Rangeland Management

BLM Efforts to Prevent Unauthorized Livestock Grazing Need Strengthening Gao ID: RCED-91-17 December 7, 1990

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) efforts to detect and deter unauthorized livestock grazing on public rangelands.

GAO found that BLM: (1) did not know the full extent of grazing trespass on its allotments, although such violations occurred frequently; (2) identified staffing shortfalls as a major obstacle in conducting a more effective trespass detection program; (3) had no systematic approach for detecting grazing trespass; (4) processed most trespass incidents informally and without penalties; (5) failed to assess required penalties in the most serious trespass cases; (6) did not have an adequate management information system to provide top management with comprehensive data about the effectiveness of trespass enforcement by field offices; and (7) failed to adequately document trespass case files.

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