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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS (WO)
WASHINGTON, DC
FSM 2200 - RANGE MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 2230 - GRAZING AND LIVESTOCK USE PERMIT SYSTEM
Interim Directive No.: 2230-2016-1
Effective Date: March 7, 2016
Duration: This interim directive expires on February 28, 2017
Approved: BRIAN FEREBEE
Associate Deputy Chief, NFS
Date Approved: 3/3/2016
Posting Instructions: Interim directives are numbered consecutively by title and calendar
year. Post by document at the end of the chapter. Retain this transmittal as the first page(s) of
this document. The last interim directive was 2230-2015-1 to FSM 2230.
New Document
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Superseded Document(s)
(Interim Directive Number
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Digest:
2238.6 - This interim directive (ID) to FSM 2238.6, Annual Rates and Competitive Bid
Adjustment Factors, sets out the grazing fee rates in effect for the 2016 grazing season on
National Forest System lands; the rates for unauthorized use and permittee excess use; fees
charged for livestock use permits; and competitive bid permits-2016 bid adjustment factors.
WO INTERIM DIRECTIVE
EFFECTIVE DATE: 03/07/2016
DURATION: This interim directive expires on 02/28/2017.
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Table of Contents
2238.6 - Annual Rates and Competitive Bid Adjustment Factors .............................................. 3
WO INTERIM DIRECTIVE
EFFECTIVE DATE: 03/07/2016
DURATION: This interim directive expires on 02/28/2017.
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2238.6 - Annual Rates and Competitive Bid Adjustment Factors
Exhibit 01 sets forth the rates to be charged for grazing from March 1, 2016 through
February 28, 2017.
2238.6 - Exhibit 01
2016 GRAZING YEAR RATES (PER HEAD MONTH)
1. National Forests and Land Utilization Projects, 16 Western States (Regions 1-6),
and National Grasslands in California, Idaho, and Oregon (Regions 4-6).
Grazing
Fee
Cattle/
Sheep/
Horses
Goats
$2.11
$0.42
Unauthorized
Use
Cattle/
Sheep/
Horses
Goats
$ 10.68
$2.14
Fee Charged
Livestock Use
Permits
Cattle/
Sheep/
Horses
Goats
$2.11
$0.42
2. National Grasslands in the Nine Great Plains States (Regions 1, 2, 3, and 8).
Grazing
Fee
Cattle/
Sheep/
Horses
Goats
Unauthorized
Use
Cattle/
Sheep/
Horses
Goats
Fee Charged
Livestock Use
Permits
Cattle/
Sheep/
Horses
Goats
$2.11
$13.36
$2.11
$0.42
$2.67
$0.42
WO INTERIM DIRECTIVE
EFFECTIVE DATE: 03/07/2016
DURATION: This interim directive expires on 02/28/2017.
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3. National Forests and Land Utilization Projects in the Eastern United States
(Regions 8 and 9).
a. Noncompetitive Permits
Subregion
Appalachia
Corn Belt
Florida
Lake States
Northeast
Southeast / Delta
Grazing
Fee
Cattle/
Sheep/
Horses
Goats
Unauthorized
Use
Cattle/
Sheep/
Horses
Goats
Fee Charged
Livestock Use
Permits
Cattle/
Sheep/
Horses
Goats
$ 6.26
$ 6.29
$ 4.15
$ 6.68
$ 8.28
$ 6.23
$
$
$
$
$
$
$ 6.26
$ 6.29
$ 4.15
$ 6.68
$ 8.28
$ 6.23
$ 1.25
$ 1.26
$ 0.83
$ 1.34
$ 1.66
$ 1.25
7.45
11.63
5.78
11.98
15.36
7.03
$ 1.49
$ 2.33
$ 1.16
$ 2.40
$ 3.07
$ 1.46
$ 1.25
$ 1.26
$ 0.83
$ 1.34
$ 1.66
$ 1.25
b. Competitive Bid Permits – Grazing Year Bid Adjustment Factors
Subregion
Appalachia
Corn Belt
Bid
Adjustment
Factor
1.70
1.43
Subregion
Florida
Lake States
Bid
Adjustment
Factor
Subregion
Bid
Adjustment
Factor
2.37
1.96
Northeast
Southeast / Delta
2.45
1.78