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MONTHLY PERMITS. 



Where conditions warrant monthly permits will be authorized, but only for 

 winter grazing. Despite the fact that they may be more convenient for the 

 permittees, the general issuance of permits on a monthly basis is inadvisable. 

 Its result would be a disregard of the periods of use to which the ranges are 

 naturally adapted, with consequent incomplete utilization, alternate under- 

 stocking and overstocking, loss of range capacity, and loss of control. 



USE OF WINTER RANGES. 



Ranges will not be allotted for use during the summer to the prejudice of 

 settlers needing them for winter use. 



GRAZING DISTRICTS AND DIVISIONS. 



REGULATION G-2. The grazing of sheep and goats upon any portion of a 

 Forest must not be allowed until authorized by the Forester. This authoriza- 

 tion secured, the kind of stock to be grazed in each district open to grazing on 

 the Forests will be determined by the district forester. Under his general in- 

 structions National Forests, in which grazing is allowed, will be divided into 

 districts by the supervisor, who will provide for the distribution of stock among 

 the districts and make such range divisions among applicants for grazing 

 permits as appear most equitable and for the best interests of the National 

 Forest and its users. 



When required for the protection of camping places, lakes and streams, roads 

 and trails, etc., or of areas which are to be reforested, the supervisor may 

 exclude stock from specified areas for such period of time as is necessary. 

 Stock will be excluded from areas where they will destroy young growth or 

 will prevent reproduction. (Issued April 25, 1913, to take effect May 1, 1913.) 



BEST USE OF EACH CLASS OF BANGE. 



The ranges within the National Forests should be used by the kind of stock 

 for which they are best adapted, except when this would not be consistent 

 with the welfare of the local residents or the proper protection of the Forests. 

 When an application is received for a kind of stock not previously allowed to 

 graze upon a range the supervisor will determine, first, whether the change can 

 be made without injury to the Forest or the flow of streams; second, to 

 which class of stock the range is best adapted; and, third, whether the change 

 will be detrimental to the interests of the people residing in the vicinity of the 

 range. The change will be made by the district forester only when all three 

 conditions are favorable and the Forester has authorized the use of the area 

 by the kind of stock involved. 



ESTABLISHMENT OF DRIVEWAYS. 



Whenever it is necessary for stock to cross regularly any portion of a 

 National Forest, and grazing upon the area of the kind of stock involved has 

 been authorized by the Forester, the district forester will, if the circumstances 

 warrant, establish a driveway and define the rights to be granted. 



Permits will be required for stock crossing the Forest on a regular driveway. 

 If occasion demands, rangers may be detailed to accompany the stock and see 

 that there is no delay or trespassing. 



EXCLUSION OF STOCK. 



FOREST PROTECTION. 



It is within the authority of the supervisor to close an area to all grazing, 

 to reduce the number of stock allowed upon it, or to prohibit its use by certain 

 classes of stock when the silvicultural needs of the Forest demand it. For 

 instance, sheep may be excluded from a timber-sale area for a certain number 

 of years after cutting; or, in a year of scarcity of mast, hogs may be excluded 

 from the oak type. Where planting operations are being carried on it will 

 usually be necessary to exclude all classes of stock. 



