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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST AND GRASSLANDS
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
FSM 2200 – RANGE MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 2230 – GRAZING AND LIVESTOCK PERMIT SYSTEM
Supplement No.: 2200-2012-1
Effective Date: August 24, 2012
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Date Approved: August 22, 2012
Approved: NANCY ROSE
Forest Supervisor
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 2200-11-2
to FSM 2230.
New Document(s):
2200-2012-1
5 Pages
Superseded Document(s) by
Issuance Number and
Effective Date:
2200-11-2, 7/1/2011
7 pages
Digest:
2231.22(a) - Establishes base property requirements.
2231.24 - Establishes upper and special limits.
2231.61- Removes Exhibit A from this paragraph.
Cibola National Forest and Grasslands Supplement
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 24, 2012
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSM 2200 – Range Management
Chapter 2230 – Grazing and Livestock Permit System
2231.22(a) – Term Permits
Base property requirements on the Cibola National Forest are 40 acres on the National Forest,
and 160 acres on the National Grasslands with livestock handling facilities and water sufficient
to serve as a base of operations and ranch headquarters for the respective term grazing permit.
2231.24 – Establishing Upper and Special Limits
2231.24(a) – Upper Limit
The following are the upper limits for term grazing permits on the Cibola National Forest.
Cattle and Horses
Sheep and Goats
800
None
The following are the upper limits for term grazing permits on the Kiowa/Rita Blanca National
Grassland and the Black Kettle National Grassland.
Cattle and Horses
Sheep and Goats
1050
None
2231.24(b) – Special Limit
No special limits have been established on the Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands.
2231.61 - Modification of Grazing Permits
The following provides supplemental direction for required conservation practices on
Kiowa/Rita Blanca, Black Kettle/McClellan Creek National Grasslands.
When the cost of required conservation practice(s) exceeds the projected grazing value for the
remaining grazing years covered by current term permits, these permits can be modified to
extend the expiration date (term of permit cannot exceed 10 years) to allow sufficient years in the
permit so that the anticipated grazing value is sufficient to cover the cost of the range
improvement project.
A term permit is currently written to terminate as of December 31, 2012. It provides for 30 cattle
for 4 months (120 HMs). Gross grazing value is $3.34/HM x 120 = $400.80.
Cibola National Forest and Grasslands Supplement
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 24, 2012
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSM 2200 – Range Management
Chapter 2230 – Grazing and Livestock Permit System
A replacement well is needed to continue use of the pasture, which is already adequately fenced.
The new well will cost $3,200 by salvaging the old windmill and tower. To apply the permittee's
cost of $3,200 to the determination of the Gross Grazing Value, using current Fee/HM, would
take 8 years ($3,200 divided by $400.80). The term permit would need to be modified to extend
the expiration date to 2018 to allow for this conservation practice by permit modification as
explained above.
When term permits are modified for this purpose, conditions should be fully explained to
permittees, including the possibility of full cost not being allowable due to change in policy,
reduced forage values, or other unforeseen circumstances which could change permit procedures.
This procedure should be used judiciously and only when required conservation practices are
cost effective and are included in an approved management plan.
The net value charged for grazing privileges on the Black Kettle/McClellan Creek and
Kiowa/Rita Blanca National Grassland Districts should consider the costs to the permittee for
carrying out required conservation practices. The net value shall be determined for the total use
authorized during the fee year. The net value charged shall be determined by first calculating the
gross value of grazing use to be permitted during the current year by multiplying the number of
head months permitted by the grazing fee for the fee year; then subtracting from this the agreed
upon or estimated cost of conservation practices to be installed. The difference shall be the net
value charged.
Gross value of grazing (current year) (GVG)
- Agreed upon or estimated cost of conservation practices (CCP)
= Net value charged (NVC), or
GVG – CCP = NVC
Gross value of grazing is the number of head months permitted x grazing fee for
the fee year.
This calculation shall be shown on the Bill for Collection.
Cibola National Forest and Grasslands Supplement
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 24, 2012
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSM 2200 – Range Management
Chapter 2230 – Grazing and Livestock Permit System
When the cost of installing agreed upon conservation practices exceeds the gross value of
grazing privileges granted during the fee year, the excess shall be applied to the gross value for
ensuing years. If the value of the practice extends beyond the termination date of the permit, and
a permit is issued to the same entity upon expiration, the remaining credit may be applied to the
new permit. Costs incurred by current permittees cannot be considered for transfer to any new
permittee in the event of permit waiver and issuance of a new permit.
