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<br />,... <br />0') <br />~ <br />(0 <br /> <br />c. Land Treatment. Land treatment measures are designed to improve <br />vegetative cover, induce infiltration, and control or reduce runoff <br />to acceptable levels. These include: <br /> <br />- rangeland seeding <br />- control of undesirable brush <br />- prescribed burning <br />- fertll i zat i on <br />- pitting, ripping, chiseling, deep plowing <br />'. contour furrowing, plowing', trenching <br />- waterspreadi ng <br />- water and erosion control structures. <br /> <br />Land treatment measures are effective only in combination with good <br />grazing management and a comprehensive watershed management plan. <br /> <br />4. Application to federal, state andpriyate lands <br /> <br />The principles of good grazing management and best management practices <br />apply ecpJally well to rangelands in all ownerships, but management objectives <br />may differ. Federal lands involve a multiplicity of uses as directed by law, <br />state lands are generally managed to deriye maximum revenues as directed by <br />state constituti ons ,and the pri vate land owner is perhaps most interested in <br />net economic returns. Generally the paramount consideration is sustained <br />forage yield consistent with watershed stability. Because of intermingled <br />ownerships of rangelands in Region VIII, the importance of consultation and <br />coordination in all actions can not be overemphasized. <br /> <br />5. Manaqement aqenci es <br /> <br />Generally Conservation Districts, the State Conservation Commission, or <br />counties have been designated as management agencies for private sector <br />lands. Conservation Districts are implementation agencies at the local <br />level. Conservation Districts have the authority, cOlll11itment, access to <br />teChnical expertise, and knowledge of local conditions to carry out an <br />effective voluntary erosion control program on priv~~e lands. <br /> <br />In accordance with Section 208 of 'the Clean Water Act, the state <br />governors have designated the .BLM and the Forest Service as official water <br />qual ity management agencies for 1 ands under their juri sdiction. Interagency <br />agreements between the states and the federal agenci es addressi ng program <br />responsibiliti es have been consunmatedin Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and South <br />Dakota. Litigation has delayed completion of the interagency agreement with <br />Colorado, and the minor acreage of scattered federal land in North Dakota has <br />been included in the state water quality management program. <br /> <br />- 16 - <br />