ADMINISTRATIVE SITES. 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



FOREST SERVICE, 



Washington, D. C. 



The following procedure and instructions relating to administrative 

 sites in National Forests are hereby established and issued to take 

 effect February 1, 1912. 



HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester. 

 Approved December 19, 1911: 



JAMES WILSON, Secretary. 



PROCEDURE. 



Lands within National Forests may be selected for administrative 



Selection uses ' * ncm ding supervisor's or ranger's headquarters, 



gardens, pastures, corrals, planting or nursery sites, 



and rights of way. If suitable" sites for administrative purposes can 



not be found within the Forest, vacant and unappropriated public 



land outside may be recommended for withdrawal under the act of 



June 25, 1910 (36 Stat., 847). 



A general plan for selecting sites, based upon the present and prob- 

 able future requirements for fire control and the transaction of the 

 business of each National Forest, must first be formulated. Since 

 it is impossible to foresee with certainty the development and exten- 

 sion of the use of the resources of the National Forests, it is impossible 

 to determine with certainty the number and location of the adminis- 

 trative sites which in the future will be required to properly protect 

 and administer the Forests. In addition to selecting sites required 

 for the present, supervisors must consider the probable future require- 

 ment, but great care must be taken not to select sites which will 

 unnecessarily retard the development by settlers of agricultural land 

 within National Forests. 



Administrative sites for rangers' headquarters will if possible be 



selected where there is enough agricultural land for a 



quarter?" garden and suitable pasture land for a few head or' 



horses and one or two cows, and, when necessary, 



where there is enough water for irrigation. 



Administrative sites for rangers' headquarters should not exceed 

 160 acres in area, and a smaller area should ordinarily 

 Amount of k e sufficient. A larger area may be required to be 

 he^dquarters^arTd use( * as an ihclosure to handle horses belonging to the 

 pasture. Government and to Forest officers, or to be used to 



raise feed for Government horses, and the horses of 

 Forest officers which are used in official business. 

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