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<br />002315 <br /> <br />1. Rangeland for domestic livestock and wildlife. Over 2, 700 grazing per- <br /> <br />mittees and lessees utilize the public lands....Many thousands of big game <br /> <br />animals, including deer, antelope, bighorn sheep, javelina, and considerable <br />. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />bird life also utilize the public lands. Grazing privileges on the public lands <br /> <br />have been established for most of the basin on the basis of permanent water <br /> <br />. distribution and water ownership or control. Nearly all surface waters are <br /> <br />appropriated by farmers or livestock users under State laws. Federal range <br /> <br />privilege s are also granted on the basis of private land ownership, history <br /> <br />of use, and other criteria in accordance with the provisions of the Taylor <br /> <br />.Grazing Act. The Bureau, to increase the production of forage, employs <br /> <br />various management practices, dependent on the needs and potential of the <br /> <br />particular terrain. Many of these are undertaken in cooperation with the <br /> <br />livestock operators. These include (but are not limited to) fencing, reseed- <br /> <br />ing, or revegetation, soil erosion control, brush eradication, noxious weed <br /> <br />control, fire control, road construction, water development, regulation of . <br /> <br />numbers,. and control of seasons of use. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />2. Recreation. In cooperation with the Bureau of Sport Fi sheries and <br /> <br />Wil4life and the State game and fish departments, th\3 Bureau manages the <br /> <br />public lands for the optimum development and utilization of wildlife and fish <br /> <br />consistent with other uses. This is achieved by developments andaUocating <br /> <br />public land areas necessary to propagate certain species. In addition, aU <br /> <br />of the public lands are available to the public.for such recreational pursui~s <br /> <br />l5 <br /> <br />