Congress found that a substantial amount of federal range lands is deteriorating in quality, and that installation of additional range improvements could arrest much of the continuing deterioration and lead to substantial betterment of forage conditions with resulting benefits to wildlife, watershed production and livestock production. Due to this need, 50 percent or $10,000,000 annually, whichever is greater, of all grazing fees received by the U.S. from the 16 contiguous western states must be credited to a separate Treasury account and used as follows: one-half in the district, region or national forest from which the fees were derived for on the ground range rehabilitation, protection and improvements; one-half for these same purposes as the Secretary concerned directs. These uses must include all forms of range land betterment, including fish and wildlife habitat enhancement. § 1751.
