Relationship Between Active AUMs and Permitted Use

The Allotment Master Report provides both.

In this example from the Blue Wing Allotment in Nevada, C-Punch Ranch receives 14,058 active AUMs but the permitted use is 25,864.

Which one represents the forage allocation for livestock?

Sometimes the BLM moves AUMs into the suspended column because of fires, drought, solar arrays, mines, etc.

Those AUMs can shift back to active use when conditions improve or after the useful life of the project.

The relationship between these variables is:

Active AUMs = Permitted Use – Suspended AUMs

or

Permitted Use = Active AUMs + Suspended AUMs

Western Horse Watchers uses active AUMs when comparing forage allocations for wild horses and livestock.

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