CROSSING PERMITS. (Beg. G-20.) 



Crossing permits may be granted for crossing stock over National 

 Forest lands to points beyond the National Forest ; for crossing stock 

 to private lands within a National Forest, or for crossing stock to 

 reach dipping vats or railroad shipping points. 



Applications for crossing permits may be made either in person or 

 by letter, and the permits issued to either the owner 



Applications. -i i> j.i j.1 



or person in charge of the stock. 



Crossing permits will be issued in triplicate (Form 874-17), one 



Permits c py delivered to the applicant, one copy retained by 



the issuing officer ; and one copy sent the Supervisor. 



Crossing permits will not be issued prior to the opening o/ the 



__ . grazing season for the class of stock concerned, except 



When denied. . -, -,. -, -, -, . /m -n 



upon an established driveway. They will not be 



issued for stock which is so poor that it will not be able to cross the 



Forest, and they wiU not be issued for stock to be driven to private 



land within the Forest if the land is unf enced and the number of stock 



is greater than it will support without trespass upon adjoining Forest 



lands. Of course, it is not reasonable to refuse a crossing permit for 



this reason before the grazing capacity of theland has been determined. 



When stock is to be driven across more than one Forest, it should 



interferes! per- not be allowed to enter the first Forest until crossing 



mits - permits have been obtained for the others. 



However, where customary routes of travel or stock driveways 

 cross two or more adjoining Forests, interforest crossing permits may 

 be issued under an agreement between the Supervisors. The permit 

 will be issued on the Forest which the stock first enter, and will 

 grant the privilege of crossing all of the Forest land traversed by the 

 driveway. Copies of interforest crossing permits will be forwarded 

 to all Supervisors concerned. 



The dates between which the permit may be used should include a 



Period effective. period sufficient to provide against unavoidable delay. 



. To illustrate, where the time required to cross a Forest is 4 days, 



the permit may be made effective for 15 days, with a proviso that not 



more than 4 days will be used in crossing. 



If occasion demands, rangers will accompany the stock and see that 

 supervision. there is no delay or trespassing. 



No charge will be made for crossing permits issued under this regu- 

 lation. When a permit is desired for crossing the Forest with stock 

 at regular intervals during an entire grazing season, or 



Paid permits. -, & ., ,... & i i 



under other conditions which warrant the charging 

 of a grazing fee, the grazing permit will be issued under Regulation 

 G-5 and included in the regular numbered series. 



If the Forest includes a shipping point or if it must be crossed to 

 reach one by nonpermittees trailing stock and limited grazing is 

 necessary to prevent shrinkage, the Forester may authorize a grazing 



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