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will be, fully occupied by the stock of permittees in classes A and B. 

 In Forests where the supply of forage is in excess of the requirements 

 of permittees in classes A and B temporary permits may be issued 

 to applicants who do not possess any or all of the qualifications pre- 

 scribed, or to qualified permittees who are already grazing numbers 

 of stock representing their fair share in the permanent use of the 

 Forest range. Before issuing temporary permits the supervisor 

 should ascertain that the surplus forage can not best be utilized by a 

 better distribution of the permitted stock and assure himself that 

 applicants of classes A and B will not be excluded or deprived of 

 increases in permit number. 



Permits allowing the ^temporary use of any unallotted range 

 within a Forest should stipulate that no grazing preference is given 

 and that renewal of the permit may not be allowed during the follow- 

 ing year, and the words "temporary permit not renewable" should be 

 written or stamped across the face of the permit in red ink. 



PREFERENCES. (Reg. G-15.) 

 No Legal Rights. 



Xo one can acquire a right to the use of National Forest range, but 

 he may acquire a preference in the allotment of grazing privileges. 

 This preference does not entitle him.to continued use of a certain part 

 of a Forest, but only to a preference over other applicants less entitled 

 to consideration in the use of the ranges open to the class of stock 

 which he wishes to graze. From their very nature these preferences 

 possess relative degrees of superiority and consequently have a num- 

 ber of gradations. 



Value of Privilege. 



Certain grazers may be given preferences in ranges secured by prior 

 use and occupancy, supplemented in many cases by heavy invest- 

 ments in improved property and water rights. These preferences 

 have a distinct value, and failure to recognize them would mean a 

 financial loss by reducing the number of stock which may be grazed 

 and by the depreciation in the value of lands and improvements. 

 Two conditions only justify such action when necessary to stop 

 damage to the Forest, and when necessary to promote the settlement 

 and cultivation of farming lands tributary to the Forest through a 

 wider distribution of the grazing privilege. It is incumbent on the 

 service to allot limited privileges to actual settlers in order to accom- 

 plish this latter purpose, but a promiscuous division of grazing privi- 

 leges among a number of owners who are neither new settlers nor 

 dependent upon the range is unwarranted. New class B applicants 

 will be granted permits only when the Forest is not fully stocked 

 and no reductions in the permits of other users will be necessary to 

 accommodate them. 



New Forests or Additions. 



During the first season after the creation of a new Forest or 

 addition grazing privileges will be allotted on the basis of prior use 

 and occupancy. Bona fide class A settlers may be recognized as new 

 owners, but with this exception permits will be restricted to those 

 stock growers who submit proof of previous use and occupancy during 

 two or more years. No permit should be granted for a number of 

 stock larger than the average number grazed by the applicant during 

 the two years preceding the establishment of the Forest, unless the 



