United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-02-09 monographic deposited born digital 12 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-355R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-355R P0b002ee180387216 f:d06355r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-355R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-355R GAO-06-355R Federal property management Grazing rights Land management Licenses National parks Policy evaluation User fees Livestock Correspondence A46637 In our September 2005 report, Livestock Grazing: Federal Expenditures and Receipts Vary, Depending on the Agency and the Purpose of the Fee Charged, we reported that the National Park Service (Park Service) allowed livestock grazing on nearly 1.6 million acres at 31 park units. To manage grazing on their lands, the park units spent at least $410,000 in fiscal year 2004, which included activities such as fence maintenance, personnel, and monitoring resource conditions; they also collected about $196,000 in receipts from ranchers for the privilege of grazing livestock on Park Service lands. In fiscal year 2004, the park units retained about $192,000, or 98 percent, of the receipts collected. During the course of our work, we found that the park units were not consistently implementing the Park Service's special uses permit guidance for fee-setting and cost-recovery. This letter presents the results of our further evaluation of the park units' efforts to manage grazing permits on their lands and makes recommendations to strengthen the Park Service's guidance for setting fees, recovering costs, and retaining funds. This letter discusses (1) the fees that park units charge for grazing permits and (2) reporting and retaining of cost-recovery amounts from grazing permits. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-355R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-355R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-355R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-355R.pdf GAO-06-355R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-355R Correspondence GAO-06-355R; National Park Service: Opportunities Exist to Clarify and Strengthen Special Uses Permit Guidance on Setting Grazing Fees and Cost-Recovery; Federal property management Grazing rights Land management Licenses National parks Policy evaluation User fees Livestock