Factors considered in appraisals of grazing lands

In appraising such grazing lands the following factors shall be taken into consideration: (1) Inventory of the forage resources: kind, amount, and location of vegetation; (2) Accessibility and usability of the forage resources as influenced by topography, availability of stock water and season of usability; (3) Condition of soils--the erosion situation; (4) Other and related resources--such as timber and watershed protection; (5) Annual animal carrying capacity used by other public agencies in the same locality; (6) Pertinent facts and figures submitted by stockmen living in the area and directors of state grazing districts including the land or in its vicinity; (7) Carrying capacity set for similar land in a state grazing district in which the land is situated. Source: SL 1969, ch 33 , § 2; SL 1977, ch 46 , § 4.