32 NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL GRAZING. 



ADVISORY BOARDS. (Reg. G-3.) 



COOPERATION. 

 Reasons for Cooperation. 



The primary purpose of all the regulations is to make the National 

 Forests as useful as possible to the people, consistent with their pro- 

 tection and perpetuation. It is clearly impossible to meet the wishes 

 of each individual user, but it may be entirely possible to meet the 

 wishes of the majority if made known through an organization. It is 

 to secure from the people collectively definite statements of their needs 

 and wishes that the organization of stock associations is encouraged. 



Consideration of Recommendations of Advisory Board. 



Each supervisor, in the preparation of his annual working plan, 

 should give full and careful consideration to the suggestions and rec- 

 ommendations of advisory boards which represent the users of his 

 Forest, although it is the responsibility of the forest officer to deter- 

 mine in each instance whether the wants of the people are compatible 

 with the good of the Forest. When they are not, the latter will 

 govern. 



The Forest Service must control the grazing on the Forests and 

 retain the administrative authority, but it must be remembered that 

 an advisory board is in a position to express accurately the wants of 

 the stockmen composing the association and to give extremely val- 

 uable advice regarding the handling of the interests represented. 

 Matters Must be of General Interest. 



Matters submitted to advisory boards should be of general rather 

 than individual or personal interest. It is not within the province of 

 an advisory board to determine whether a new applicant shall be 

 admitted or a renewal of permit granted a purchaser. An individual 

 case, however, may contain a principle in which a large number of 

 permittees are interested, in which event it may very properly be 

 taken up. 

 Attendance at Meetings. 



Upon receipt of an authorized request, the supervisor of the Forest 

 concerned or one delegate selected by the district forester, may 

 attend, without receiving specific authority from the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, any meeting of the stockmen using the Forest or of an 

 association of which they are members, at which his presence will 

 tend to facilitate the administration of the Forest or will be of mutual 

 benefit to the Forest Service and the users of the National Forest. 

 Absence of Quorum. 



If, after setting any date of meeting with an advisory board, giving 

 ample time for all members to attend either in person or by proxy, a 

 majority of the board is not present, the supervisor or district forester 

 will be relieved from all obligation to delay action or confer with the 

 board. 

 Disapproval of Recommendations. 



When it is necessary to disapprove the recommendations of an 

 advisory board the supervisor will furnish them a clear statement of 

 his reasons for such disapproval. 

 Appeals by Advisory Boards. 



The advisory board may, if the supervisor's action and reasons are 

 unsatisfactory, appeal to the district forester and from his decision to 



