38 NATIONAL FOREST MANUAL GRAZING. 



In cases where transportation companies are grazing large numbers 

 of horses which are used in transporting travelers within National 

 Forests, the stock must be covered by permit. 



Special Concessions to Indians. 



Special concessions may be made by the Secretary of Agriculture 

 to Indians who are enrolled upon the records of the Office of Indian 

 Affairs and who are dependent upon the National Forest ranges for the 

 pasturage of their stock. Such concessions will not apply to inter- 

 married white persons except those who have been formally adopted 

 by the tribe and enrolled upon the records of the Indian Office. In 

 all cases where it appears that concessions should be made to Indians 

 a report of the facts will be made by the supervisor to the district 

 forester in duplicate, who will forward a copy of the report to the 

 Forester with suitable recommendations. 

 Record of Stock Grazed Without Permit. 



Rangers will keep a record and include in their report for the quarter 

 ending September 30 each year a statement of the approximate 

 number of owners and of stock grazed without permit in each dis- 

 trict, in order that the supervisor may consider it in his annual 

 forest plan. 



ON-AND-OFF PERMITS. (Beg. G-6.) 



Object of Regulation. 



This regulation is designed solely to provide for cases where only 

 a part of a natural range unit is National Forest land, and where 

 the economical use of the entire unit can be secured onlv by the 

 utilization of the forest land in connection with the otner land. 

 The regulation contemplates a movement of the stock, governed by 

 natural conditions, between the forest range and the adjoining out- 

 side range, or between forest land and intermingled private land. 

 Only under such conditions should an on-and-off permit be granted. 

 Outside Range Must Bear Relation to Forest. 



The on-and-off privilege should not apply to lands not dependent 

 upon or related in their'use to the Forest lands. Permits should be 

 issued only on the basis of the natural unit partly included within 

 or dependent upon the forest. For example, if a person grazes 1,000 

 cattle on a range of which one-fifth is a natural unit, containing 

 one-half forest land, his permit for 100 head of cattle should provide 

 for the grazing of 200 cattle on range 50 per cent forest land, and 

 not the grazing of 1,000 cattle on range 10 per cent forest land. 

 Continuous Occupancy During Short Periods. 



Where the use of the forest land is confined to one continuous 

 period during only a part of an established grazing season, the issu- 

 ance of an on-and-off permit, covering a part of the stock propor- 

 tionate with the part of the established grazing season during which 

 the range is used, is equivalent to the establishment of a short graz- 

 ing period by the supervisor, often at a rate below the minimum 

 prescribed by the regulations, and therefore will not be allowed. 

 Where occupancy of forest lands is continuous and not intermittent, 

 the district forester, if he considers such action advisable, will estab- 

 lish short grazing periods; payment to be required for the full num- 

 ber of stock grazed upon Forest land. (See "Grazing fees," p. 43.) 



