Contents 



Page 

 Introduction 1 



1 . Are sportsmen, stockmen, campers, water users, timber operators, 



miners, or any other group favored by the policy governing the 



administration of the national forests? 2 



2. How many head of livestock graze on national forests? 3 



3. Who owns the livestock which graze on national-forest ranges? . . 3 



4. What is a national-forest grazing preference? 3 



5. Does a national-forest grazing preference have much per- 



manence? 4 



6. Does a preference guarantee forage to its holder? 4 



7 . Is a grazing preference a privilege or a property right? 4 



8. Can national-forest grazing preferences be sold? 4 



9. What are the sizes of the paid permits? 4 



10. What percent of the livestock in the 11 Western States are grazed 



on the national forests? 5 



1 1 . To what extent do national-forest ranges contribute forage for 



livestock in the West? 5 



1 2. What grazing fee is charged? 6 



13. How does grazing compare with other values of national-forest 



lands in the western United States? 6 



14. It has been said that the Forest Service aims to eliminate grazing 



entirely from national forests. Is this true? 7 



15. Why are reductions made in the number of livestock permitted to 



graze on the national forests? 8 



16. How are necessary reductions in permitted livestock numbers 



determined? 8 



17. How great are the reductions proposed? 8 



18. Why can't these proposed reductions wait? 9 



19. What consideration is given to the economic and practical effects 



of proposed reductions on the permittee's livestock operation and 



on the local community? 9 



20. Will reductions in livestock on the national forests put livestock 



ranchers out of business? 10 



21. Do reductions in livestock numbers permitted on national forests 



affect meat production and prices? 10 



22. What are transfer reductions and why are they made? 10 



23. Has the Forest Service reduced livestock grazing on western 



national-forest ranges while deer and elk have increased? 11 



24. Are increases in permitted livestock allowed on understocked 



ranges, and are permittees given the benefit of increases in 

 grazing capacity resulting from sound management? 12 



25. What recourse does a grazing permittee have to appeal decisions 



made by forest officers regarding reductions in stocking or other 

 adjustments in management with which the permittee does not 

 agree? 13 



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