Show glazers grazers r assoil associations e actions prove valuable to members as well as forest officials offic a s with alvith plans for the current grazing aason ou on tile the 24 national forests of the intermountain region ovll V all advanced forest officials report repart that livestock associations L mollp oiw of permit tees owning the cattle anil and sheep that will ibe be grazed ou the national motional forests forest tills flin year lit in it a large measure amsl assist 4 in the management of the r range ange and solving range problems within reg region lon four permits are arc issued annually to nearly thousand cattle and horse owners nd about three thou thousand and wool growers for prizing heir live stock on forest ranges C N 11 woods ooL regional forester sald said I 1 these livestock men are orga til zed 1 I into 1272 local num wring in ili idaho 13 11 in nevada 11 in utah and 22 in western Jyo wyoming ining nearly per cent of all the stock grazed on oil the notion nation ILI al forests Is represented by well organ organized associations livestock associations compo composed of nat national ionnI forest fores t tire are nii fir old and well institution mr cooj 1 explained I early arly in our handling of foresi fore inels it was evi evident dent that pora apora tl alon a among the stockmen stoc kmen a certain amount oi 01 pelf government on the ranges arid and the reconciliation of divergent interests were very necessary fir the welfare of the livestock industry the association idea appeared to be the answer and it wim was developed as early its as IDOO 1000 recognition was wag then nud and Is now given these theae ass ocla eions by the secretary of agriculture under regulations governing nae of the nati national oual forests illich ench association plats elects its own advisory board that serves without pay und and lit in general per performs foris ad minish active duties find and deals directly with the forest rangers and sors lit in nil all range matters the hoard board also looks after tile the interests of association members dealing with outside range questions and yearlong problems other than those concerned with forest mug os associations ordinarily through the levy of assessments also function na cooperatives in the purchase of salt and its ita distribution employment of I 1 rIf riders lerR joint handling of roundups construction of association tango range improvements and predatory anim animal al control yore forest d ceng consult freely with amo clation advisory boards and members matters of range management manager nent and the boards cooperate in ill questions if t range allotments flud and action on applications joint range inspection trips are also alo made each season three yearn ago local associations wore were urged to select representatives senta tives from each national forest to make up tip a state committee of cattlemen mid and sheep men tills state national forest committee concerns itself with of 0 broad scope in the livestock industry and works closely with tile state stale livestock associations it specifically represents the nation nl ini forest glazers grazers in the indu industry mry its g it whole and thus serves to bring closer together nil all interests dealing with the livestock and tile the range itt lesting to the value land permanency nia nency of forest livestock a assoil I 1 ationo Is the fact that n number of them have iwen been functioning continually since behig ibeling or gli nihed 23 25 to 80 30 years ago in utah the mantl national forest orest Catt lemens As of first banded together on february 28 1912 1012 rt it lins been active since the olt oldest group in the region Is pro bohly the itlie Wool growers assoil l atlan that ha has held its charter without interruption bines january 12 IWO 1009 the national dorest alamond A cattle rassool antton la ill nevada WAS 25 years old last lart october on oil the wyoming for est the green hirer cuttle and horse ra 01 growers association first organized in ili 1013 and lina has served its ita membership cm continually gince fiance there are many others with equal ly long records TJI alio r forest ore 4 service considers livestock associations of forestor forest iper a real asset in the demo fratic of the range regional fl Po rester orester woods wood conclude conc lud ded aea cheso group understand the problems of the range and cooperate cl cosely sely with our men in ili bring ing about hotter better management and real permanency and stability ability at in the th administration or of ohp nl ualle nat national natholia lolia X forest range ta they le y boian a permanent part of our range program |