Fsh 2409.19 RENEWABLE RESOURCE USES FOR

BOISE Supplement 2409.19-2001-2
EFFECTIVE DATE: 09/07/2001
DURATION: Effective until superseded or removed / 2409.19_10
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FSH 2409.19 – RENEWABLE RESOURCE USES FOR
KNUTSEN-VANDENBERG (K-v) FUND HANDBOOK
Chapter 10 – K-v PROJECT PLANNING
/ Forest Service Handbook
boise national forest (region 4)
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fsH 2409.19 – RENEWABLE RESOURCE USES FOR

KNUTSEN-VANDENBERG (K-V) FUND HANDBOOK

chapteR 10 – K-V PROJECT PLANNING

Supplement No.: r4_boise_2409.19-2001-2

Effective Date: September 7, 2001

Duration: Effective until superseded or removed

Approved: DAVID D. RITTENHOUSE
Forest Supervisor / Date Approved:

Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by Handbook number 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.

New Document(s): / 2409.19_10 / 12 Pages
Superseded Document(s): / 2409.19-93-1
Effective September 20, 1993 / 8 Pages

Digest:

11 / This is a technical supplement issuing Forest material in new format with updated references. Supplements procedures to be followed for K-V activities.

Objectives. This supplement provides uniform guidance when planning K-V projects in timber and in nonsilvicultural activities authorized in FSH 2409.19. These guidelines will:

1. Provide a process to identify and prioritize K-V projects for a timber sale area.

2. Assist in the development of complete and fiscally sound sale area improvement plans.

3. Develop Forest-wide standard treatment costs with flexibility to meet specific site conditions for use in current and outyear budget processes.

4. Assure a realistic base rate collection for required K-V work.

5. Minimize the need for K-V plan revisions.

6. Provide better documentation to assure efficient execution of post-sale treatments.

7. Provide a better understanding of the K-V process among resource specialists.

11 – DEVELOPMENT OF SALE AREA IMPROVEMENT PLANS

The only K-V item with a set priority is required reforestation. It is the only K-V activity to be included in base rates (FSH 2409.18, 5.4). The revenues obtained from the increase in the base rate must be deposited into the K-V fund. All other priorities are set for each sale by the line officer with interdisciplinary team recommendations, based on total resource needs of the sale area (FSH 1909.15). Treatments shall be guided by the Forest Land and Resource Management Plan, regulations, laws, policies, environmental assessments, addendums to environmental assessments, and silvicultural prescriptions.

11.1 – Environmental Analysis

Line officers have the responsibility to establish priorities for completion of projects listed on each individually approved SAI plan irrespective of its relationship to total collections. Resource needs should reflect the management direction and emphasis of the project area.

11.2 – Identification of Resource Improvement Needs and Projects

Interdisciplinary team members are required to assess the needs within the project area and propose projects appropriate for K-V funding. K-V funds may not be used to conduct identification and preplanning activities.

1. Preplanning. Specialists should determine K-V needs during field examinations in the sale planning, reconnaissance, and preparation phases, and record data on appropriate inventory forms. Planned projects should include enough detail to show exactly what is planned, where the project is located, the cost of the project, and the estimated year after expected harvest the project(s) may be accomplished. Include a project location map.

2. Responsible Specialists. The most knowledgeable resource specialist of each activity is responsible to briefly describe the project and make a cost estimate for the SAI plan.

3. Accomplishment Scheduling. Unless otherwise directed in the Forest Plan, K-V work shall be accomplished within 5 years of sale closure. Specific goals for each sale unit will be outlined using either page 6 of form R4-2400-26, Timber Sale Appraisal, or using BNF 2400-46 (3/00), Exhibit 01. One of these forms must be supplied with each K-V plan. BNF forms can be retrieved from

4. Standard Project Costs. Standard costs for some Forest K-V activities follow on the K-V Cost Matrix, BNF 2400-47 (3/00), Exhibit 02. These costs will be evaluated and updated annually. Any cost may be adjusted to fit the varying conditions and situations of the individual projects. Any adjustment greater than 20 percent from the standards must be briefly documented and forwarded with the K-V plan.

11.3 – Integrated Resource Planning

Priorities will be set for each individual project on a sale. The most logical approach is to have the interdisciplinary team list, describe, and build cost estimates for all reasonable and potential K-V projects. These would include the range of projects from reforestation and old road stabilization, through streambank stabilization, and wildlife plantings. The priorities recommended will be consistent with policy and regulation as follows:

1. Priority 1. All activities needed for required reforestation. These activities will be done using K-V funds by including the cost in the base rates.

