| Show No Reduction Redaction In Grazing Permits By James E. E Gurr Supervisor Dixie National Forest Prior to issuance of permits under under un un- der which livestock were grazed upon up up- on Forest Form lands with the Dixie National National Na Na- Forest for established grazIng graz graz- ing periods during 1935 a 10 per percent percent percent cent reduction was applied in hi all individual grazing preferences over the approved and established protective protective pro pro- limits The protection lira lim its for cattle and horses on the Dixie varies from 25 to 40 head and for far sheep and goats Is head The difference In numbers granted grant grant- ed ad In 1934 and 1935 grazing periods was practically all used for range relief and tion As J a result of tJ the e reduced numbers num bers hers together with more favorable precipitation than prevailed during duning dun dur ing 1934 the Dixie Forest ranges in general showed some improvement Improvement improvement Improve improve- ment at the termination of 1935 grazing seasons season Perpetuation of the range resource resource resource re re- source is is of course vital to not only the livestock and interrelated In Interrelated in- in and dependent Industries Industries Indus Indus- tries and resources Management and utilization Is 13 more or less futile futile futile fu fu- tile unless based on a sustained yield basis and without this there ther e cannot be much stability of opera opera- tion However such heavy reductions reductions in numbers of livestock can 1 not be applied all at once as it may and perhaps would tend to upset operations cause undue depreciation tk tion of Investments or disrupt cre cre- Any adjustments needed dothe In do Inthe the th Interests of range protection should then be spread over a per per- led rather than be made all aU at once In view therefore of this and of the fact that the range generally showed some same improvement at the end of 1935 and said in hi order to further determine what if any additional range benefits will wm accrue because of the 1935 protection reductions reduction the Dixie will not noh make reductions for tor any purpose for 1938 1936 but will wUl renew preferences in full fun unless transfers are involved We are ue not now prepared to state what period Term Permits Permits' will be issued for but that these will be favorably considered on the fhe Dixie appe appears rs unquestioned |
