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FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
SALMON-CHALLIS NATIONAL FOREST
SALMON, IDAHO
FSH 2709.14 – RECREATION SPECIAL USES HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 50 – OUTFITTING AND GUIDING AND OTHER CONCESSION SERVICES
Supplement No.: 2709.14-2013-1
Effective Date: April 1, 2013
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: JOHN F. PETERSON
Forest Supervisor
Date Approved: 04/01/2013
Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by title 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 amendment to this handbook was
2709.14-2011-1, 11/19/2011.
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53.1n - Provides revised guidance on implementing outfitter and guide priority use and
calculating the size of main Salmon and Middle Fork white water boating operations to
determine whether to apply 15 or 25 percent of the permitted use as an addition to the highest
year of use during the review period.
SALMON-CHALLIS NF SUPPLEMENT: 2709.14-2013-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: 04/01/2013
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSH 2709.14 – SPECIAL USES HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 50 – OUTFITTING AND GUIDING AND OTHER CONCESSION SERVICES
53.1n – Allocation of Use for Priority Use Permits. Adhere to the guidance in FSH
2709.14, section 53.1n. This forest supplement provides additional guidance for FSH 2709.14
section 53.1n, paragraph 2.
c. Priority Use, whitewater Outfitter and Guide service. Because whitewater boating
permittees on the Salmon and on the Middle Fork are managed by launches, it is
necessary to determine the “equivalent in service days” in order to determine the size of
the operation.
d. All launches made throughout the year, including those picked up during the season and
those used before and after the “control” season, will be counted.
e. Use the following process:
i.
Determine the highest number of actual launches in one calendar year over the
review period.
ii.
If the highest number of actual launches in one calendar year were nine (9) or
less (See Exhibit 1) multiply the number of permitted launches from the face of
the permit by 25 percent and add that number to the actual use.
iii.
If the highest mumber of actual launches in one calendar year were ten (10) or
more (See Exhibit 1) multiply the number of permitted launches from the face of
the permit by 15 percent and add that number to the actual use.
iv.
In calculating the new number of launches to be authorized, whether 15 percent
or 25 percent, round up as shown in Exhibit 02.
v.
Authorize the new, calculated number of launches up to, but not to exceed, the
original number of launches authorized as shown on the first page of the special
use authorization issued at the initiation of the 10 year authorized period.
Examples:
Outfitter has 6 launches in their highest use year and 10 launches on the face of their
permit:
From Exhibit 1 we see that the multiplier is 25%. From Exhibit 2, the 25% is applied to the
number 10 (from the face of their permit) and rounded up to 3. The 3 is then added to the 6
(the highest year) for a new total of 9 launches authorized annually for the next 5 years.
Outfitter has 9 launches in their highest use year and 11 launches on the face of their
permit.
From Exhibit 1 we see that the multiplier is 25%. From Exhibit 2 the 25% is applied to the
number 11 (from the face of their permit) and rounded up to 3. The 3 is then added to the
9. The amount of launches remains at 11 for the next 5 year period because the annual
number of launches will not exeed the amount on the face of the permit.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: 04/01/2013
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FSH 2709.14 – SPECIAL USES HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 50 – OUTFITTING AND GUIDING AND OTHER CONCESSION SERVICES
53.1n – Exhibit 01
Multiplier determination:
Launches in highest season Multiplier
1
25%
2
25%
3
25%
4
25%
5
25%
6
25%
7
25%
8
25%
9
25%
10
15%
11
15%
12
15%
13
15%
14
15%
The multiplier is determined by the size of the business.
This multiplier is applied to the number of launches on the face of the permit and rounded up as
shown in Exhibit 2.
53.1n – Exhibit 02
Multipliers applied to permit launches:
Number of
launches on
Whole
Whole
face of
25%
Rounded
15%
Rounded
permit
multiplier
product Number
multiplier product Number
N/A
N/A
6
0.25
1.5
2
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
7
0.25
1.8
2
N/A
N/A
N/A
8
0.25
2.0
2
N/A
N/A
N/A
9
0.25
2.3
3
10
0.25
2.5
3
0.15
1.5
2
11
0.25
2.8
3
0.15
1.7
2
12
0.25
3.0
3
0.15
1.8
2
13
0.25
3.3
4
0.15
2.0
2
14
0.25
3.5
4
0.15
2.1
3
N/A: 15% multiplier would not be used for this permit size, See Exhibit 1.
The whole rounded number is then added to the highest actual use year in the reporting period to
create the Adjusted Priority Use for the second 5 years of the permit.