GRAZING. 49> 



Ketention of preferences. 



Grazing preferences can be retained only by a continual use of a range. . 

 Applicants who apply to graze a reduced number of stock can not expect range - 

 to be reserved for them for a higher number later on. In the case of a volun- 

 tary reduction other applications may be approved for the number by which-- 

 the first permit was reduced. The preference thus gained will not be sur- 

 rendered because .the first permittee applies a year or two later to graze the 

 original number of stock. 



Uonuse of range. 



Applications from persons with established preferences will not be disap- 

 proved for nonuse of the range during one year if a statement giving satis- 

 factory reasons is filed with the supervisor before the opening of the grazing, 

 period. 



Waiver of preference. 



Where the renewal of a permit is allowed a purchaser of stock, a written 

 waiver of all claims by the original permittee to a renewal of the permit for 

 the stock sold should be filed with the supervisor. 



A person who has signed a waiver of grazing privileges will not be recog- 

 nized as a new applicant until after three years from the date of waiver, but 

 may secure at any time a renewal of permit as a purchaser of permitted stock. - 

 (See instructions regarding involuntary purchase of stock, p. 53.) 



Foreclosure of mortgage. 



If a mortgage on stock is foreclosed, the permittee does not lose his prefer- 

 ence in a permit for the following season, and unless he has returned his ; 

 permit to the supervisor and consented to the issuance of a permit to the mort- 

 gagor as a purchaser for the remainder of the grazing period he may replace 

 the stock. The person f oreclosing the mortgage may be allowed, with the con- 

 sent of the permittee, to continue grazing the stock during the remainder of the x 

 current grazing period under the same conditions as a purchaser, but secures ; 

 no privileges of renewal unless the owner of the stock signs a waiver of his 

 renewal preferences. 



The foreclosure of a mortgage covering both stock and ranch will not cause 

 a permittee to lose the preference allowed him in use of the range if he replaces 

 the stock and secures another ranch equally dependent upon the range. 



Nonownership of stock. 



An applicant who does not own the stock for which permit is desired, and" 

 whose prior use of the range entitles him to consideration, may secure a 

 grazing permit on his certification that the stock will be purchased. 



Transfer of preference to another Forest. 



A grazing preference can be transferred from one Forest to another only^ 

 when the first Forest is overstocked and the second Forest is understocked and 

 the transfer will be generally beneficial. In this event a transfer may be 

 allowed if both supervisors approve. 



PROTECTIVE AND MAXIMUM LIMITS. 



REGULATION G-16. When necessary to secure an equitable distribution of 

 grazing privileges the district forester will establish protective limits covering 

 the number of stock for which the permits of small Class A owners will be 

 exempt from reduction in their renewal. It will be within the discretion of the 

 district forester to establish general protective limits applicable to the entire 

 Forest or special protective limits for each grazing district, such limits to be 

 based upon the character and intensity of the demand for grazing privileges 

 within each district. Permits for numbers of stock in excess of the protective 

 limits will be subject to necessary sliding scale or other reductions, and will not 

 be subject to increase in number except through purchase of stock and ranches 

 of other permittees. (See Reg. G-18.) 



When necessary to prevent monopoly of the range the district forester will 

 establish maximum limits to the number of stock for which a permit will be 

 issued to any one person, firm, or corporation. The maximum limit may, in the 

 discretion of the district forester, be made applicable to a portion of a Forest, . 



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