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The Forest Service currently administers 3.8 million acres of national grasslands as part of the 191 million acre National Forest System. These lands were originally acquired under the authority of Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937 and were assigned to the Forest Service for administration in 1954. In the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, Congress specifically included national grasslands as a unit of the “National Forest System.” National grasslands therefore are subject not just to the requirements of the BJFTA but also to the requirements of other laws generally applicable to the rest of the National Forest System. Although the revelation that national grasslands are subject to the BJFTA and other laws applicable to the National Forest System may not seem especially startling, it should help to dispel certain myths that have been perpetuated over the years about which laws apply to national grasslands and how those laws should be interpreted.