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Show Local public lands important for livestock grazing purposes mils range in size from the-: high of 2.')0() sh.'ep to the lowf of tiO sheep. The current nn-j nual revenue from the sal( of, livestock forage is $IH,:SX). if The land ownership pattern I. in the r.i'snurco area is varied. Ownership of lands within the grazing allotments varies from 1()0 percent public lands' down to a low of 5 percent, public lands and S5 percent: private and state lands. Crazing seasons vary in the ar.ia because of the wide dif-terenees dif-terenees in elevation, plant cover, soils and climatic facial's. Livesiock grazing continues I to be th.:; most elensi( use ! of the public lands in the Ce-I Ce-I ilar Resource Area of the Cedar Ce-dar City lJist rict . liureau of I.ai'il Management. Of the 1,0.11,000 acres, in the resource area, !S )ercetii, or 1,02!),000 acres have been allotted for livestock grazing since the passage of the Taylor Grazing Act in according to Cor don K. Slal;.?r, Area Manager. The resource area is principally princi-pally located in Iron County hut does overlap into Heaver, Garfield and Washington Counties. On the 151 gazing allotments allot-ments within the rcsourc? ar- ea, 1 !7 livestockmen are licensed li-censed to graze 10.9.1,5 cattle and 72 livestockmen are li-ccns.'d li-ccns.'d to graze 41,870 sheep. Cattle permits range in size from the high of 110 cattle to the low of (! cattle. Sheep per- |