SPRING CREEK GRAZING ASSOCIATION

What they do

LAND MANAGEMENTISSUING GRAZING PERMITS WHEN USFS LAND is AVAILABLE for LIVESTOCK GRAZING, IT is THE RESPONSIBILITY of THE SCGA to ISSUE A PERMIT for GRAZING. PERMITS ARE GENERALLY ISSUED to RANCHERS OWNING ADJOINING PRIVATE LAND. IF THE RANCHER MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS, THE PERMIT is ISSUED for A TEN-YEAR PERIOD WITH ANNUAL PERMITS ISSUED THAT SHOW MORE DETAILED GRAZING INFORMATION (NUMBER of LIVESTOCK GRAZED IN EACH PASTURE and THE DATES THE LIVESTOCK WILL GO INTO and COME OUT of THE PASTURES).MONITORING GRAZING PERMITS IT is THE RESPONSIBILITY of THE SCGA to ASSURE THE LAND is GRAZED IN A PROPER MANNER. THE LAND and LIVESTOCK ARE MONITORED to BE CERTAIN THE REQUIREMENTS of THE PERMIT ARE BEING FULFILLED. THIS INCLUDES ITEMS SUCH AS MAKING SURE THE LAND is NOT OVERGRAZED, THE NUMBER and TYPE of LIVESTOCK BEING GRAZED ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PERMIT, THE LAND DOES NOT HAVE NOXIOUS WEEDS, LAND DISTURBANCES ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH USFS RULES, CONTAGIOUS DISEASES IN LIVESTOCK ARE CONTROLLE