2. Priority 2. All activities required by the environmental analysis as a mitigation measure of the timber harvest. These activities may or may not be accomplished with K-V funds depending on amount of sale revenues. These projects must be accomplished, as they are part of the contract made with the public in the environmental assessment. Resource specialists must keep track of these projects and see they are accomplished.

11.2 – Exhibit 01

USDA Forest ServiceBNF-2400-46 (3/00)

REFORESTATION AND TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENT SUMMARY

TIMBER SALE / RANGER DISTRICT / 1 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
(Circle One) / Sheet / of
REFORESTATION / TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENT
SITE PREP-PLANTING / SITE
PREP.
NATLS / ANIMAL
CONTROL / SURVIVAL
EXAM AND
STOCKING / RLEASE
AND
WEEDING
COMP / STD
NO. / UNIT
NO.
AC/ / ELEV.
MID / HAND
PLNT / HAND / MECH / BURN / CHEM / DM-
WHIP / SITE
REST / MECH / BURN / GOPH / ELK
DEER / FENC
C/M / OTHR / 1ST / 3RD / STOCK
EVAL
5TH / CAMP
OPER/
MTCE / SANIT/
IMPR.
THIN / CONIFER
RELEASE
CHEMICAL / PRE-
COMM
THIN / FUELS
TREAT
MENT
THIN / FERTI-
LIZA-
TION / OTHER
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27
No. / No. / No/
AC / Mft / AC / AC / AC / AC / AC / AC / AC / AC / AC / AC / AC / MI / AC / AC / AC / MBF / AC / AC / AC / AC / AC / AC

11.2 – Exhibit 02

USDA Forest ServiceBNF-2400-47 (3/00) (Page 1 of 3)

SILVICULTURE POST SALE TREATMENT SUMMARY

K-V COST MATRIX

Timber Sale
Ranger District / 1 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6

(Circle One)

Subdivision No. / (if applicable) / Page / of
1992 / Adj. / Unit / Years From Sale Date Work Accomplishment Scheduled
Std. / Std. / of / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
Cost / Cost / Work / Adjustment Factor
ACTIVITY/TREATMENT / 1.041 / 1.086 / 1.132 / 1.176 / 1.218 / 1.258 / 1.300 / 1.343 / 1.387 / 1.433
A. REFORESTATION (REQUIRED)
1. Planting:
a. Auger planting: / 302 T/AC / 330.00 / AC
360 T/AC / 335.21 / AC
436 T/AC / 369.21 / AC
538 T/AC / 416.74 / AC
681 T/AC / 450.08 / AC
2. Site Preparation-Planting:
a. Hand Scalping / 43.29 / AC
b. Mechanical scalping / 107.20 / AC
c. Broadcast burning / (1) / AC
d. Pile burning / (1) / AC
e. Chemical / AC
f. DM residual removal / 55.00 / AC
g. Site restoration / AC
3. Site Preparation-Naturals:
a. Mechanical / 68.76 / AC
b. Scattered / (1) / AC
c. Underburning / (1) / AC
d. Pile burning / (1) / AC
4. Animal Control:
a. Gopher / 57.60 / AC
b. Deer and elk / AC
c. Domestic livestock: / AC
(1) Fence construction / 5,548.00 / MI
(2) Fence removal / MI
(3) Fence maintenance / 270.71 / MI
5. Survival Exams/Stocking Surveys:
a. First-year survival / 9.00 / AC
b. Third-year survival / 7.75 / AC
c. Fifth-year stocking / 8.80 / AC
6. Snow Plowing: / MI
7. Camp Oper. and Maint. (RD) (2) / MBF
8. Shading: / AC

11.2 – Exhibit 02 (continued)

(Page 2 of 3)

SILVICULTURE POST SALE TREATMENT SUMMARY

K-V COST MATRIX

Page / of
1992 / Adj. / Unit / Years From Sale Date Work Accomplishment Scheduled
Std. / Std. / of / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
Cost / Cost / Work / Adjustment Factor
ACTIVITY/TREATMENT / 1.041 / 1.086 / 1.132 / 1.176 / 1.218 / 1.258 / 1.300 / 1.343 / 1.387 / 1.433
B. TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENT
1. Release and Weeding:
a. Sanitation/improvement / 80.08 / AC
b. Conifer release - chemical / 112.57 / AC
c. Conifer release - hand / 87.78 / AC
2. Precommercial Thinning:
a. Precommercial / 62.46 / AC
3. Fertilization (NA) / AC
4. TSI Fuel Treatment:
a. Scatter / 20.00 / AC
b. Crush / 60.00 / AC
c. Hand pile / 150.00 / AC
d. Tractor pile / 100.00 / AC
e. Burn piles / 30.00 / AC
f. Cable YUM / (3) / 100.00 / MBF
g. Tractor YUM / (3) / 80.00 / MBF
h. Hand fireline construction / CH
i. Machine fireline construction / CH
5. Other

