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Show rattle Being Marked Now I rior to Mountain Grazing ! During the 1890's there :re approximately 20, ' Ahead of cattle, grazing this vicinity, " summer-; summer-; largely , on the LaSal . jjntams. The first "graz- permits . authorized on e mountains were in 97, In 1919 five year I n permits were issued j i by 1923 iit is estimated 13 at 17,000 head1 of cattle ii 20,000 sheep were -zing on the mountain t ier permit. Some hogs IIJ aed feeely during the years of the forest. . During the years it was i 'dually recognized - that ?LaSal's had been bad-overgrazed bad-overgrazed and the t -?es had deteriorated " it i erosion- was becoming II went, therefore,- theater the-ater of livestock had to reduced to get better "?e management; The l:eP permittees .gradually "Wed their sheep per-l( per-l( to cattle permits and lie present time there only one sheep permit. .- i . The Hoab Ranger District ds divided into 13 different , grazing -allotments.' Tyo of M-hese allotments . are partially par-tially in Colprado, and one ds" used jn ; common ,-use witih sheep. There , afe r'25 permittees grazing" , approximately- 3486.- cattle , and 2000 sheep .on. the,L3Sal mountains during the 'summer. 'sum-mer. These cattle graze, on home ranches, state afrd Bureau of Land Management Manage-ment lands during the winter months. Although mining had its . rpant in building up southeastern south-eastern Utah it is really grazing that has been the basic industry every since the time of the first settlement. set-tlement. Stockmen came into th'is area in search of new ranges and found (here some of the best graz ing they had ever seen. To graze ranges properly construction con-struction of watering developments de-velopments and fences is often necessary to aid : in obtaining prqper distribu-on distribu-on of livestock. Proper salting is also a necessary factor. The range' improve-. improve-. merits are constructed by the permittees and Forest Service sharing in the cost and labor. In the fall these cattle will again be trailed to fthe- wnhter feeding grounds or be sold a market mark-et for all of us to enjoy next winter as steaks and chops. - ... . 1 f 'Sbe'ng dye marked by Dahl L. Zohner, Dist-,L Dist-,L Kanger of the Moab Ranger District, Manti- 'igari "al Forest 'bfore entering their graz-aha. graz-aha. otmnts on the forest. They, are marked with i(lenlCoIoring solution so that they can readily be "teas 16(1 3S ose Permitted to graze on specific ' (Forest Service Photo) Ka In |
