5-5-10.3. Factors considered in appraisals of grazing lands.
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.