Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-10
GRAZING ON FOREST RESERVES.
The Regulations in Force Have Been Some.
what Amended Lately.

Supt. |. B. Hanna. ii charge of the
government forest reserves in New
Mexico and Arizona, states that under
recent ruling of the interior depart
ment no charge Is to be made for the
grazing of cattle and horses on the for
est reserves. Sheep are permitted to
Craze, in limited number, for expert
Mesa and San Francisco mountain re-
serves in Arizona. Last spring the gov
arnment announced that a charge of I!
cents per head per annum would be
| made for horses and cattle, and cents
a head for all sheep permitted to Craze
within the reservations, but this fea-
ture has now been eliminated. Until
further experiments are made with
sheep grazing on the two Arizona res
ervations above named and the results
ascertained, no sheep or goats will be
allowed on reserves in New Mexico. The
forestry superintendent has recently
received the following, signed by the
general land commissioner, and ap-
proved by the secretary of the interior:
Paragraph 13 of the rules and regula-
tions governing forest reserves, issued
April 4, 1900, is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
The pasturng of sheep and goats on
the public lands in the forest reserva-
tions is prohibited: Provided, That in
the states of Oregon and Washington,
where the continuous moisture and
abundant rainfalls of the Cascade and
Pacific coast ranges make rapid renew
Il Of herbage and underground possi-
BILE, the commissioner of the general
and office may, with the approval of
he secretary of the interior, allow the
United grazing of sheep within the re-
'erves or parts of reserves, within said
states; and also provided, that when it
shall appear that the limited pasturage
VI sheep and goats in reserve or part
IF reserve, in any state or territory,
will not work an injury to the reserve,
that the protection and Improvement of
the forests for the purpose of insuring
permanent supply of timber and the
conditions favorable to a continuous
water flow, and the water supply of
he people will not be adversely affect
ed by the presence of sheep and goats
within the reserve, the commissioner of
the general land office may, with the
approval of the secretary of the inte-
rior, also allow the limited grazing of
sheep and goats within such reserve.
Permission to Craze sheep and goats
within the reserves will be refused in
I'll cases where such grazing is detri-
mental to the reserves or to the inter-
ests dependent thereon, and upon the
Bull Run forest reserve in Oregon and
upon and in the vicinity of Crater Lake
md Mount Hood, or other well-known
places OF public resort or reservoir
supply. The pasturing of live stock,
other than sheep and goats, will not be
prohibited in the forest reserves so long
rs 1t appears that injury is not being
lone the forest growth and water sup
ply, and the rights Of others are not
thereby jeopardiZed. owners OF all live
stock will be required to make applica-
ion to the commissioner Of the general
land office for permits to Craze their
animals within the reserves. Permits
will only be granted on the express
condition and agreement on the part of
the applicants that they will agree to
fully comply with all and singular the
tions now or hereafter adopted In pur-
suance Of any such law of congress-;
and upon failure to comply Herewith
the permits granted them will be re-
voked for violation of any of the
terms thereof or of the terms of the ap-
plications on which based.