



44 NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL GRAZING. 



All permits will be reduced 25 per cent on the number in excess of 2,400 and 

 4,800 head. 



All permits will be reduced 30 per cent on the number in excess of 4,800 head. 



The percentage reduction may oe changed under either plan to fit the local condi- 

 tions. 



When a sliding scale reduction figure has been worked out it may 

 be applied in the following manner, varying the percentages to suit 

 the situation. All applicants who do not own improved ram -h 

 property or who are nonresident ranch owners and winter their stock 

 upon the open range will be reduced the full percentage of their da 

 Resident ranch owners who winter their stock upon the adjoining 

 open range, regular users who purchase winter feed for their stock from 

 resident ranch owners, and nonresident ranch owners whose stock is 

 wintered upon the products of their lands will be reduced 75 per cent 

 of the reduction figure. Owners residing upon their improved 

 ranches and wintering their stock upon the products of their lands 

 will be reduced 50 per cent of the reduction figure. 



Term applications for less than the protective limit may be amended 



increase in term to allow the same annual increase that is allowed 



permits. annual applicants until the protective limit is reached. 



All applications for grazing during a term of years, which are 

 Reductions in term approved for more than the protective limit, will be 

 permits. granted 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 sub- 

 ject to any additional reduction which may be necessary to stop dam- 

 age to the Forest. 



While the percentage of reduction to provide for new settlers will 

 not exceed 5 per cent, the reduction to stop damage to the Forest may 

 be as large as necessary to secure the result. As term permits are not 

 authorized until the number of stock grazed has been reduced to the 

 normal capacity of the Forest, it is not probable that severe reduc- 

 tions will be required. 



At the expiration of the term permit the 5 per cent clause to pro- 

 vide for new owners ceases to be binding on the Service, and the appli- 

 cation is subject to any percentage of reduction before it is renewed 

 that is effective on the Forest at the time. 



