---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 700.711"
title: "25"
number: "700.711"
heading: "Grazing permits."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/700.711"
---

# §700.711. Grazing permits.

- (a) All livestock grazed on the New Lands must be covered by a grazing permit authorized and issued by the Commissioner on Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation.
- (b) **Permit holders must—**
  - (1) Be enrolled Navajo Tribal members,
  - (2) Be over 18 years of age,
  - (3) Maintain a permanent residency on the New Lands Range Unit of permit issue, and
  - (4) **Own livestock which graze on the range unit of permit issue.**
- (c) Permits will be issued for a base of 80 SUYL (20 AU) and may not be divided or transferred for less than 80 SUYL.
- (d)
  - (1) Temporary seasonal grazing permits for periods not to exceed one year may be issued to permittees:
    - (i) To use extra forage made available under rotation grazing management as regulated by a range unit management plan,
    - (ii) To use forage created by unusually favorable climatic conditions,
    - (iii) To allow use of range while term permits are held in suspension under [§ 700.715(d)](/cfr/25/700.715.md?p=d).
  - (2) These temporary permits may be reissued prior to termination provided:
    - (i) The permittee is managing grazing in compliance with grazing regulations,
    - (ii) Livestock grazing is in compliance with the cooperative range unit range management plan, and
    - (iii) **Forage is available on the range to sustain the livestock authorized under the temporary permit.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 56 FR 13397, Apr. 2, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 99-590; Pub. L. 93-531, 88 Stat. 1712 as amended by Pub. L. 96-305, 94 Stat. 929, Pub. L. 100-666, 102 Stat. 3929 (25 U.S.C. 640d).

### Source

Source: 47 FR 2092, Jan. 14, 1982, unless otherwise noted.