14 NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL GRAZING. 



Whenever a State live-stock association appoints an advisory 

 board, it may be recognized by the district forester and consulted 

 with in regard to matters which affect the general administration of 

 the National Forests within the entire State. 



Whenever a national live-stock association, representing the owners 

 of any kind of stock, appoints an advisory board or committee repre- 

 senting the users of the National Forests in all of the different States, 

 it will be recognized by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Forester 

 and consulted with annually regarding matters which concern the 

 welfare of the stockmen using the National Forest ranges. 



PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS. 



Reg. G-4. Live-stock associations which have received official 

 recognition from the Forest Service may be granted permits to con- 

 struct, upon the ranges occupied by their members, corrals, drift and 

 division fences, roads, trails, sources of water supply, and other forms 

 of permanent improvement designed to protect the forest lands or to 

 facilitate the handling of permitted stock. In cases where the total 

 cost of construction is met by the association, no part being con- 

 tributed by the Government, the district forester may, in his discre- 

 tion, stipulate and agree in the permit that during a period of ten 

 years following the construction of an improvement, all permittees 

 who are allowed to place stock upon the range controlled or benefited 

 by the improvement will be required to pay into the treasury of the 

 association an amount equal to their pro rata share of the cost of 

 constructing the improvement, provided that the improvement has 

 been and is being maintained in serviceable condition by the asso- 

 ciation. The initial pro rata charge will be determined by dividing 

 the amount expended by the full number of stock which may be 

 grazed upon the range controlled or directly benefited by the im- 

 provement, but a reduction of 10 per cent of the original amount, to 

 cover benefit and depreciation, will be made during each of the nine 

 succeeding years, and after the tenth year the improvement will 

 become the property of the Government. Stock which is exempted 

 from permit by the regulations will not be subject to assessment 

 under this rule. 



STOCK EXEMPT FROM PERMIT. 



Reg. G-5. All persons must secure permits before grazing any 

 stock in a National Forest, except for the few head in actual use by 

 prospectors, campers, and travelers, or saddle, pack, and work ani- 

 mals actually used in connection with permitted operations on the 

 National Forests, and milch or work animals not exceeding a total of 

 10 head owned and in use by bona fide settlers residing in or near a 

 National Forest, which require no permit. 



ON-AND-OFF PERMITS. 



Reg. G-6. Persons owning stock which regularly graze on ranges 

 only partially included within a National Forest, or upon range 

 which includes private land of unknown ownership, may be granted 

 permits for such portions of their stock as the circumstances appear 

 to justify, but may be required so to herd or handle their stock as to 

 prevent trespassing by that portion for which a permit is not granted. 



