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The policy of consulting local and state ad 

 visory &quot;boards made up of permittees was given con 

 gressional sanction and their use broadened &quot;by the 

 Granger-Thye act of April 24, 1950. This act also 

 formalized the policy of issuing grazing -oermits 

 for a maximum of ten years. 



Fry: What difficulties did you encounter in dealing 



with the stockmen during that &quot;long period of adjust 

 ment &quot;between large and small permits&quot;? 



Granger: The stockmen individually and collectively bitterly 

 opposed permit reductions for distribution. The 

 policy of distribution was one of the reasons why the 

 stockmen tried to have grazing privileges declared a 

 right. 



Recreation Policy 



When recreation use of the national forests 

 began to be significant, policies were developed 

 which gave priority to physical facilities (camp 

 and picnic grounds) for general use, and for the 

 preservation of special picnic values, such as un 

 cut strips of timber along roads, around lakes, along 

 streams and wherever recreation values were considered 



