FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
Taos, New Mexico
FSH 2209.13 - GRAZ'ING PERMIT
ADMINISTRATION HANDBOOK
Carson supplement No. 1
Effective August 28, 1987
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Page Code
Superseded New
(Number of sheets)
14.21, 15.11
3
3
Digest:
Rivises Exhibit 1, 02-2200-45 (7/90), Designation of Base
Property for Term Grazing Permit, Carson Natioanl Forest.
LEONARD A. LINDQUIST
Forest Supervisor
GRAZING PERMIT ADMINISTRATION HANDBOOK
14.21 - Number, Kind, and class of Livestock and period of Use.
All permitted livestock will be counted at least once annually,
perferably upon entering the National Forest System lands. If
not possible at that time, they will be counted at some opportune
time during the grazing season. Counts must be accurate and
reliable, and made by qualified Forest Service employees who will
verify that the livestock are porperly identified with the brand
or mark specified in the application for the Term Grazing Permit.
Livestock counts will be documented and recorded in the actual
use records for the individual allotment. Special counts will be
made when unauthorized or excess use is suspected.
FSH 8/87 CARSON SUPP 1
14.23
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14.23 - Marks and Brands. District Rangers on the Carson
National Forest will determine the need to individually mark
permitted cattle. The determination to mark livestock must be
made after a careful analysis of historical unauthourized and
excess livestock use, possible drift to other allotments,
possibility of strays from private lands, and need to make quick
field checks of ownership.
In cases where District Ranger dicides to implement or continue a
cattle marking program, it will be in accordance with the
following requirements:
1. Cattle will be marked with consecutively numbered ear
tags; combination letter-numbers will be permissible, but a
number or a letter number combination will only be used once on
an allotment. Replacement tags will be numbered consecutively
and not with the lost tag number. In many cases, letters can be
used for permittee identification, and the nubmer used to
identify the individual animal.
2. All cattle on the allotment will be tagged when marking
is deemed necessary. The cattle will be marked with tags of one
color and shape, and will be coordinated to prevent dupliction on
adjacent allotments.
3. A yearly record of ear tag numbers by allotment will be
maintained in the District office.
4.
Livestock will be retagged, with different least once every
four years.
5.
Permittees will be required to tag their own livestock,
except in rare cases where they are not physically able to
do so. All tags will be furnished by the Forest Service and
tagging corrals will be available for permittee use.
permittee use.
6.
Livestock will be properly tagged when they are present for
the entry count.
15.11
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15.11 - Range Allotment Discription. The following range
improvements will be assigned to permittees for
maintenance under part 3, clause 2, of the permit:
1. Forest boundary fences.
2.
Allotment boundary fences.
3.
Unit boundary fences.
4.
Pasture fence for
permittee use
5. All water developments except those constructed primarily
for wildlife.
6.
Corrals primarily for permittee use.
7-
Cabins primarily for permittee use.
8.
Other improvements directly benefiting the permittee.
The Forest Service will assume maintenance responnsibility for
the following:
1. Stream protection fences.
2.
Administrative Pastures
3.
Administrative corrals.
4.
Administrative study Plots.
5. Other improvements directly benefiting administration of
the Forest