[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR222.10]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 222_RANGE MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart A_Grazing and Livestock Use on the National Forest System
 
Sec. 222.10  Range betterment fund.

    In addition to range development which is accomplished through funds 
from the rangeland management budget line item and the Granger-Thye Act, 
and deposited and nondeposited cooperative funds, range development may 
also be accomplished through use of the range betterment fund as 
follows:
    (a) On National Forest land within the 16 contiguous western States, 
the Chief, Forest Service, shall implement range improvement programs 
where necessary to arrest range deterioration and improve forage 
conditions with resulting benefits to wildlife, watershed protection, 
and livestock production. One-half of the available funds will be 
expended on the National Forest where derived. The remaining one-half of 
the fund will be allocated for range rehabilitation, protection and 
improvements on National Forest lands within the Forest Service Regions 
where they were derived. During the planning process there will be 
consultation with grazing permittees who will be affected by the range 
rehabilitation, protection and improvements, and other interested 
persons or organizations.
    (b) Range betterment funds shall be utilized only for on-the-ground 
expenditure for range land betterment, including, but not limited to, 
seeding and reseeding, fence construction, water development, weed and 
other plant control, and fish and wildlife habitat enhancement within 
allotments.

(Sec. 1, 30 Stat. 35, as amended (16 U.S.C. 551); sec. 1, 33 Stat. 628 
(16 U.S.C. 472); sec. 32, 50 Stat. 525, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1011); sec. 
19, 64 Stat. 88 (16 U.S.C. 5801); Title IV, Pub. L. 94, 90 Stat. 2771 
(43 U.S.C. 1751, et seq.); 92 Stat. 1803 (43 U.S.C. 1901))

[42 FR 56732, Oct. 28, 1977, as amended at 44 FR 61345, Oct. 25, 1979]