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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Act <br /> <br />c:> <br />c::> <br />c:> <br />en <br />en <br />t-' <br /> <br />THE "FIRST LAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM" <br /> <br />"'" <br />~ <br /> <br />Before the p.1ssage of the <br />Taylor Grazing Act in 1934, <br />there W.15 little regulation <br />.1nd no mJn.lgement. Most <br />authorities believed thJt all publir <br />1.1IlJ would eventually pass into <br />private ownershIp and, therefore, <br />allY money spent for mJna~ement <br />wou Id be lost. Nevt'rtheless, <br />~nditi()ns on the public r.mge <br />reached such J state by the 19305 that <br />ranchers were demanding action. <br /> <br />Congress respondl.J by p.tssing thl' <br />Taylor Grallng Act which provided <br />the first progr.lI11 of active m.lIlagc- <br />IlH'nt ot publk domain l.mds. <br />However, the Act was limited in <br />scope Jnd obJE'ctlves. It was dl'signeJ <br />solely to regulate livestock grazmg <br />and to Improve the productive <br />caparity llf lhl! publir rangl', <lOJ it <br />fl'cognileJ .1 singll' constituen(y - <br />the domestic hVt:'sh.xk operator. <br />