
4432
4460
4470
4474
4493
4494
4511
4512
4521
4541
5300
5410
5410
5410
5410
5410
5510
ACTIVITY
Certification of Natural Regeneration With Site Prep
Certification of Natural Regeneration Without Site
Prep
Certification of planting
Full Planting without Concurrent Site Preparation
(Includes planting stock @ $170/M)
Fill-in Planting without Concurrent Site Preparation
(Includes planting stock @ $170/M)
Animal Damage Control for Reforestation (8’ high
fence – approx $13/lineal foot) Note: cost is highly
variable depending on location and shape of fence so
recommend doing a cost estimate for each fence)
Site Preparation for Planting (Hand)
Mechanical Site Prep for Planting
Other Site Preparation for Natural Regeneration
(Aspen)
Mechanical Site Preparation for Natural Regeneration
Individual Tree Release and Weeding
Area Release and Weeding
Precommercial Thinning –individual or selected trees
Prescribed Burn Control of Understory Vegetation
WATERSHED
Watershed Resource Monitoring
Watershed Resource Structural Improvements
Erosion Control (Closure by metal gate)
Watershed Resource Structural Improvements
Erosion Control (Closure by earthen berm with
logging debris/stumps)
Watershed Resource Structural Improvements
Erosion Control (Hardened Dip)
Watershed Resource Structural Improvements
Erosion Control (Install small culvert 15”- 24”)
Watershed Resource Structural Improvements
Erosion Control (Install large culvert 30”- 48”)
Watershed Resource Non-Structural Improvements
Erosion Control (Riparian Underplantings)
WILDLIFE
DIRECT
UNIT
COST
UOM
$3
$3
Acres
Acres
$3
$230
Acres
Acres
$165
Acres
$4000
Acres
$100
$125
$120
Acres
Acres
Acres
$120
$120
$120
$155
$300
Acres
Acres
Acres
Acres
Acres
$100
$896
Acres
Structure
$880
Structure
$2403
Structure
$2646
Structure
$5581
Structure
$600
Acres
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FACTS
ACTIVITY
CODE
6012
6030
6031
6050
6070
6080
6080
6080
6080
6080
6090
6102
6102
6104
6104
6107
6110
6120
6130
6130
ACTIVITY
Wildlife Inventory – Plots (Shrub Survival Survey)
Wildlife Habitat Monitoring – area (Monitor the
effectiveness of the snag creation KV project)
Wildlife Habitat Monitoring (Monitor the
effectiveness of KV nest boxes)
Wildlife Habitat Improvement (Fence to protect
regeneration)
Wildlife Habitat Large Woody Debris Placement
(Debris piles)
Wildlife Habitat Seeding and Planting (Seeding
temporary roads)
Wildlife Habitat Seeding and Planting (Shrub
planting @75 trees/acre)
Wildlife Habitat Seeding and Planting (Oak planting
including shelters)
Wildlife Habitat Seeding and Planting (Planting
hemlock containerized stock including shelters)
Wildlife Habitat Seeding and Planting (Marsh
development - wild rice planting)
Wildlife Habitat Grasses and Forbs (Mowing hunterwalking trails, openings)
Wildlife Habitat Release and Weeding (Release
wildlife shrubs or trees)
Wildlife Habitat Release and Weeding (Release mast
trees or shrubs)
Wildlife Habitat Regeneration Cut (Regenerate aspen
non-commercially)
Wildlife Habitat Regeneration Cut (Regenerate tag
alder)
Wildlife Habitat Mechanical Treatment (Prune fruit
trees)
Wildlife Habitat Edge Treatment (Browse strip conifer enhancement on an edge)
Wildlife Habitat Access Mgmt – Closure Area (Close
or obliterate road or trail)
Wildlife Habitat Create Openings
Permanent opening construction –
(Mechanical)
Wildlife Habitat Create Openings
Permanent opening construction – (Manual)
DIRECT
UNIT
COST
UOM
$50
$50
Acres
Acres
$60
Each
$2500
Acres
$300
Structures
$300
Acres
$600
Acres
$700
Acres
$700
Acres
$250
Acres
$250
Acres
$200
Acres
$300
Acres
$500
Acres
$400
Acres
$250
Acres
$600
Acres
$100
Acres
$1000
Acres
$600
Acres
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FACTS
ACTIVITY
CODE
6131
6150
6150
6210
6210
6210
6210
6210
6210
6210
6213
6217
6413
6413
6423
6440
6520
6531
6533
6534
6535
6536
6538
ACTIVITY
Wildlife Habitat Rehabilitate Openings (Permanent
opening reconstruction)
Wildlife Habitat Structural Maintenance (Bird box
monitoring)
Wildlife Habitat Structural Maintenance (Remove
illegal blinds)
Wildlife Habitat Nest Structures (Install large bird
box)
Wildlife Habitat Nest Structures (Install barred owl
box)
Wildlife Habitat Nest Structures (Install waterfowl
box)
Wildlife Habitat Nest Structures (Install songbird
box)
Wildlife Habitat Nest Structures (Install bat box)
Wildlife Habitat Nest Structures (Install loon
platform)
Wildlife Habitat Nest Structures, Den Development
(Construction of bear dens)
Wildlife Habitat Snags Created
Wildlife Habitat Interpretive Signing
T&ES Protection (Close road or area with a berm)
T&ES Protection (Close road or area with a gate)
Sensitive Species Protection (Deer fencing)
T&ES Structural Habitat Improvement (Install
eagle/osprey platform)
FISHERIES
Anadromous Fish Habitat Monitoring (Stream
Surveys)
Anadromous Fish Log Structures (Elwd)
Anadromous Fish Brush Cover Structures
Anadromous Fish Rock or Boulder Placements
(Wedge dams)
Anadromous Fish Trees or Platforms (Shelters - Half
log streams)
Anadromous Fish Channel Stabilization Construction
