§1908 Experimental Stewardship Program

Summary

The Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture must create and run an experimental program on selected public rangelands that represent different conditions. The program will give incentives or rewards to people with grazing permits or leases who improve the land. It will test new grazing management ideas and may include cooperative projects with federal, state, and local users, allowing up to 50 percent of the fee owed to be paid as range improvement work, and other incentives. By December 31, 1985, the Secretaries must report to Congress on the experiment, evaluate the fee set in section 1905 and other fee options, and recommend a grazing fee schedule for 1986 and later years.