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S.D. Codified Laws § 5-5-10.3

Factors considered in appraisals of grazing lands

Source: SL 1969, ch 33, § 2; SL 1977, ch 46, § 4.

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.

Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.