District Rangers shall keep records of each permittee, showing costs incurred by permittees for
conservation practices, amounts applied to determination of annual net values, and balances
carried forward as a basis for issuance of Bill for Collection.
When the permit modification has been approved and instruction to proceed has been given by
the District Ranger, costs shown may be considered in determination of the fee to be charged for
the current year. If actual cost varies from estimated costs upon project completion or permittee
fails to complete the work as agreed to, procedures for adjustment and follow-up Bill for
Collection as prescribed in the permit modification will be applied.
In cases where costs were estimated rather than agreed to on the permit modification, acceptance
shall be accompanied by evidence of quotations solicited by the permittee and receipts or other
evidence of costs actually incurred by the permittee in performing the work covered in the permit
modification. The work covered in the permit modification will be reported and the action
closed after all work is complete.
When the permit modification is active, it should be maintained in the 2230 file. After work is
completed and accepted by the District Ranger, the modification is no longer a part of the permit
and can be transferred to the 2240 file as a part of the record of improvements. For practices for
which cost can be adequately predetermined, such as fences, seeding, and water tanks, the
modification will be completed showing an agreed upon cost. The permittee will need to be
involved in this determination. Districts will keep current (yearly) cost information, updated as
necessary, but always yearly, for services and materials needed to complete practices such as
those listed above.
For practices for which costs, individually and totally, cannot be predetermined, such as wells,
complete the permit modification showing an estimated cost and follow the adjustment
procedure in the permit modification form. When an estimated cost is used as the basis for the
permit modification, the District Ranger will closely review the quotations solicited by the
permittee to see that costs are reasonable before approving the permit modification and allowing
the permittee to proceed. If it is determined that the costs are not reasonable, the cost will be
negotiated with the permittee to arrive at a reasonable cost.
Cibola National Forest and Grasslands Supplement
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 24, 2012
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSM 2200 – Range Management
Chapter 2230 – Grazing and Livestock Permit System
When the cost of installing agreed upon conservation practices exceeds the gross value of
grazing privileges granted during the fee year, the excess shall be applied to the gross value for
ensuing years. If the value of the practice extends beyond the termination date of the permit, and
a permit is issued to the same entity upon expiration, the remaining credit may be applied to the
new permit. Costs incurred by current permittees cannot be considered for transfer to any new
permittee in the event of permit waiver and issuance of a new permit.
District Rangers shall keep records of each permittee, showing costs incurred by permittees for
conservation practices, amounts applied to determination of annual net values, and balances
carried forward as a basis for issuance of Bill for Collection. Conservation practices required and
the cost of installation will be entered on and agreed to by permittees, using the Grazing permit
Modification Form R3-FS- 2200-11.
When the permit modification has been approved and instruction to proceed has been given by
the District Ranger, costs shown may be considered in determination of the fee to be charged for
the current year. If actual cost varies from estimated costs upon project completion or permittee
fails to complete the work as agreed to, procedures for adjustment and follow-up Bill for
Collection as prescribed in the permit modification will be applied.
In cases where costs were estimated rather than agreed to on the permit modification, acceptance
shall be accompanied by evidence of quotations solicited by the permittee and receipts or other
evidence of costs actually incurred by the permittee in performing the work covered in the permit
modification. The work covered in the permit modification will be reported and the action
closed after all work is complete.
When the permit modification is active, it should be maintained in the 2230 file. After work is
completed and accepted by the District Ranger, the modification is no longer a part of the permit
and can be transferred to the 2240 file as a part of the record of improvements. For practices for
which cost can be adequately predetermined, such as fences, seeding, and water tanks, the
modification will be completed showing an agreed upon cost. The permittee will need to be
involved in this determination. Districts will keep current (yearly) cost information, updated as
necessary, but always yearly, for services and materials needed to complete practices such as
those listed above.
For practices for which costs, individually and totally, cannot be predetermined, such as wells,
complete the permit modification showing an estimated cost and follow the adjustment
procedure in the permit modification form. When an estimated cost is used as the basis for the
permit modification, the District Ranger will closely review the quotations solicited by the
permittee to see that costs are reasonable before approving the permit modification and allowing
the permittee to proceed. If it is determined that the costs are not reasonable, the cost will be
negotiated with the permittee to arrive at a reasonable cost.