Grazing Term Permit Renewal for Newby Cattle Co. (permit # 2705036) on the Garden Spring (#01065), White Rock (#01078) and Summit Spring (#01077) allotments.

The purpose and need for the action is to fully process the renewal of the grazing permit for Newby Cattle Co. (permit # 2705036) on the Garden Spring (#01065), White Rock (#01078) and Summit Spring (#01077) allotments. The current term permit for Newby Cattle Co. (#2705036) is issued under the appropriations act for the period of 1/21/2010 to 2/28/2012. The issuance of the term permit would be for a period of up to 10 years. An overview of the current permitted use is shown below in Table 1.

Current term permit:

Table 1. Permitted Grazing Use, Newby Cattle Co. (#2705036)
Allotment	Acres	Livestock	# of Head*	Turn-Out	Removal	% PL**	AUM’s
Garden Spring	39,225	Cattle	348	1-Oct	31-May	100	2792
Garden Spring	39,225	Horse	4	1-Oct	31-May	100	32
White Rock	32,984	Cattle	361	1-Oct	31-May	100	2896
Summit Spring	17,603	Cattle	90	1-Oct	31-May	100	722
* these numbers are approximate
** % public land, for billing purposes only

Allotment Summary:

Table 2. Allotment Summary
Allotment	Acres	Wild Horse Herd Area (not HMA)	Special Status Species	Wilderness area
Garden Spring	39,225	Blue Nose Peak and Clover Mountain	Desert Tortoise	Clover Mountain
White Rock	32,984	Blue Nose Peak	Desert Tortoise	Mormon Mountain
Summit Spring	17,603	none	Desert Tortoise	none

An evaluation of the rangeland monitoring data and rangeland health will be conducted for the Garden Spring, White Rock and Summit Spring allotments. This data will be summarized in a standards determination document.

The Garden Spring, White Rock and Summit Spring allotments are located in the Tule Desert. These allotments can be found on the 1:100K Clover Mountains map. They can also be found on all or portions of the 1:24K Garden Spring, Blue Nose Peak, Toquop Gap, Lyman Crossing, Carp, Tule Spring, Lime Mountain, Jacks Mountain and Mesquite NW maps. The legal description of the general location of these allotments is all or portions of T.08S R.68-69E, T.09S R.68-69E and T.10S R.68-70E in Lincoln County, Nevada.

Contact Information:

Heather Richter
Rangeland Management Specialist
(775) 726-8100