A step in the evolution of the Forest Serv- 

 ice attitude toward grazing is seen in the 1925 

 Annual Report of the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture. He recognized the importance of grazing 

 and range as a resource and called for new leg- 

 islation to give permanent recognition to graz- 

 ing in the management functions of the Serv- 

 ice. Range use was finally coming into its 

 own, but was still to be held under control in 

 order to "protect all of the resources in the 

 National Forests" (U. S. Dep. Agr. 1925, p. 

 84). 



In 1936, we find a statement bringing 

 range and forage uses into apparent equality 

 with other uses (fig. 4). The Use Book of that 

 year states that "the well being of the live- 

 stock industry is equally entitled to fair con- 

 sideration. Where camping would seriously in- 

 terfere with the livestock using certain desig- 

 nated watering places, the forest supervisor 

 may, by posting, exclude or restrict camping 

 use" (Grazing Sec, p. 60). 



The Use Book of 1921 stated that the pres- 

 ervation of natural scenery was part of the 



total conservation of timber, forage, and wa- 

 ter resources. 34 By 1929, the concept of mul- 

 tiple use management had truly arrived, al- 

 though the terminology was not yet used. In 

 his Annual Report of that year, the Secretary 

 of Agriculture stated that "National Forest 

 Administration . . . aims at the coordinated 

 development and use of all the forest re- 

 sources, including recreational and wildlife re- 

 sources" (U. S. Dep. Agr. 1929, p. 43). Thus 

 as early as 1929, we find the specific identifi- 

 cation of all five renewable surface resources 

 later spelled out in the MU-SY Act of 1960 

 (fig. 5). Behan (1967, p. 47) found what is 

 probably one of the earliest references to 

 "multiple use" per se in a speech given by a 

 District Ranger in 1934. 



It has been noted that the Use Book of 

 1913 gave priority to wildlife over grazing. 

 Wildlife management was not placed on an 

 equal footing with timber and water by that 



l As noted in McCloskey (1961), p. 68. 



ABOUT THREE-FOURTHS 

 OF THE 

 LIVESTOCK OWNED 

 BY THE FARMERS 

 OF THIS REGION 



GRAZE 



DURING THE SUMMER 



UPON THE 

 NAT! NAL FORESTS 

 WHI 'AY AND FEED 

 AR' G PRODUCED 



OH THE NATIONAL FORESTS 

 IS 50 REGULATED 

 AS TO BUILD UP A 

 PERMANENT RESOURCE 

 ONLY AS MANY ANIMALS 

 ARE GRAZEO AS THE 

 RANGE ma SUPPORT 

 AND STILL 

 MAINTAIN ITS CAPACITY 



FOR PRODUCING A 

 MAXIMUM ANNUAL CROP 

 OF G0OO FORAGE 



Figure 4. — A 1932 prize-winning display shows the emergence of grazing as an important use 

 of the National Forests. Note the recognition of site productivity and sustained yield prin- 

 ciples. 



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