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The Morton County Grazing Association was born. On April 7, 1943 the first meeting of the Morton County Grazing Association took place. There were sixteen applicants in attendance at that meeting. The initial grazing was to be on a temporary basis, 525 animal units for four months. The applications to grazing totaled 1,257 AUMs. The grazing fee the government charged was 35 cents per head. The association agreed that an additional 35 cents would be charged to the permittees. The additional fee would be used for salt, minor fence repair, windmill repair, and to employ a man to look after the cattle, repair fences and windmills, and take care of salting.The Morton County Grazing Association is the only grazing permittee of the Cimarron National Grassland administered by the USDA Forest Service. The current organization of Grazing Association consists of 100 members, a Board of Directors (a president, and two board members), and a manager, three range riders and a secretary hired by the association. The manager works closely with Forest Service personnel on the administration of the Grazing Agreement. The grazing fee charged to each member includes the government fee and a grazing association fee to cover the cost of the manager, riders and secretary.(source description).