26. Do national-forest grazing permits lend stability to livestock 



operations? 14 



27. Should conditions required of the permittee and agreements made 



with him by forest officers be in writing? 14 



28. Why are sportsmen and recreationists interested in national 



forests? 14 



29. Are wilderness areas open to grazing? 14 



30. Why are irrigationists and water-power and municipal water 



users interested in national forests? 15 



31. Should the Forest Act of 1897 be amended to provide by law that 



grazing be a basic use of national-forest lands? 15 



32. Should national-forest advisory boards be given legal status?. ... 16 



33. Is a greatly enlarged program of range improvement, including 



water development, reseeding, fencing, and rodent and weed 

 control needed on national forest-lands? 16 



34. Should grazing permittees be allowed and encouraged to make 



range improvements on national forests, including water devel- 

 opments, fencing, reseeding, rodent and weed control, and soil 

 and water conservation, at their own expense? 17 



35. What do national forests contribute to local and State govern- 



ments to offset loss of tax base? 17 



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