(1) A range of costs is provided, however, zone fuel specialists should be consulted to provide specific input for each project.

(2) Each Ranger District must submit a plan showing the specific facilities included and the percent of the cost charged to K-V.

(3) Regional Forester approval is required to do these activities.

11.2 – Exhibit 02 (continued)

(Page 3 of 3)

Instruction

To use the standard cost (or a special cost you have devised), multiply the cost times the factor for the year you plan the activity to take place. For example, planting 360 T/A in 1997, $335.21 X 1.218 = $408.29/acre to plant. This unit cost is then used in the Sale Area Improvement plan for the calculation of dollars needed to complete the project.

Note: When sale subdivisions are used and/or it is anticipated postsale treatments may overlap 2 or more years in your projection, it is appropriate to include the total treatment acreage for the midperiod of anticipated accomplishment years.

SILVICULTURE POST SALE TREATMENT SUMMARY

Range of Costs of Fuels Treatment Activities

Page / of
Unit
1992 Cost Range / of
ACTIVITY/TREATMENT / Work
1. Fuel Manipulation
a. Scatter / 20.00 / AC
b. Crush / 60.00 / AC
c. Hand pile / 260.00 to 572.00 / AC
d. Tractor pile / 55.00 to 572.00 / AC
e. Cable YUM / 100.00 / MBF
f. Tractor YUM / 80.00 / MBF
g. Hand fireline construction / 24.00 to 39.00 / CH
h. Machine fireline construction / 8.00 to 10.00 / CH
2. Burning
a. Broadcast burn / 58.00 to 1,000.00 / AC
b. Underburn / 58.00 to 94.00 / AC
c. Pile burn / 20.00 to 35.00 / AC
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FSH 2409.19 – RENEWABLE RESOURCE USES FOR
KNUTSEN-VANDENBERG (K-v) FUND HANDBOOK
Chapter 10 – K-v PROJECT PLANNING

3. Priority 3 – All activities stated in the environmental analysis to enhance renewable resources. Once again, these activities may or may not be accomplished with K-V funds, depending on sale revenues. They are also a part of the contract made with the public through the EA as part of the process to reach the desired future condition of the sale area. These activities should be completed, if necessary, with appropriated funds. Resource specialists must keep track of these projects and see they are accomplished.

The priorities recommended and approved by the line officer will be listed on BNF-2400-2 (3/00), Exhibit 03, which will be made a part of the project EA. All silvicultural post-sale treatments will be included within each stand’s silviculture prescription.

13 – appropriate use of k-v funds

1. When slash is created by precommercial thinning and financed with K-V funds, K-V funding will also pay the cost of fuels treatment and coordination between silviculture and fuels personnel.

2. Slash created from harvest and precommercial thinning and treated simultaneously, will share costs proportionately. For example, a project could include funds from appropriated thinning (NFTI), harvest activity fuels (BDBD), and natural fuels (FFFP).

3. Other combinations are possible; scheduling and timing of treatments should be the most efficient and cost-effective to meet land management objectives.

15 – REVIEW OF SALE AREA IMPROVEMENT PLANS

Timely and coordinated revisions will provide an opportunity for all reasonable K-V funds available to meet project needs. In the case of a contract revision or extension, base rates developed from the original

K-V plan may be revised depending on the extension options given the timber purchaser (reference FSM 2433).

All specialists (including timber and other resources) with K-V projects identified and approved in the EA should be aware of changing site conditions before all the volume is removed and make needed plan adjustments before sale closure. If necessary, the IDT for the project area should meet to review and recommend appropriate projects to the line officer.

The silviculturist must keep abreast with K-V collections and sale operations. Coordination with the timber sale administrator is necessary. The recent WO activity review of the K-V program states all K-V plans should be reviewed and, if necessary, revised prior to the annual K-V fund analysis. FSH 2409.19 states the plan should be reviewed “at least . . . before the sale closes.” Exhibit 04, K-V Plan Profile, BNF-2400-16 (3/00) will be used for each sale review.

