UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

 FOREST SERVICE. 



THE NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL. 



AMENDMENT NO. 137 INSTRUCTIONS. 



WASHINGTON, D. C., September 6, 1912. 



Grazing. The last, paragraph of the Instructions, on page 19. is 

 hereby amended to read as follows : 



On Forests where all controversies have been settled and conditions 

 are such that under ordinary circumstances no material changes are 

 likely to be made in ranges, grazing areas,- or the number of stock 

 allowed, the Secretary, upon petition by twenty-five per cent or more 

 of the permittees using the National Forest or upon the recommenda- 

 tions of a recognized advisory board representing that percentage of 

 permittees, approved by the forest supervisor and the district forester, 

 will authorize the acceptance of applications for periods of not more 

 than five years. A term of five years having been established, appli- 

 cations received after the first year will be approved for the unex- 

 pired portion of the five-year term, four, three, or two years, as the 

 case may be. The permit will be issued annually, and the approval 

 of the application for any part of the established term will only 

 guarantee a renewal of permit from year to year during the period, 

 in the event that grazing is authorized by the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture and there is no cancellation of the permit by the district forester. 



A. F. POTTER, 



Acting Forester. 



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