WSP04107

• File Number: 8027
• Description: Section D General Correspondence-Federal Agencies
• Date: 12/29/1964
• Title: BLM 1965-1966-Classifications Under the Classification and Multiple Use Act-Discussion Draft
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Discussion Drsft

1721.3-3 Criteria for classification for retention and interim
management.

To be classifi~d for retention'and interim management, lands
must have value for one or more of the following uses:

,(a) Domestic livestock grazing, This includes the
protection, use and development of forage producing
public lands and the management of livestock ,use to
obtain a sustained yield of forage and livestock
products, in accordance with the principles of the Taylor
Grazing Act, as amended, (43 USC 315 et seq.) and the
Alaska Grazing Act (48 USC 471 et seq.)

Lands may be retained and managed if they are
physically suitable for production of livestock forage,
and federal ownership is required to:

(1) Stabilize the livestock industry dependent
on the public lands, or

(2) Avoid economically burdensome diminuation of
grazing privileges to livestock operators
dependent in whole or in part upon the public
lands, or

(3) Assure effective and econo~ical administration
of grazing districts.

(b) ; Fish and wildlife development and utilization. This
includes the management and development of habitat to
obtain a sustained yield of fish and wildlife, and the
provision of access for the utilization of fish and
wildlife, under appropriate coordination with interested
State and Federal agencies. Lands may be retained and
managed if they are physically suitable for fish and
wildlife habitat, and federal ownership is required to:

(1) Provide an adequate area of hunting and fishing
ground for the general public, or

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(2) M~intain habitat and food supply for the fish
and wildlife population dependent upon the public
lands and being maintained under federal and
state programs.

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