EP 1130-2-540
15 Nov 96
reasonably be expected from private development of adjoining lands. Landowner permission is
necessary to monument.
(3) Surveillance and Prevention. Project personnel will check fee boundaries as often as
is feasible to insure that the line is adequately marked and to check for unauthorized use or
encroachments. The frequency of inspections and the amount of control attempted on flowage
easement lands will depend upon whether the line is monumented and the individual deed
restrictions. However, all boundary lines should be checked at least once every three years. The
intent of this is to provide the field project manager with flexibility to determine what areas of the
boundary require more frequent inspections because of potential encroachment or heavy
vegetative growth that might obscure the boundary. Aerial recognizance may be a low cost per
mile method to cover extensive boundaries where there is little or no activity. Records will be
maintained of missing monuments. Annually, a report will be forwarded to the engineering
element requesting replacement of missing monuments. The operations project manager will
annually budget O&M funds to cover costs of remonumentation.
(4) Boundary Fencing. Fencing should be used as a management tool to delineate project
boundaries where alternative management practices are not sufficient to ensure the safety of
project employees and visitors. Fencing to meet management objectives other than such
necessities as project employee and visitor safety will be done only when economically justified
from an operation and maintenance standpoint. Where economically justified, fencing may be
used to prevent unauthorized use and trespass, to protect against environmental degradation and
to preserve desirable wildlife habitat. The extent and type of boundary fence to be used will be
determined on a project by project basis. Where fencing is used to delineate project boundaries,
adequate provision for pedestrian access from adjacent land must be provided except where such
pedestrian access will create user conflicts in developed areas, user fee areas or where access is
restricted by other management requirements.
(1) Resource Manager/Ranger Training Program.
(a) Each district will establish and maintain a formal resource manager/ranger training
program. As a minimum, the training program will span 18 months and will include assignments
to the district office and one lake project. A training manual outlining the program will be
submitted to the division commander for approval.
(b) In establishing trainee positions, a sufficient total number of vacancies must be
projected to exist (not necessarily specifically identified) within a reasonable time in a district to
provide positions for trainees to progress to the GS-9 grade level. Positions at the GS-5 and GS-
7 levels are to be established for developmental purposes only. After completion of the formal
training period, trainees normally will be selected for a permanent GS-9 resource manager or
ranger position.
(2) Conference and Seminars. Judicious management of attendance and participation in
various professional conferences, seminars and training schools is necessary to obtain maximum
benefits from minimum expenditures. The importance of staying abreast of current information
and discussing issues of mutual interest with various local, state, and Federal government, and
private sector representatives demands expenditure of some resources.
(3) Park Practice Program. Complete series of Park Practice publications ("Guidelines,"
"Trends," and "Grist") published by the National Recreation and Parks Association in
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