[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: 36CFR222.9]

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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. 222.9  Range improvements.

    (a) The Chief, Forest Service, is authorized to install and maintain 
structural and nonstructural range improvements needed to manage the 
range resource on National Forest System lands and other lands 
controlled by the Forest Service.
    (b) Such improvements may be constructed or installed and 
maintained, or work performed by individuals, organizations or agencies 
other than the Forest Service subject to the following:
    (1) All improvements must be authorized by cooperative agreement or 
memorandum of understanding, the provisions of which become a part of 
the grazing permit(s).
    (2) Title to permanent structural range improvements shall rest in 
the United States.
    (3) Title to temporary structural range improvements may be retained 
by the Cooperator where no part of the

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cost for the improvement is borne by the United States.
    (4) Title to nonstructural range improvements shall vest in the 
United States.
    (5) Range improvement work performed by a cooperator or permittee on 
National Forest System lands shall not confer the exclusive right to use 
the improvement or the land influenced.
    (c) A user of the range resource on National Forest System lands and 
other lands under Forest Service control may be required by the Chief, 
Forest Service, to maintain improvements to specified standards.
    (d) Grazing fees or the number of animal months charged shall not be 
adjusted to compensate permittees for range improvement work performed 
on National Forest System lands: Provided, That, in accordance with 
section 32(c), title III, Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, the cost to 
grazing users in complying with requirements of a grazing permit or 
agreement may be considered in determining the annual grazing fee on 
National Grasslands or land utilization projects if it has not been used 
in establishing the grazing base value.