ForestProductAccountabilityActionPlan

Boundary Designation:
The following requirements are minimum standards for designating Timber Sale Boundaries and Individual Trees for all Zones on the Fremont-Winema National Forest. There are three ways to designate a boundary: 1) Geo-fence (virtual boundaries), 2) discernible boundaries, and 3) tagged and painted boundaries. It is important that each is understood and used correctly to maximize efficiency and product accountability. 1) Geo-Fence Boundaries

Instructions per WO-240013-C2.30#: For use in all 2400-13 contracts where Geo-Fence boundary designation is used. Regional Forester approval is required. Geo-Fence boundary designation methods should be described in the Integrated Resource Timber Contract Prospectus, general section include a list of Cutting Units with Geo-Fence boundaries, and boundary location hardware and software requirements. 1/ List cutting unit number(s). 2/ Include the paint color (for example orange, pink or white). 3/ List the designation method as Marked, Discernible or Geo-Fence. 4/ For Marked designation method describe how the boundary trees are marked above and below stump height. For Discernible designation method list the discernible feature(s). For Geo-Fence designation method list as “See description below”. Designation
Method
Marked

Discernible
Geo-Fence

Paint
Color
Orange
N/A
N/A

Description
Boundary trees are marked with three vertical stripes on three sides of the tree. Two stripes face the direction of adjacent boundary marked trees and extend from ground level to approximately eye level in height. A shorter stripe faces the area of cutting. Unit numbers are painted on approximately every 5th boundary tree.
Roads, fences, and other landmarks
See Description below

Fremont-Winema National Forest
Forest Product Accountability Action Plan

5/ List the electronic file name of the digital vector file or shapefile to be provided to the Contractor. 6/ Modified date shown in the file properties for the digital vector file or shapefile shown in 5/. 7/ Allowable distance cutting may occur up to and past Forest Service determined boundary location. Distance listed is the allowable GPS accuracy error. Allowable distances should take into account value of resources at risk, impacts of treatments that may occur outside planned boundaries, impacts of treatments not occurring up to planned boundaries, social/economic factors and level of risk the responsible official is willing to take. Generally, the fill in tolerance should not exceed 30 feet or be less than 15 Feet. Enter whole numbers only. GPS