GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND PROTECTION. 23 



tion of the Forest. Other permanent or temporary clerks may be employed 

 wlu'ii the business of the office warrants, but unless the major portion of their 

 time is actually occupied in routine duties their salaries will be charged to the 

 particular line of work upon which they are engaged. The same policy will 

 apply to draftsmen. 



ANNUAIi ALLOTMENT ESTIMATE. 



On April 1 of each year a report will be submitted by the supervisor to the 

 District Forester containing (A) a statement of the business of the Forest, 

 (B} an outline of its organization, and (C) an estimate of the allotments 

 required during the ensuing fiscal year. 



The Business of the Forest. 



(A) The business of the Forest should be discussed under four headings: 

 Adiiiiii-ixtnitivc irork, Protective work, Constructive work, and Receipt* <uni 

 expenditures. 



Under administrative work should be estimated for the following year, by 

 ranger districts: 



(1) The amount of timber to be estimated, sold, and cut, and the number 

 of sales. 



(2) The amount of timber to be cut under free use and the number of permits. 



(3) The amount of stock to be grazed, by classes, and the number of permits. 



(4) The number of settlement, special use or easement, and claims cases to 

 be examined. 



(5) Any other kinds of administrative work to be performed (i. e., work 

 related to the immediate use of the Forest). 



Under protective work should be given, by districts and classes, the value 

 of the destructible resources of the Forest, the fire liability, and the fire hazard 

 or risk. 



The value of destructible resources consists of 



(1) Appraised value of merchantable timber. 



(2) Expectation value of young growth, excluding areas where the method 

 of cutting will not utilize young growth now established. 



(3) Commercial value of forage. 



(4) Value of land for watershed protection, including all timbered and brush 

 areas. This valuation will necessarily be arbitrary and should be standardized 

 in each district at fixed rates per acre for various types and localities. Such 

 rates will be based upon the relative influence of various types of cover upon 

 streamflow as far as determinable, but primarily upon the extent to which 

 the streams are used for industrial purposes and the consequent need for pro- 

 tective cover. 



The fire liability is the part of the foregoing values which are liable to be 

 destroyed by fire. 



The fire hazard to which each portion of the Forest is subject should be stated 

 as concretely as possible, considering (1) sources of danger, (2) kind of fires 

 liable to occur, and (3) ease or difficulty of control as determined by accessi- 

 bility, protective equipment, available labor, etc. 



The total value of the destructible resources indicates in concrete form the 

 Forest property to be protected. On the fire liability and fire hazard, however, 

 depend the intensity of the protective work, or insurance, required. Both to- 

 gether should be used by the supervisor and District Forester to check expendi- 

 tures for protection on the Forest as a whole and on its component parts. The 

 usefulness of this check is primarily as to the relative needs of different Forests 

 and districts. Each District Forester should, therefore, standardize the bases 

 for determining total values, liability, and hazards- that they may be uniform 

 for similar conditions on all Forests. (See section on Protection from fire.) 

 Where the valuation of resources, fire liability, and fire hazard have been 

 accurately determined in a forest plan, these items need not be further reported 

 under Forest business unless revised data affecting the expenditures for protec- 

 tion are secured. 



Under constructive work should be reported the work which should be done 

 during the following fiscal year in 



(1) Construction and maintenance of improvements, listing projects sepa- 

 rately, and showing their relation to the improvement plan of the Forest. 



i'2) Preparation of a forest plan, including timber reconnaissance no t re- 

 quired for pending sale applications, grazing reconnaissance, and classification 

 of agricultural lands. 



