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WATERSHED PROTECTION. 



The watersheds of streams supplying water for irrigation, municipal, or 

 domestic purposes may be closed to the grazing of any or all kinds of domestic 

 stock when necessary to prevent erosion and floods or diminution in water 



supply. 



PUBLIC CAMPING GROUNDS. 



The needs of the traveling public receive careful consideration, and in the 

 division of the range adequate provision will be made for the pasturage of 

 draft, saddle, and pack animals used by persons traveling through the National 

 Forests on business or for recreation. Camping grounds required for the 

 accommodation of the public may be closed to the grazing of permitted stock 

 if such action is necessary. 



GAME REFUGES. 



Limited areas which are the natural breeding or feeding grounds of game 

 animals or birds may be closed to the grazing of domestic live stock when 

 necessary to protect the game from molestation or extinction. The boundaries 

 of such areas will be plainly marked, and permittees using adjoining range* 

 are warned against trespassing on the closed area. 



ADVISORY BOARDS. 



REGULATION G-3. Whenever any live-stock association whose membership 

 includes a majority of the owners of any class of live stock using a National 

 Forest or portion thereof shall select a committee, an agreement on the part of 

 which shall be binding upon the association, such committee, upon application 

 to the district forester, may be recognized as an advisory board for the associa- 

 tion, and shall then be entitled to receive notice of proposed action and have 

 an opportunity to be heard by the local Forest officer in reference to increase 

 or decrease in the number of stock to be allowed for any year, the division of 

 the range between the different classes of stock of their owners, or the adoption 

 of special rules to meet local conditions. 



Upon request from and with the approval of an officially recognized advisory 

 board representing a majority of the permittees to be affected, the district 

 forester may establish special rules to regulate the use and occupancy of the 

 range and to prevent damage to the Forest lands, such rules to be binding upon 

 and observed by all permittees grazing stock within the range involved. Sucfc 

 conditions as may be necessary may be imposed upon the handling of permitted 

 stock, the employment of herders to confine the stock to the allotted ranges, 

 the distribution of salt, the enforcement of State live-stock laws, and the con- 

 struction of permanent improvements to protect the Forest or facilitate the 

 handling of permitted stock. 



When an association represents only a minority of the owners of any kind of 

 live stock but its members own 75 per cent of that kind of live stock using the 

 range, upon petition of a sufficient number of the other owners to constitute a 

 majority, its advisory board may be recognized by the district forester. 



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 representing 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 Na- 

 tional Forest ranges. (Issued April 25, 1913. to take effect May 1, 1913.) 



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 protection and per- 

 petuation. 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 