When projects are unfunded because of lack of receipts from the initial sale auction, or become unfunded because of escalation provisions in the timber sale contract, they must be scheduled through the regular budget process for completion. All projects on the K-V plan were analyzed by the IDT and deemed a necessary part of the proposal to achieve specific purposes and needs in arriving at the desired future condition of the project area. These projects are a necessary component of the harvest proposal and will have to be accomplished using appropriated funding. Upon sale closure, all unfunded projects will be listed on form BNF-2400-17 (3/00), Exhibit 05, by the District Silviculturist and given to the appropriate resource specialists for inclusion in the regular budget process. All resource specialists are required to keep abreast of the funding situation and status of projects within their resource area.

15 – Exhibit 03

USDA Forest ServiceBNF-2400-2 (3/00)

K-V PLAN PRIORITIES (Ref: FSH 1909.15)

(Supported by Forest Plans, EIS, EA, and Addendums)

Boise National Forest

District RangerTimber Sale

Project Priority
Ranking No. / Silvicultural and
Nonsilvicultural / Activity
Original 1/ / Revision 2/ / Activity Name or Project / Code
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25

I have reviewed the applicable ID team inputs, current Forest management plans, policy, and procedures pertaining to the above projects as they affect all resources and declare the above-listed project priorities meet with my approval in accordance with FSH 1909.15.

Approved by

Authorized Line OfficerDate

1/ To be a part of each timber sale EA and followed up by K-V plan preparer.

2/ To be supported by EA addendum.

15 – Exhibit 04

USDA Forest ServiceBNF-2400-16 (3/00)

K-V (SAI) PLAN PROFILE

(Complete analysis for each sale)

DISTRICT: / FOREST:
SALE NAME: / DATE:

Analysis of Work Remaining:

ACTIVITY / ITEM / UNITS
REMAINING / EST. YEAR
OF ACCOMP. / AVERAGE
UNIT COST / PROJECTED
NEEDS
ET 241 / Reforestation - Natural
ET 243 / Reforestation - Planting
ET 24 / Animal Damage Control
ET 24 / Vegetation Control
ET 24 / Surveys/Monitoring
ET 24 / Other -
ET 24 / Other -
ET 251 / TSI - Release and Weed
ET 252 / TSI - PCT
ET 25 / Other -
ET 25 / Other -
AN 22 / Rec. Resource Improvement
AT 22 / Trail Construction
CF 221 / Str. Fish Improvement
CF 222 / N-S. Fish Improvement
CW 221 / Str. Wildlife Improvement
CW 222 / N-S. Wildlife Improvement
CT 221 / Str. T&E Improvement
CT 222 / N-S. T&E Improvement
DN 221 / Str. Range Improvement
DN 222 / N-S. Range Improvement
DN 24 / Noxious Weed Control
FW 121 / Water Quality Monitoring
FW 22 / Watershed Improvement
Indirect Costs and Special Collections - Subtotal
SO GA assessment percentage / % / $
SO and RD PM assessment percentage / %
Subtotal
WO and RO assessment percentage / %
TOTAL SALE NEEDS / $

15 – Exhibit 05

USDA Forest ServiceBNF-2400-17 (3/00)

UNFUNDED K-V WORK

(To be accomplished using appropriated funding)

DISTRICT:
SALE NAME: / DATE:

Analysis of Unfunded Work:

ACTIVITY / ITEM / UNITS
OF WORK / EST. YEAR
OF ACCOMP. / 1/
AVERAGE
UNIT COST / PROJECTED
NEEDS
ET 251 / TSI - Release and Weed
ET 252 / TSI - PCT
ET 25 / Other -
ET 25 / Other -
AN 22 / Rec. Resource Improvement
AT 22 / Trail Construction
CF 221 / Str. Fish Improvement
CF 222 / N-S. Fish Improvement
CW 221 / Str. Wildlife Improvement
CW 222 / N-S. Wildlife Improvement
CT 221 / Str. T&E Improvement
CT 222 / N-S. T&E Improvement
DN 221 / Str. Range Improvement
DN 222 / N-S. Range Improvement
DN 24 / Noxious Weed Control
FW 121 / Water Quality Monitoring
FW 22 / Watershed Improvement
TOTAL SALE NEEDS / $

1/ Using an inflated cost rate for the estimated year of accomplishment