: 2250 Page 1 of 4 FOREST SERVICE MANUAL SOUTHWESTERN REGION (REGION 3) ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO FSM 2200 – RANGE MANAGEMENT CHAPTER 2250 – RANGE COOPERATION Supplement No: 2200-2014-3 Effective Date: February 4, 2014 Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed. Approved: GILBERT ZEPEDA Deputy Regional Forester Date Approved: 02/04/2014 Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by title and calendar year. Post by document; remove the entire document and replace it with this supplement. Retain this transmittal as the first page(s) of this document. The last supplement to this title was 2200-20131 to FSM 2200, Zero Code. New Document(s): 2250 4 Pages Superseded Document(s) by Issuance Number and Effective Date: 2250, 2200-91-1, 01/31/1991 19 Pages Digest: 2251.1 – Corrects and adds clarifying language to this section. 2254 – Provides explanation that existing information in the parent text under this section is no longer relevant since the authorities establishing grazing advisory boards no longer exist. 2254.52 – Moves direction to FSM 2241.11 to be consistent with parent text. 2256 – Removes direction at this section that is no longer current. R3 SUPPLEMENT 2200-2014-3 EFFECTIVE DATE: 02/04/2014 DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed. 2250 Page 2 of 4 FSM 2200 – Range Management Chapter 2250 – Range Cooperation 2256.03 – Removes direction that is no longer current and adds current updated direction. 2257 - Removes all direction at this section because it is no longer current. R3 SUPPLEMENT 2200-2014-3 EFFECTIVE DATE: 02/04/2014 DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed. 2250 Page 3 of 4 FSM 2200 – Range Management Chapter 2250 – Range Cooperation 2251- Cooperation With National Forest Livestock Associations At Local Level 2251.1 – Requirements for Recognition A closely associated group of permittees where several allotments are combined for range management purposes can be recognized by the Forest Supervisor as an Association (36 CFR Part 222, Subpart A §222.7). The intent is to recognize, where necessary for management purposes, those permittees whose livestock use the same range. It is not to give formal recognition to an association(s) which represents entire counties, Ranger Districts, National Forests, or areas where association member livestock graze separate allotments. 2254 – Grazing Advisory Boards All direction in the parent text under this title is no longer relevant since all the referenced authorities which originally authorized grazing advisory boards expired on December 31, 1985, as stated in the parent text (2254.01 – Authority). There have been no grazing advisory boards within the Southwestern Region since December 31, 1985. 2256 – Cooperation On Estray Livestock 2256.03 - Policy 1. The occasional stray animal on the wrong side of the fence is not a situation which falls within the intended purpose of the regulations, provided the owner removes the animal when notified. 2. State livestock inspectors will not be asked to round up and remove livestock from National Forest System lands. Their assistance will be requested in inspection and determination of ownership of impounded livestock. They are to be kept fully apprised of all livestock impoundments before being carried out. 3. A stray animal(s) of unknown ownership which can be easily rounded up and held with minor cost can be released to the state livestock inspector for disposition. 4. Refer to FSH 5309.11 (Law Inforcement Handbook) section 23.1 (Livestock Investigations) for livestock impoundment and disposal procedures (section 23.14, Livestock Impoundment and Disposal). 5. On the Carson and Santa Fe National Forests, the duration between notification of intention to impound livestock of known ownership and actual impoundment should exceed the normal 5 days so that 2 weekends are included. In areas where unauthorized livestock is a recurring problem the 2 weekend courtesy need not be extended. 6. Unauthorized livestock of known ownership that are properly branded and marked, and animals whose ownership has been validated by the local livestock inspector, shall be R3 SUPPLEMENT 2200-2014-3 EFFECTIVE DATE: 02/04/2014 DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed. 2250 Page 4 of 4 FSM 2200 – Range Management Chapter 2250 – Range Cooperation retained by the Forest Service for redemption of disposal under the provisions of 36 CFR Part 262 Subpart B § 262.10. 7. Disposal of impounded livestock of unknown ownership must be closely coordinated state livetock Boards or equivalent authorities. Livestock of unknown ownership normally become the property of the state. 8. All activities involving the impoundment and disposal of unauthorized livestock must closely follow procedures established in 36 CFR Part 262 Subpart B § 262.10 and FSH 5309.11 (Law Enforcement Handbook).