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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
FSM 7700
CHAPTER 20 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
Supplement No.: 5
Effective Date: June 1, 1987
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: MAYNARD T. ROST
Forest Supervisor
Date Approved: 06/01/1987
Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by title 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. Place it at the front of the title.
New Document
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Superseded Document(s)
(Supplement Number and
Effective Date)
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Digest: This color scheme shall be used in established filed markings for
planning and implementing land management activities on the forest.
SFNF SUPPLEMENT 7720
EFFECTIVE DATE:
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSM 7700
CHAPTER 20 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
DRAFT SFNF SUPPLEMENT - FIELD MARKING COLORS
The following color scheme shall be used in establishing field markings for planning and
implementing land management activities on the forest. The colors apply to markings made with
ribbon, tags, stakes, paint or any other medium.
Red
Property boundaries, corners and associated monuments. Cruise
plots. Since both of these functions are used by internal,
technical personnel, the individual markings are distinguishable
enough to differentiate the two activities.
Yellow
Timber sale leave trees and cutting unit boundaries where
marked trees are intended to be left
Blue
Timber sale take trees and cutting unit boundaries where
marked trees are intended to be removed.
White
Cultural site identification, FSM 2361.21(9), ID #8.
Pink and "Stripes"
Transportation Facilities [predominantly pink, or pink striped
with other colores.
Silver and/or
Black & White Stripe
Stand Examinations
Lime-Glo
Use for other individual, point-identification of projects, such as
stock tanks. Identify the project on ribbon with magic marker.
Use color for linear projects, such as fences, water lines, etc.,
avoiding conflict with other possible projects in the area that
may occur within the life of the marking.
Note: This supplement is included in all of the following Forest Service Manuals. Any change
in the content of this supplement must also be made in the other supplements:
FSM 2240
FSM 2360
FSM 2440.3
FSM 7151
FSM 7720
Range Management Planning
Special Interest Areas (Cultural Resources)
(Timber) Sale Contracts and Permits
Surveying (Landline Location)
(Transportation) Development
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