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The Taylor Grazing Act was a response to the degradation of public rangelands due to overgrazing and drought in the early 20th century. By establishing a system for regulating grazing through permits and leases, the Act aimed to restore and protect these lands, ensuring their long-term productivity and availability for the livestock industry. [4]
The main section of the ranch is located near the town of Guthrie in King County, Texas. [1] [2] It spans 350,000 acres (550 sq mi; 140,000 ha) of land. [3] The main ranch house is off U.S. Highway 82. [4] The Dixon Creek section spans 108,000 acres (169 sq mi; 44,000 ha) of land in Carson and Hutchinson counties. [4]
Aztec Land and Cattle Company, Limited ("Aztec") is a land company with a historic presence in Arizona. It was formed in 1884 and incorporated in early 1885 as a cattle ranching operation that purchased 1,000,000 acres in northern Arizona from the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad. It then imported approximately 32,000 head of cattle from Texas and ...
The BLM manages livestock grazing on nearly 155 million acres (630,000 km 2) million acres under the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934. [55] The agency has granted more than 18,000 permits and leases to ranchers who graze their livestock, mostly cattle and sheep, at least part of the year on BLM public lands. [ 55 ]
The USGS oversees grazing on these lands and regulates the amount of livestock that can be grazed to ensure that the land remains healthy and productive. The USGS also serves as an advocate for ranchers, helping them access permits, utilize water rights, comply with local regulations, and even negotiate grazing leases on public lands.
Most Spanish ganaderos (livestock owners) didn’t own their own land, having to rent or lease the land by paying tribute or rent. [48] Most pasturelands had restrictions on the amount of livestock that could enter, or even the type of species, as in the dehesas boyales , or dehesas used only for oxen.
Grazing rights is the right of a user to allow their livestock to feed (graze) in a given area.. Grazing rights in action: Leyton Marshes in London, where historic grazing (and other) rights are still in place, although not always willingly acceded by the authorities A large sheep farm in Chile.
Workers can rent plots of land from the owner for a certain sum and keep the whole crop. Workers work on the land and earn a fixed wage from the land owner but keep some of the crop. No money changes hands but the worker and land owner each keep a share of the crop.