ON AND OFF PERMITS. (Reg. O-18.) 



In the approval of applications from the owners of cattle and horses 

 which graze on and off the National Forest an estimate will be made 

 of the average number which will be grazed upon the Forest, and the 

 fee will be paid upon this number. 



On and off permits for sheep or goats may be issued for portions of 

 the range along the Forest boundary not sufficient in area to support 

 a band of sheep or goats during an entire established grazing period, 

 which can only be utilized in connection with the adjoining outside 

 range. Where portions of the outside range can only be used to advan- 

 tage in connection with watering places located within the National 

 Forests, on and off sheep or goat permits may be issued. 



Sometimes the ownership of private land within a National Forest 

 is unknown, or the owner does not object to its use 

 ^on^anc >ff private w ithout compensation or lease. In such cases per- 

 mits may be issued for the adjoining range under the 

 provisions of this Regulation and the grazing fees paid only on the 

 stock which will be grazed upon National Forest land, but the per- 

 mittee must agree to remove all stock in excess of the number cov- 

 ered by the grazing permit if deprived of the use of the private 

 lands by the owners or lessees thereof. 



In issuing this class of permit the grazing fees wih 1 be based on the 

 grazing capacity of that portion of the range which is National Forest 



The permit will be issued and the fees paid only for the number of 

 animals which it is estimated will use Forest range during the season, 

 but it will mention in a proyiso the full number of animals which will 

 be grazed both on and off the Forest. Only the number of animals 

 upon which the fees are charged will be counted against the number 

 authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture. 



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