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SACRA~O GRAING ASSOCIA nON
May 29.
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2002
Mr. Fra Maez Distct Rager
Sacameno Raer Distct
P;O. Box
288
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Cloudcroft N.M. 88317
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Fra
May 10,2002 as wel as May 23.2002. We wi aner both
inme an we ar attemptig to stay
We recived your leter of
along with a leter to document our dissson in Apri. :As you knowonr cae ar our only soUr of compliance with aU your. Ter'an Conditions of alotmt. We would not delbetely violae any ofthcm. In yoUr leter of you spoke oftbe seous drough and the lack of
in
the permt, we must sign to util our
May 10. 2002
water in all-alotments ths sprig, as
stock tan and spri dr or low. Havi our water'. fecè offfrom cae tht are
pasg ,Íhough our south suer pastue ha force US.to ope the ga on the nver as
we are day k~in tr of the catte as they move to mounta pàs. We are not ,
trg to graz'Cae in exclosues you have exclose on our aloten and we have taen
lea pase off
catè off as sóoii as they came up as the weaer waed up and they bean to dr. We the alotment to tr to kee our caeso th. we could suve: and at
the sae tie ,abide by the pety you
have pla on us. .ThGae and Fis. have
th sttemen. We ar rely'on their word. We have
tr to det eae of
agee to t8e en,ou. elk off our alotment to resre our fu cae numbe (553 hea)
and you are a witns as we are of ha the added complication of
thei USFS ta that were not
gQIIgtQ be on the idQtment forawhiean4 reta. theÇletl_Çl~u.lpalitteJater. Th
1i be stessf for the catte as wel as for us an ha be of no bcteft to 1"8 Of ~ it . . hà seed only as another stpultion of our pet we must comply with. Ourcae
are al taed with our tas ås well as branded and it is our underdi tht ths is what
our pennt stpulates. Weare try to be good stewards of futue as well as our chidren's and grandchidren's. Takg ca of
the lad as we look to. our .
the land is our greates
by the F S.
hope fora futue. Exp to us ha ben tremendous as we Ílemt to ru a profitale
rach and cOQlply with the added, stpulatons pla on us
Pertg to the stewardsp of our alotmen we agai asked to go into the south suer
pase fist as it ha ha the longest rest of the two. We then saw by your moiutorig
resuts tht the south was indee in a litte beer condition, but 'we st told the north was the speifed pase. . You told us when we visited wi you to let the cae dr
afer our move up date, you believed as we did, th might be the wisest thg to do
becse of
the lack offorage. We are not leavig them in the sout pae, and are
bradigànd movig them to the nort as son as they coine up. We are alost fied
with getthem braded and reted with your ta. We may have some catte not
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yet whee th belong. but wi be as son as possible. Plea uner we are not
tr to viola our pet ter an
condtions. We ar doin wh mus be done in
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tr ti tha we feel wi no las roev.
Sincely.
Sacreno Gr Ason
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