2409.13a-92-1 Transmittal
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                     FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
                           WASHINGTON

          FSH 2409.13a - TIMBER PERMANENT PLOT HANDBOOK

                  Amendment No.  2409.13a-92-1

                   Effective January 29, 1992


POSTING NOTICE.  Amendments are numbered consecutively by 
Handbook number and calendar year.  Post document in numerical 
order of chapters (1109.12, sec. 4.32, ex. 01).  Remove entire 
national text of the Handbook and replace with this amendment.  
DO NOT REMOVE SUPPLEMENTS OR INTERIM DIRECTIVES.  Retain this 
transmittal as the first page of this document.

    New Document Names              New Pages

    2409.13a, Contents                   2
    2409.13a,0 Code Contents             1
    2409.13a,0 Code                      6
    2409.13a,10 Contents                 1
    2409.13a,10                          7
    2409.13a,20 Contents                 1
    2409.13a,20                          6
    2409.13a,30 Contents                 1
    2409.13a,30                          2


Digest:

2409.13a - Establishes new Handbook, FSH 2409.13a, Timber 
Permanent Plot Handbook, outlining direction on establishing 
permanent plots for sharing of timber growth and yield 
information.  It requires consistent and standard information to 
be collected on permanent plots that are established for growth 
and yield modeling.




F. DALE ROBERTSON
Chief