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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (REGION 3)
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
FSM 2600 – WILDLIFE, FISH, AND SENSITIVE PLANT HABITAT MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 2610 – COOPERATIVE RELATIONS
Supplement No.: 2600-2001-1
Effective Date: August 8, 2001
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: ABEL M. CAMARENA
Acting Deputy Regional Forester, Resources
Date Approved: 07/24/2001
Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by title and calendar year.
Post by document; remove the entire document and replace with this supplement. Retain this
transmittal as the first page(s) of this document. The last supplement to this title was 2600-98-1
to Zero Code.
New Document(s):
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2 Pages
Superseded Document(s)
2610 Part I
2610 Part II
2610 Part III
2610 Part IV
2600-91-1
1/31/1991
23 Pages
22 Pages
15 Pages
22 Pages
(Supplement Number and
Effective Date)
Digest:
2610.42
Adds policy and procedure so that the Regional Forester shall:
4. Maintain with the Director of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Rare
Plants: Regional level memorandums of understanding, and
memorandums of agreements with the States, Federal Agencies, and
other cooperators.
R3 SUPPLEMENT 2600-2001-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: 08/08/2001
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed
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FSM 2600 – WILDLIFE, FISH, AND SENSITIVE PLANT HABITAT MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 2610 – COOPERATIVE RELATIONS
2610.42 – Regional Forester
The Regional Forester shall:
4. Maintain with the Director of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Rare Plants: Regional level
memorandums of understanding, and memorandums of agreements with the States, Federal
Agencies, and other cooperators.
2611 - COOPERATION WITH STATE WILDLIFE AND FISH MANAGEMENT
AGENCIES.
A meeting between the State Game and Fish Department and the Forest Service shall be held
annually. Each Forest jointly prepares an agenda with the State Fish and Game Regional
Supervisor prior to the meeting. Items such as timber management programs, range management
programs, wildlife habitat projects, recreation development, road construction, access, stocking
and harvesting of wildlife, animal control, and land exchange should be included on the agenda
for discussion where appropriate. The meeting helps improve cooperative relations between the
organizations. The exchange of information can often prevent misunderstandings and improve
communications. Desirable attendance will include the Forest Supervisor, selected staff, wildlife
biologist, and Ranger District representatives. Area supervisors and regional managers should be
invited plus their conservation officers, biologist, and wildlife managers.
Minutes of the meeting must be documented and shared with the Regional Forester. The agenda
for the meeting should accompany the minutes.
Those Forests that include land in both states should meet with each department.
2611.1 - State--Forest Service Memorandum of Understanding.
Forest Supervisors may negotiate individual supplementary agreements or memorandums of
understanding within the scope of broad statewide agreements subject to the requirements in
FSM 1581.16.
Use supplementary memorandums of understanding rather than special-use permits to cover
wildlife study projects and game-livestock study enclosures. For guidelines as to whether to use
a cooperative agreement or a special-use permit for habitat and other improvements, see FSM
2611.4 and 2611.5.