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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION (NRS)
NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA
FSM 1200 – ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER 20 – ORGANIZATION AND POSITION MANAGEMENT
Supplement No.: NRS-1200-2006-2
Effective Date: October 20, 2006
Duration: Effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: MICHAEL T. RAINS
Station Director
Date Approved: 10/20/2006
Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by title 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. The last supplement to this series was NRS-12002006-1.
New Document(s):
1224.25
5 Pages
Superseded Document(s):
1224.25
5 Pages
(Last supplements were
NRS-1200-2006-1 dated 9-18-2006.)
Digest:
1224.25 Updates and shares organizational structure codes from NRS-1200-2006-1, which were
unable to be made public due to pending approval of Washington Office and National Finance
Center establishment. Repeats information appearing in the digest of NRS-1200-2006-1 for
clarity to those receiving this information for the first time. Informs of the combining “of 11 23
North Central Research Station with 11 24 Northeastern Research Station to form the 11 24
Northern Research Station. Adds thirteen (13) new Research Work Units (RWUs) and assigns
them new organizational structure codes. In some cases, changes organization codes for
Northeastern Station RWUs to reflect the new Assistant Director oversight. Reconciles
redundancies in RWU organizational structure codes where the North Central Research Station
and the Northeastern Research Station contained the same RWU codes. Revises organizational
structure codes to reflect changes in administrative groups.”
NRS-SUPPLEMENT 1200-2006-2
EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/20/2006
DURATION: Effective until superseded or removed.
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Updates in this supplement include the addition of 11 24 50 0003 Northern Monitoring Program
and the removal of the following listings under Engineering, Safety, and Facility Services:
11 24 57 0005 01 Engineering Services
11 24 57 0005 02 Occupational Safety and Health
11 24 57 0005 03 Facility Management
NRS-SUPPLEMENT 1200-2006-2
EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/20/2006
DURATION: Effective until superseded or removed.
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______________________________________________________________________________
SYMBOLS
ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
1 2 3 4
5
Forest Service – Northern Research Station
11 - - -
-
11 24 - -
-
11 24 50 0003
11 24 53
Office of the Station Director
4801 – Forest Inventory and Analysis
11 24 50 -
11 24 52 -
Forest Service
Northern Monitoring Program
-
4455 – Northern Global Change Research Program
Research
11 24 53 0002
4157 – Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration
Center
11 24 53 0004
4454 – Integrating Social and Biophysical Sciences for
Natural Resource Management
11 24 53 0005
4558 – Sustaining Forest Health and Regeneration in the
Central and Northern Hardwood Forests on the
Allegheny Plateau
11 24 53 0006
4701 – Efficient Use of the Northern Forest Resource
11 24 53 0007
4802 – Eastern Forest Use in a Global Economy
11 24 53 0008
4804 – Social and Economic Dimensions of Ecosystem
Management
11 24 53 0009
4805 – The Influence of Markets on the Sustainability of
Eastern Hardwood Forests
11 24 53 0010
4902 – Natural Environments for Urban Populations
NRS-SUPPLEMENT 1200-2006-2
EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/20/2006
DURATION: Effective until superseded or removed.
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11 24 54
Research
11 24 54 0001
4353 – Sustaining the Diversity and Productivity of
Appalachian Forests
11 24 54 0002
4104 – Forest Carbon Dynamics and Estimation for
Sustainable Management
11 24 54 0003
4352 – Ecological Processes: A Basis for Managing
Forests and Protecting Water Quality in New
England
11 24 54 0004
4103 – The Role of Environmental Stress on Tree Growth
and Development
11 24 54 0005
4101 – Northern Forest Silviculture
11 24 54 0006
4154 – Central Hardwood Silviculture
11 24 54 0007
4159 – Northern Ecosystem Processes
11 24 54 0008
4351 – Riparian/Aquatic Ecosystems
11 24 54 0009
4155 – Ecology and Management of Northern Forest
Ecosystems
11 24 54 0010
4251 – Wildlife and Fish Habitat Relationships and
Recreation Opportunities in New England Forests
11 24 54 0012
4151 – Quantitative Methods for Modeling and Monitoring
Response of NE Forest Ecosystems to Management
and Environmental Stresses
11 24 54 0017
4150 – Research to Develop Guidelines and Indicators for
Sustaining Forest Ecosystems of Pennsylvania and
the Adjacent Allegheny Plateau Region
11 24 56
Research
11 24 56 0001
4158 – Ecophysiological Processes
11 24 56 0002
4952 – Effects of Urban Forests and their Management on
Human Health and Environmental Quality
NRS-SUPPLEMENT 1200-2006-2
EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/20/2006
DURATION: Effective until superseded or removed.
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11 24 56 0003
4503 – Forest Insect Biology and Biocontrol
11 24 56 0004
4507 – Pathology and Microbial Control of Insects
Defoliating Eastern Forest Trees
11 24 56 0005
4505 – Forest Sustainability and Tree Response to Injury,
Infection and Environmental Change
11 24 56 0006
4557 – Disturbance Ecology and Management of OakDominated Forests
11 24 56 0007
4509 – Genetics and Management of Invasive Forest Insect
Pests, Diseases, and Beneficial Fungi
11 24 56 0008
4401 – Forest-Atmosphere Ecosystem Interactions
11 24 56 0009
4751 – Integration of Forest Operations into Eastern
Hardwood Intermediate Cuttings and Structural
Retention Treatments
11 24 56 0010
4506 – Forest Insects
11 24 56 0011
4156 – Landscape Ecology
11 24 56 0012
4508 – Understanding and Managing Disease in Forest
Ecosystems
11 24 56 0013
4504 – Forest Mycology Research Center
11 24 57
Business Operations
11 24 57 0001
Administrative Services
11 24 57 0002
Acquisition Management
11 24 57 0003
Civil Rights
11 24 57 0004
Client Services and Organizational Effectiveness
11 24 57 0005
Engineering, Safety, and Facility Services
11 24 57 0006
Human Resources