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<br /> <br /> <br />o <br />C> <br /> <br />(0.' <br /> <br />-' <br />.c- <br />O' <br /> <br />Tag or Grazing Act <br /> <br />THE "FIRST LAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM" <br /> <br />%- <br /> <br />Before the p.1Ss.1ge of the <br />Taylor Cr.ll.ing Act in 1934, <br />there was httle regulation <br /><lnJ no management. Must <br />authorities believed that all rublIc <br />land would evt'ntuJlly pass into <br />private o.....nership and, therefure, <br />.my mont'Y spent for management <br />would be lost. Nevertheless, <br />~lditions un the public range <br />reached such a state by the t930s that <br />ranchers were demanding anion. <br /> <br />Congress respondt'J by p<lssing thf' <br />Taylor Cr.1llng Act which provided <br />the first program of adivl' Illanage- <br />ment ot public dom.lin l,mds. <br />However, tht., Act WdS limited in <br />scope .md objectives. It W.\S designed <br />solely to regul.lle livl'stod. gr.lling <br />and 10 Improve thl' productive <br />l-.lptl(lty of the public range, ,md it <br />recognized .1 singlt> ronstlluenry <br />the domestic livl'stock oper<ltix. <br />