20 NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL GRAZING. 



All applications for grazing during a term of years which are 



Annual reduction R PP rove 3 fp r more than the protective limit number 



or stock will be subject to an annual reduction not 



exceeding 5 per cent to provide for the issuance of permits to new 



settlers within or in the immediate vicinity of the National Forest, 



and to any additional reduction which may be necessary to stop 



damage to the Forest. Applications for the renewal of permits at the 



expiration of the term of years, if approved, will be subject to such 



reduction as may be necessary to provide for the issuance of permits 



to other new settlers or new owners. 



Permits during a term of years will not be authorized on Forests 



when issued where it is apparent that the number of stock using 



the Forest must be materially reduced to stop damage 



to range or Forest, or where radical changes may be necessary to adjust 



the rights of permittees. 



Since the approval of applications for permits during five-year 

 Approval of uses. P eri ? ds is entirely for the purpose of giving better 

 service to the stockmen, the system should not be 

 recommended unless it meets with the approval of a reasonable num- 

 ber of the users of the Forest. Supervisors who have been authorized 

 to approve applications for term permits need not insist upon their 

 acceptance if the stockmen do not care to take advantage of the privi- 

 lege or, having done so, desire to discontinue it. 

 Monthly permits will be authorized only for winter grazing where 

 special conditions warrant it. Despite the fact that 



Monthly permits. .\ , < i 



they may be more convenient for the permittees, 

 there are several factors which render the general issuance of permits 

 on a monthly basis impracticable from an administrative viewpoint. 

 The first is that the practice will result in a disregard of the periods 

 of use to which the ranges are naturally adapted, with consequent 

 incomplete utilization, alternate understocking and overstocking, loss 

 of range capacity, loss of control, and loss of revenue. Another 

 objectionable feature of the monthly permit system is that it would 

 require each ranger to keep account of the dates upon which each 

 permit began and ended, and each Supervisor to maintain a similar 

 Not practical record. Such permits would necessarily be subject 



to extension and additional payments would be 

 required. For these reasons special seasons will not be allowed 

 unless demanded by exceptional conditions. 



Winter ranges should not be allotted for use during the summer if 

 winter ranges such action will prevent their proper use during the 



winter by settlers residing in or near the Forest who 



are dependent upon such ranges for wintering their stock. A range 



which can not be used during the summer season but forms a part of 



the winter range can not be classified as an unused range in the sense 



that term is used when Supervisors are authorized to allow permits 



for increased numbers of stock contingent upon the development of 



unused ranges by the creation of new sources of water supply, etc. 



Upon receipt in the District office of the Supervisor's annual plan 



Procedure ^ e g razm g section will be referred to the office of 



Grazing. The Assistant District Forester in charge 



will review the report of grazing conditions and pass upon the recom- 



District office mendations. He will then prepare a memorandum 



to the Forester recommending the number of each 

 class of stock to be authorized upon the Forest during the following 



