Billing Records 2024 Region 1 (U.s. Forest Service, Region 1)
| Tracking # |
2025-FS-R1-01351-F 2025-FS-R1-01178-F |
| Multi Request | Billing Records 2024 Region 1 |
| Submitted | Oct. 17, 2024 |
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From: Jimmy Tobias
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
The billing records for all livestock permitees on national forests or national grasslands in Region 1 for the year 2024.
I am a reporter for High Country News.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Jimmy Tobias
From: U.s. Forest Service, Region 1
Good Morning Jimmy,
This email is in response to your below Freedom of Information Act request.
Regarding the records you are seeking, you are asking for the billing records for Region 1 grazing permittees. In lieu of the actual billing records that would take a long time to produce and review, I can provide a database pull with all the pertinent information. Would this fulfill your request, and would you be willing to limit the scope of your request to this database pull?
-Jason
[Forest Service Shield]
Jason Darelius
Regional FOIA Coordinator
Forest Service
Regional Office
Northern Region-R1
c: 406-370-7973
jason.darelius@usda.gov<mailto:jason.darelius@usda.gov>
26 Ft Missoula Rd
Missoula, MT 59804
From: Jimmy Tobias
Hi Jason,
Yes a database pull would be sufficient at this time. We may file follow up requests but a database pull would work for now. Does the database pull include names of permitees? Thank you.
Please confirm receipt of this response.
From: U.s. Forest Service, Region 1
Excellent. I’ll get that out to you today or tomorrow at latest. Also the data pull does include the names.
-Jason
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From: U.s. Forest Service, Region 1
Dear Mr. Tobias,
This email is in response to your below narrowed Freedom of Information Act request to the U.S. Forest Service Northern Region headquarters. Your request was received on October 21, 2024 and assigned case number 2025-FS-R1-01178-F. Attached is our final response to your request along with one responsive record.
v/r,
-Jason
[Forest Service Shield]
Jason Darelius
Regional FOIA Coordinator
Forest Service
Regional Office
Northern Region-R1
c: 406-370-7973
jason.darelius@usda.gov<mailto:jason.darelius@usda.gov>
26 Ft Missoula Rd
Missoula, MT 59804
From: Jimmy Tobias
Thank you again for this! Would it be possible to get this in Xcel format?
From: U.s. Forest Service, Region 1
Hi Jimmy,
Let me check. Will get back to you.
-Jason
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From: U.s. Forest Service, Region 1
Hi Jimmy,
I tried dumping the pdf to excel and it looks good, but it may not be the easiest for data analysis. Attached. The regional range manager was able to pull a spreadsheet but it didn’t have all the same data points as the pdf. Might have to do some copy-paste from the first to the second. I notice the very first entry from the pdf is missing, which might be due to it having a date issued in 2023 vs 2024.
Let me know if that works for you.
-Jason
[Forest Service Shield]
Jason Darelius
Regional FOIA Coordinator
Forest Service
Regional Office
Northern Region-R1
c: 406-370-7973
jason.darelius@usda.gov<mailto:jason.darelius@usda.gov>
26 Ft Missoula Rd
Missoula, MT 59804
From: Jimmy Tobias
Thank you very much! Really appreciate it!
From: Jimmy Tobias
Hi Jason,
One more question: Do you have versions of this spreadsheet that contain a column for permitted use for each permitee?
Jimmy
From: U.s. Forest Service, Region 1
Good Morning Jimmy,
Permitted use for grazing would be for both # of animals, and dates on/off. I’ve attached that info for 2024. We’re providing this under a new case number (2025-FS-R1-01351-F) since it’s more than you asked for in your previous request.
v/r,
-Jason
[Forest Service Shield]
Jason Darelius
Regional FOIA Coordinator
Forest Service
Regional Office
Northern Region-R1
c: 406-370-7973
jason.darelius@usda.gov<mailto:jason.darelius@usda.gov>
26 Ft Missoula Rd
Missoula, MT 59804
From: Jimmy Tobias
Thanks so much. By the way, I wanted to check, can you clarify what billing year Forest Service uses for its rangeland billing? I know BLM goes from March to February, and we wanted to check to see if USFS works on the same time frame? Also, does the agency use the NRM system across all regions for billing purposes?
Thanks again!
Jimmy
From: U.s. Forest Service, Region 1
Good Morning Jimmy,
Just like BLM, the USFS grazing fees take effect March 1 of every year.
Yes, NRM is the database system used across all regions for billing.
-Jason
[Forest Service Shield]
Jason Darelius
Regional FOIA Coordinator
Forest Service
Regional Office
Northern Region-R1
c: 406-370-7973
jason.darelius@usda.gov<mailto:jason.darelius@usda.gov>
26 Ft Missoula Rd
Missoula, MT 59804
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 17, 2024. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2025-FS-R1-01351-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 17, 2024. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2025-FS-R1-01351-F.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: U.s. Forest Service, Region 1
Good Morning Jimmy,
Please see below response on Oct 30. This case has been closed.
-Jason
[Forest Service Shield]
Jason Darelius
Regional FOIA Coordinator
Forest Service
Regional Office
Northern Region-R1
c: 406-370-7973
jason.darelius@usda.gov<mailto:jason.darelius@usda.gov>
26 Ft Missoula Rd
Missoula, MT 59804
From: Jimmy Tobias
Thank you.