(Sediment trap)
Anadromous Fish Spawning Facility Construction
DIRECT
UNIT
COST
UOM
$500
Acres
$60
Structure
$500
Structure
$250
Structure
$300
Structure
$300
Structure
$150
Structure
$200
$500
Structure
Structure
$450
Structure
$50
$70-$500
$100
$100
$2500
$1000
Structure
Structure
Acres
Acres
Acres
Structure
$200
Acres
$447
$151
$1066
Structure
Structure
Structure
$167
Structure
$2250
Structure
$2200
Structure
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FACTS
ACTIVITY
CODE
6541
6556
6567
6584
6610
6620
6630
6631
6632
6633
6634
6635
6636
6638
6641
6644
6650
6665
6666
6674
6676
6684
ACTIVITY
(Riffles)
Anadromous Fish Channel Revetment (Construct
bank cover – skybooms 8’ unit)
Anadromous Fish Stream Barrier Removal (Beaver
dam removal)
Anadromous Fish Tree Planting for Fisheries Habitat
Improvement
Anadromous Fish Thinning for Fish Habitat
Improvement (Release of planted or natural desired
trees)
Inland Fish Habitat Inventory (Lake Surveys)
Inland Fish Habitat Monitoring (Stream Surveys)
Inland Fish Structural Improvements (Reefs in lakes)
Inland Fish Log Structures (Streams – Large Woody
Debris)
Inland Fish Gabion Drop Structures (Cribs in Lakes)
Inland Fish Brush Cover Structures (Streams Brush
Bundles)
Inland Fish Rock or Boulder Placements (Wedge
dams)
Inland Fish Trees or Platforms (Shelters – Half-log
structures)
Inland Fish Channel Stabilization Construction
(Large sediment trap)
Inland Fish Spawning Facility Construction (Riffles)
Inland Fish Channel Revetment (Construct bank
cover inland skybooms – cost per 8’ unit)
Inland Fish Submerged Brush or Trees in Lakes
Inland Fish Habitat Access Management (Closures –
gates, boulders, berms)
Inland Fish Stream Barrier Removal (Beaver dam
removal)
Inland Fish Population Control (Lakes)
Inland Fish Habitat Fertilization (Liming of lakes)
Inland Fish Tree Planting for Fisheries Habitat
Improvement
Inland Fish Thinning for Fish Habitat Improvement
(Release of planted or natural desired trees)
DIRECT
UNIT
COST
UOM
$200
Structure
$285
Each
$140
Acres
$200
Acres
$15
$240
$30, 000
$275
Acres
Acres
Structure
Structure
$1500
$180
Structure
Structure
$1275
Structure
$200
Structure
$18000
Structure
$2650
$240
Structure
Structure
$275
$700
Structure
Acres
$285
Each
$30
$100
$140
Acres
Acres
Acres
$174
Acres
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31.22 – Narrative Statements
KV Plan narratives will be prepared for all KV plans and attached to FACTS using the
“Narrative” button. For all projects in the sale area improvement KV plan that are not included
in the table in 31.21, or when the cost of the project will differ from the standard rates shown in
the table, a narrative statement with estimated cost computations will be prepared in FACTS by
the resource specialist who proposed the project.
31.22b – Inflation Rate
The current inflation rate set by the WO will be entered into FACTS by the FACTS data
manager. The inflation rate for FY15 is 2.0%.
31.23 – Sale Area Improvement Plan Map
For all new sales, the SAI/KV map will be created in FACTS using ArcGIS. The Forest protocol
for making KV maps in GIS through FACTS will be followed.
The activity unit in the form of a point, line or polygon must be created in GIS before any data is
entered into FACTS. See the list of activities with the correct unit of measure for each activity in
the Appendix to the FACTS User Guide or the table in 3 1.21. There will be a feature dataset for
activities that are planned, laid out on the ground, and accomplished.
Any GPS data collected should be exported into a format compatible with GIS, such as a feature
class or shape file, and given the correct Ottawa projection (UTM, Zone 16, NAD83, Meters).
The polygons in the coverage or shape file must be cleaned up by the user. “Cleaned up” means
that lines are smoothed out - no spikes, extra polygons, or double lines.
The shape files or coverages need to be attributed with the payment unit number. This number
will assist the GIS editors in attributing the regions with the correct SUID number. This 19 digit
number is made up of region, forest, district, and the FACTS ID number.
The format is RRFFDDFACTSIDNUMBER
RR = Region (09)
FF = Forest (07)
DD = District (01-06)
FACTSIDNUMBER =
Timber/Silviculture - 5 digit STARS # + “000” + 2 digit Payment Unit # + 3 digit subunit #
Invasive species outside PU’s - 5 digit STARS # + “0” + 4 digit weed # + 3 digit subunit#
Wildlife openings – “0000” + 3 digit compartment # + 3 digit stand # + 3 digit subunit#
Note: All subunits occur within the 000 subunit.
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The same SUID number will be assigned to spatial data in the nepa, layout, and accomplished
FACTS coverages. Since payment unit numbers are not assigned until layout, the facts_nepa
spatial data will not be entered until the layout stage. Attributing the payment unit number to the
polygons will facilitate assigning this number when it is added to the FACTS coverage. GIS
specialists will then move the files into the FACTS GIS coverages.