Show gia grazing zing control shift sought by nevada A A move to put control of live tack stack grazing on public lands back in the hands of the stock men is under way in nevada according to new news reports conservation groups are alarmed over a bill being introduced by senator george malone R of nevada to amend the taylor grazing act so as to lessen the a authority of f the federal bureau of land management some 10 million or more acres ot of public land would be affected by the proposed law senator malones bill intended to establish a special grazing district in the state of nevada provide for the conservation vat io n and protection of the public lands ands and their us use for mineral era development grazing and a agriculture gri culture fish and wildlife an and d recreation resources and for other othe purposes arp ses altho although agg toe the bill mentions all au these multiple aims conservationists say the measure is actually concerned only with assigning range land areas to livestock operators and gives cattle and sheep men full control of these areas without regard to other uses and values while senator malones bill mentions protection 7 of public lands opponents say the measure is so worded as to protect livestock grazers glazers from any federal supervision after assigning range areas under the taylor grazing act the government has the power to prevent despoilment of the land from overgrazing by regulating the number of livestock pastured on the public lands the malone measure it Is charged would enable at stoc kmen to bypass by pass the taylor act senator malone says he has never known of a case where a stockman has overgrazed over grazed a 4 range if he could benefit from proper oper use of the range recently the me senator told the idaho wool growers at their idaho falls convention that stockmen stoc kmen should have range rights similar to water rights ho lie praised the nevada stock water law which preceded the taylor grazing act senator malone promised the idaho sheep men that he would cosponsor a uniform federal grazing zing land tenancy act acv limiting eg the power of ta the e bureau ot of land nd Manga ement to decide who should use the areas and not to determine grazing capacity as it now does under the taylor act under senator ma ones proposed amendment cattlemen and sheep men would decide for or themselves whether they were ruining the land by overgrazing that Is why conservation spokesmen says they are fighting the malone proposal |