Buying Time:
Mothballing
Forest Service
Facilities
Introduction
Uncertainties about the future need for unused Forest Service buildings may encourage facility managers to hold onto structures that are not currently needed. Buildings that are not needed now, but might be needed in a few years should be "mothballed"—prepared so that they will not deteriorate. Mothballing buys time and maintains options for the buildings and their improvements (figure 1).
Highlights...
- Some Forest Service facilities are not
currently needed, but could be needed a
few years into the future.
- Such facilities can be mothballed to
prevent them from deteriorating while
they are unused.
- This report includes information on mothballing buildings and includes references with more detailed information on particular topics related to mothballing.
Figure 1—The Bonita Work Center bunkhouse, Lolo National Forest, MT,
is mothballed.
