Livestock Grazing Table

Unit Name	Unit Type	State	Date of Enactment	Citation	Summary of Grazing Provision

Mesa Verde	Park	CO	Jun. 25, 1910	16 U.S.C. s 115.	• Grazing may be permitted, but not in prehistoric ruins or if it excludes the public from free or convenient access thereto.

Lassen Volcanic*	Park	CA	Aug. 9, 1916	16 U.S.C. s 202.	• Prescribes regulations for the “reasonable” grazing of livestock.

Grand Canyon (I)	Park	AZ	Mar. 7, 1928	16 U.S.C. s 221e.	• 48.79 acres added to park on which livestock permitted on adjacent national forest allowed to drift across and graze.

Sequoia*	Park	CA	Jul. 3, 1926	16 U.S.C. s 45c.	• Secretary may allow grazing if not detrimental to the park's primary purpose.

Coronado	Memorial	AZ	Aug. 18, 1941	16 U.S.C. ss 450y-2, 6.	• Grazing may continue when not interfering with recreational development. • Fences prohibited except (a) along international boundary, (b) beside memorial roads or approach roads, and (c) around memorial areas within which improvements have been located by NPS. • Any roads constructed must have cattle underpasses. • Water rights for livestock remain with permittee.

Grand Teton	Park	WY	Sep. 14, 1950	16 U.S.C s 406d-2.	• Grazing grandfathered with 25-year permits for the lifetime of the permittee and any heirs, if heirs were members of the permittee's immediate family on date of enactment. • Permanent stock driveways required across park lands.

Dinosaur	Monument	UT/CO	Sep. 8, 1960	P.L. 86-729.	• Grazing grandfathered with 25-year permits for the lifetime of the permittee and any heirs, if heirs were members of the permittee's immediate family on date of enactment.

Canyonlands* (I)	Park	UT	Sep. 12, 1964	P.L. 88-590.	• Grazing allowed to continue during term of lease and one additional term.

Canyonlands* (II)	Park	UT	Nov. 12, 1971	P.L. 92-154; 16 U.S.C. s 271b.	• Allows renewal of grazing for one additional term if existing on date of enactment. • Allows for permanent livestock trails, watering rights, and driveway.
Unit Name	Unit Type	State	Date of Enactment	Citation	Summary of Grazing Provision

Arches	Park	UT	Nov. 12, 1971	16 U.S.C. ss 272b-c.	• Allows for renewal of existing grazing permits for one additional term. • Allows for permanent livestock trails, watering rights, and driveway designation by “reasonable” regulation.

Capitol Reef (I)	Park	UT	Dec. 18, 1971	16 U.S.C. ss 273b-c.	• Grazing allowed to continue during term of lease and one additional term. • Trailing and watering required with “reasonable” regulation.
Glen Canyon	Recreation Area	AZ/UT	Oct. 27, 1972	16 U.S.C. s 460dd-5.	• Grazing grandfathered, with permits managed by BLM under BLM rules and Park Service conservation guidelines.

Grand Canyon (II)	Park	AZ	Jan. 3, 1975	16 U.S.C. s 228f.	• Grazing on additional lands allowed to continue during term of lease and one additional term. • Permittees within old national monument boundary granted lifetime grazing privilege.

Capitol Reef (II)	Park	UT	Oct. 15, 1982	P.L. 97-341.	• Requires National Academy of Sciences study to: (1) determine the historic and current impact of grazing upon the natural ecosystem and cultural resources of the park; (2) determine the current impact of grazing upon visitor use within the park; (3) evaluate alternatives to grazing within park on adjacent Bureau of Land Management lands; (4) determine the economic impact on grazing permit holders, and on the local economy, if such permits were terminated; and (5) include such other information and findings as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Interior.

Black Canyon of the Gunnison (I)	Monument	UT/CO	Jul. 13, 1984	P.L. 98-357.	• Allows permanent livestock grazing on lands acquired with less than fee interest, if not detrimental to visual resources of the monument. • Construction of fences and stock ponds permitted.

Great Basin (I)	Park	NV	Oct. 27, 1986	16 U.S.C. s 410mm-1(e).	• Grazing permanently grandfathered, subject to any regulations the Secretary may prescribe.

El Malpais	Monument	NM	Dec. 31, 1987	16 U.S.C. s 460uu-3.	• Grazing allowed for 10 years, then terminated.
Unit Name	Unit Type	State	Date of Enactment	Citation	Summary of Grazing Provision

Capitol Reef (III)	Park	UT	Sep. 27, 1988	P.L. 100-446; 16 U.S.C.A. s 2736 nt.	• Grazing occurring on December 18, 1971, entitled to continue for lifetime of the permittee or any direct descendants (sons or daughters) born on or before December. 18, 1971. • No stocking increases or physical improvements allowed. • No vested rights created in public land or forage. • 1982 legislation (P.L. 97-341) requiring National Academy of Sciences study repealed. • Grazing to be managed to encourage the protection of the park's natural and cultural resource values.

Death Valley	Park	CA	Oct. 31, 1994	16 U.S.C. s 410aaa-5.	• Grazing grandfathered at current level, subject to applicable law and regulation. • If the base property attached to a permit becomes available for sale, it shall be prioritized over other park acquisitions, provided agreement on terms of sale can be reached.

Mojave	Preserve	CA	Oct. 31, 1994	16 U.S.C. s 410aaa-50.	• Grazing grandfathered at current level, subject to applicable law and regulation. • If the base property attached to a permit becomes available for sale, it shall be prioritized over other park acquisitions, provided agreement on terms of sale can be reached.

Great Basin (II)	Park	NV	Apr. 26, 1996	16 U.S.C. s 410mm-1(f).	• Allows permittee to donate permit to the Secretary who is required to retire it. • Allows transfer of grazing allotments inside the park for allotments outside the park, if affected agency determines no overgrazing will occur.

Black Canyon of the Gunnison (II)	Park	CO/UT	Oct. 21, 1999	P.L. 106-76 s 4e.	• Grazing allowed at current level, including in wilderness areas within the park, subject to applicable law and regulation, for the following terms: (1) for the lifetime of the individual permit holder; or (2) for the lifetime of individual permit holder, or dissolution of partnership or corporation, in the case of a commercial permit holder. • Secretary may accept voluntary retirement of permits for grazing in park.

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