PROTECTION 153 



United States with the regulation marking tools or 

 similar device. Under grazing trespass are in- 

 cluded such acts as : grazing stock on National For- 

 est lands without permit; grazing stock on areas 

 which are designated as closed to grazing; driving 

 stock across a National Forest without permit ; and 

 refusal to remove stock upon instructions from an 

 authorized Forest officer when an injury is being 

 done to the National Forests by reason of the im- 

 proper handling of the stock. The use of National 

 Forest land without a permit for any purpose for 

 which special use permits are required constitutes 

 occupancy trespass. But traveling, temporary 

 camping, bunting, surveying, or prospecting may 

 be carried on without permit, and camp wood and 

 forage for stock used in connection with such ac- 

 tivities may be taken free of charge. The unau- 

 thorized appropriation, damage, or destruction of 

 property belonging to the United States, which is 

 used in the administration of the National Forests, 

 also constitutes trespass. 



Innocent trespass is usually settled amicably be- 

 tween the trespasser and the Supervisor. If the 

 violation of the timber, grazing, or land regulations 

 was due to a misunderstanding and was not of a 



