the Forest Service, U, $ Department o^ Agriculture.) 

 IM REFLATIONS 

 "'ID r;V 3TOCJu"SJ' 



Th only 144 case- a of : ^raz'.n trespass on the na- 

 tional forests dur^n: the past .fiscal y^-ar, according to a re- 



t iesu.?d fro: f ; the forest servir:.. The ser^'ict; considers 

 this renar liable, in view of t'.v- f^ct that thf. national for nets 

 contain 138, 000,0^0 acrer and have hour.dar les many thousands 

 of miles in length. Nearly 3,'; <", grazing permits were issued, 

 and more than 20 ,000 ,-.000 head of donojtir aniraals -razed upon 

 the fores';?: for periods fror-i n, fav: days, in crossing, to a 

 Le year. 



7he various forest officers in charjt; of the areas on 

 Ihich this stock grai:e-l are much pleased, by this record, because 

 it reasonably iai;;ht be a sinned that it v/ould be extremely dif- 

 ficult to protect thi lar ;e area fi'om the encroachments of 



otock ?.nd frori depredation of various sorts. A lar^e part 

 tht- difficulty, however, is obviated by the ready cooperation 

 of the stock ov/nors who use the ran jo . 



Of the 144 cases v/h^re the departures frora the reflations 

 of t'.ie d.e^p.rtraent of agriculture v;erc considered serious enou.r.h 

 to warrant the filing of a trespass charge, 20 were dismissed 

 "by epartraent becausv- of a lack of proof. The depai tnen t 



. out that, v,v.i i e there v;ere of course a ^reat nany minor 

 violations due to ?i lank of knov:le '. ;^ or a pilsxuider standing of 



at lone, thf-y v;.>re settled v;i t",.,* 1 ; 1 dif j.'ic'ilty through 

 iss"a:..ce of pe] to r '-ver th--: eftftos or by perf;o>ta} ^on- 

 ^nce^ \vhich were .- Lent to ;. v . 1 further trov-b- . 



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