Nevada Grazing Boards exist for the benefit of ranchers who graze public lands. They help ensure that the funds generated from grazing fees actually go back into the land and into solutions that matter to ranching families. Getting involved gives ranchers a real voice in how projects are planned, funded, and executed on their allotments.
1. grazing fees are paid to the federal agency
When ranchers pay their federal grazing fees, that money doesn't disappear into a general fund. A portion of it is returned to Nevada specifically to support the rangelands where those cattle graze. Here's how it works:
2. a share of those funds comes back to the nevada treasury
3. the state treasury turns the money over to the county treasurer's earmarked for rangeland improvement fund.
4. grazing boards decide how the funds are used and request funds from those county coffers.