Some of the rules that may be attached to allotments by the government against the rancher :
Wildlife
• Maintain all existing livestock waters and keep them available for wildlife use.
• Do not allow salt to be placed within one-quarter mile of water sources.
• Wildlife escape ramps would be placed in all livestock and wildlife waters.
• All new and reconstructed fences would be designed to allow for movement of mule deer, antelope and elk.
• Manage livestock grazing within protected and restricted Mexican spotted owl habitats to provide for woody and herbaceous vegetation necessary for prey species.
• Manage livestock grazing with northern goshawk habitat so that average use would not exceed 20% and would not exceed 40% in key areas.
• Conduct annual northern alpomado falcon surveys within identified potential habitat to track potential prey populations and to verify presence or absence of falcons.
• Protect nesting substrate of any northern alpomado falcon nests (if nesting occurs) from rubbing of livestock through appropriate protective measures (i.e. fencing).
Cultural Resources
• Protect known archeological sites by using management practices that would discourage livestock grazing within those areas.
Range
• Locate waters away from springs and other sensitive areas
• Salting and mineral locations would be at least ¼ mile from water locations.
• Routine inspections would be conducted to utilization level and monitor range and watershed conditions as prescribed the Terms and Conditions of each permit and Allotment Operating Instructions.
• Range analysis and production-utilization surveys would be conducted, as funding allows.
Water Quality
• The applicable BMPs would be incorporated to improve water quality during range and watershed improvement projects. As a minimum, utilize 22.1 and 22.11 through 22.16 as listed in the Forest Service Handbook 2509.22 (see Appendix C of EA) and Soil and Water Conservation Handbook, R-3 Transmittal, Effective December 3, 1990:
• To ensure that all project implementation contains site-specific BMP’s (best management practices) developed through the IRM process.
• To ensure that all new and renewed term grazing permits contain provisions for compliance with water pollution control and abatement regulations and standards under the authority of the Clean Water Act as an enforceable condition to those agreements.
• To do monitoring to ensure application of BMP’s as designed.
I have to back up a bit. You posted about “vacated historical allotments.” I googled it and came up with a lot of your posts.
I’m trying to understand who was allotting what, and to whom. What period of history are we talking about (i.e. when)? And what changed? What was vacated, when, and by who? Forgive me for being dense. It seems you are referring to some sort of federal regulation but I still don’t understand “allotment.” And what is “BMP”?