In appraising such grazing lands the following factors shall be taken into consideration:
- (1) Inventory of the forage resources: kind, amount, and location of vegetation;
- (2) Accessibility and usability of the forage resources as influenced by topography, availability of stock water and season of usability;
- (3) Condition of soils--the erosion situation;
- (4) Other and related resources--such as timber and watershed protection;
- (5) Annual animal carrying capacity used by other public agencies in the same locality;
- (6) Pertinent facts and figures submitted by stockmen living in the area and directors of state grazing districts including the land or in its vicinity;
- (7) Carrying capacity set for similar land in a state grazing district in which the land is situated.
Source: SL 1969, ch 33 , § 2; SL 1977, ch 46 , § 4.