Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73

§1908 Experimental stewardship program

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 37— - PUBLIC RANGELANDS IMPROVEMENT › § 1908

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture must run a trial on chosen public rangelands representing different conditions. The program rewards grazing permit or lease holders who improve the range. It will test grazing approaches, including cooperative projects with federal, state, and local partners, allowing up to 50% of fees to be paid through range improvement work and other incentives they choose. By December 31, 1985, they must report to Congress on it, evaluate the section 1905 fee and other fee options, and recommend a grazing fee schedule for 1986 and later.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §1908

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(a)The Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture are hereby authorized and directed to develop and implement, on an experimental basis on selected areas of the public rangelands which are representative of the broad spectrum of range conditions, trends, and forage values, a program which provides incentives to, or rewards for, the holders of grazing permits and leases whose stewardship results in an improvement of the range condition of lands under permit or lease. Such program shall explore innovative grazing management policies and systems which might provide incentives to improve range conditions. These may include, but need not be limited to—

(1)cooperative range management projects designed to foster a greater degree of cooperation and coordination between the Federal and State agencies charged with the management of the rangelands and with local private range users,

(2)the payment of up to 50 per centum of the amount due the Federal Government from grazing permittees in the form of range improvement work,

(3)such other incentives as he may deem appropriate.

(b)No later than December 31, 1985, the Secretaries shall report to the Congress the results of such experimental program, their evaluation of the fee established in section 1905 of this title and other grazing fee options, and their recommendations to implement a grazing fee schedule for the 1986 and subsequent grazing years.

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43 U.S.C. § 1908

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73