PROCEDURE IN SPECIAL USES. 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



FOREST SERVICE, 

 Washington, March 18, 1911. 



The following procedure and instructions are hereby established 

 and issued, to take effect on May 1, 1911, governing the enforcement 

 of the special-use regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture made 

 and promulgated for the use, occupancy, and protection of the 

 National Forests. 



H. S. GRAVES, Forester. 

 Approved: 



{AMES WILSON, 



Secretary. 



All uses of National Forest lands and resources permitted by the 

 . Secretary of Agriculture, except those specifically 



special uses. 01 provided for in regulations covering water power, 

 timber sales, timber settlement, the free use of tim- 

 ber, and grazing, are designated " special uses." Among these are 

 the use or occupancy of lands for residences, farms, apiaries, dairies, 

 schools, churches, stores, mills, factories, hotels, sanitariums, sum- 

 mer resorts, telephone and telegraph lines, roads, and railways- the 

 occupancy of lands for dams, reservoirs, and conduits, not used for 

 power purposes ; and the use of stone, gravel, sand, etc. 



Applications need not be in any prescribed form, but may be made 



orally or by letter to the supervisor or district ranger. 



Applications. All applications made in error to the Forester or 



District Forester will be referred to the supervisor. 

 Upon receipt of the applications the supervisor will require from 

 the ranger a report on Form 964. This report shall 

 Ranger's report, in each instance include a map either on the Form 

 964 or on a separate sheet. A report should also be 

 made on Form 5786 when the use involves the cutting or destruction 

 of timber. Conflicts will be determined by field examination rather 

 than from the record and maps. 



Whenever the land to be occupied under a special use permit will 

 Marking boun- not be inclosed, the field officer should mark the 

 daries. boundaries, if practicable, in order to avoid disputes. 



If any special use involves the storage or diversion of water (ex- 

 Reference to cept water stored in stock tanks) the supervisor will 

 Reclamation Serv- notify the supervising engineer of the Keclamation 

 ice< Service of the location and extent of the storage and 



diversion, including a plat if necessary. The supervisor will not 

 issue the permit until he has received notification from the super- 

 vising engineer that the proposed use will not interfere with any 

 project of the Reclame tiou Service. 



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