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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
ALASKA REGION (REGION 10)
JUNEAU, ALASKA
FSM 2600 – WILDLIFE, FISH, AND SENSITIVE PLANT HABITAT
MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 2610 – COOPERATIVE RELATIONS
Supplement No.: R-10 2600-2004-3
Effective Date: December 17, 2004
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: /s/ Jacqueline Myers (for)
DENNIS E. BSCHOR
Regional Forester
Date Approved: 11/24/2004
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 supplement to this title was R-10
2600-2004-2 to chapter 2610.
New Document
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5 Pages
Superseded Document(s) by
Issuance Number and
Effective Date
2615 (R-10 Supp 21, 7/73)
4 Pages
Digest:
This supplement creates 2615 – Exhibit 01 (MOU between the National Marine Fisheries
Service and the Forest Service as a separate document and is reissued with no text changes to
convert the format and style to conform to the directives template using the agency’s current
corporate word processing software.
R-10 SUPPLEMENT 2600-2004-3
EFFECTIVE DATE: 12/17/2004
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.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
2615 - COOPERATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The EPA is the primary agency coordinating fish kill data in the United States. All fish kills
should be reported to the nearest Alaska Department of Fish and Game and EPA offices in
Anchorage as soon as possible. The Department will then investigate the fish kill and report to
the EPA. Date, location, estimates of the numbers and kinds of fish killed and the apparent cause
of death should be reported, if possible. This information may help biologists in their analysis of
the factors causing the kill. The EPA Anchorage address follows:
Alaska Office of Water Quality
Environmental Protection Agency
605 Fourth Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce (NMFS)
The following memorandum of understanding establishes working relationships between NMFS
and Forest Service, R-10, for development of investigations and reports. These will be on the
environmental impact of activities affecting the anadromous fishery resource on National Forest
lands and adjacent marine and estuarine environment.
R-10 SUPPLEMENT 2600-2004-3
EFFECTIVE DATE: 12/17/2004
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
2615 – Exhibit 01
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
between the
National Marine Fisheries Service
Alaska Region
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce
and
Forest Service, Region 10
U.S. Department of Agriculture
This memorandum of understanding is entered into by the U.S. Forest Service, Region 10, and
the National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region, hereinafter referred to as the Forest
Service and the Fisheries Service.
It is made for the purpose of establishing a working relationship between the two agencies
leading to closer liaison in the development of investigations and reports on the environmental
impact of water-use projects and other activities affecting the anadromous fishery resource on
National Forest lands and the effect of forest management practices on the adjacent marine and
estuarine environment in the Alaska Region.
WHEREAS, the Forest Service is responsible for the management of the various renewable
surface resources on the National Forest in Alaska, including fish and wildlife habitat; and
WHEREAS, the Fisheries Service is responsible for research on marine, estuarine and
anadromous fishery resources and for the investigation of the impact of water-use projects and
such other similar activities within the area of responsibility of NMFS which may affect these
resources and their environment; and
WHEREAS, on lands they administer, the Forest Service has the responsibility and authority for
correlation and integration of fish and other wildlife habitat management and improvement with
all other National Forest resources and uses; and
WHEREAS, the Fisheries Service will act in an advisory capacity to the Forest Service in
matters pertaining to anadromous fishery habitat management and research on lands
administered by the Forest Service.
NOW THEREFORE, it is mutually agreed that Forest Service and Fisheries Service work will be
coordinated through the procedures listed below
R-10 SUPPLEMENT 2600-2004-3
EFFECTIVE DATE: 12/17/2004
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSM 2600 – WILDLIFE, FISH, AND SENSITIVE PLANT HABITAT
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CHAPTER 2610 – COOPERATIVE RELATIONS
The Forest Service agrees to:
1. Notify the Fisheries Service when resource developments affecting NMFS areas of
responsibility are proposed by any private or governmental agency, and prior to initiation of any
investigations in those areas of responsibility.
2. Specify extent of Forest Service interest and cooperation in the research, planning and
execution of any Fisheries Service project investigations involving anadromous fishery values.
3. Notify the Fisheries Service of Forest Service plans to conduct studies involving
water-use activities in NMFS area of responsibility and the need and extent of direct
coordination and cooperation. This includes studies of log rafting and dump sites,
interdisciplinary team surveys and the preparation of environmental analyses and environmental
statements.
4. Coordinate the fishery habitat segments of various required reports with the Fisheries
Service prior to submission to the constructing or licensing agency.
With respect to lands administered by the Forest Service, the Fisheries Service agrees to:
1. Notify the Forest Service as soon as notification of a water-use or other similar project
proposed for National Forest lands is received from a constructing agency or licensing agency
prior to initiation of any investigations.
2. Work closely with the Forest Service in planning and coordination of the research and
investigations necessary to formulate the NMFS report on the effects of such projects on marine,
estuarine or anadromous fishery resources and their environments.
3. Coordinate required reports with the Forest Service, including investigative reports on
location of log rafting and dump sites, prior to submission to the constructing or licensing
agency.
The Fisheries Service and the Forest Service agree:
1. That every attempt will be made to resolve significant differences concerning any
particular segment of their respective reports before submission to the constructing or licensing
agency; however, when such difference s cannot be resolved, each agency will submit its report
with a statement identifying the area of differences and defining the reason for lack of
agreement.
R-10 SUPPLEMENT 2600-2004-3
EFFECTIVE DATE: 12/17/2004
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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2. That research and investigation done under this memorandum of understanding and
any specific funding and working arrangements developed in connection with it will be governed
by the appropriations available to the agencies involved.
3. That this agreement shall become effective as soon as signed by the parties hereto and
shall continue in force until terminated by either party upon 30 days notice in writing.
4. That amendments to this memorandum may be proposed by either party and shall
become effective upon mutual approval.
5. That this agreement supersedes a similar agreement dated February 18, 1966.
January 5, 1973
(Date)
/s/ C. A. Yates
Regional Forester
U.S. Forest Service, Region 10
February 8, 1973
(Date)
/s/ Harry L. Rietze
Regional Director
National Marine Fisheries Service
Alaska Region