Open for comment · closes November 27
Oppose cattle grazing on Sierra's Rodgers Ridge and Sweetwater allotments
U.S. Forest Service · Rodgers Ridge Grazing Allotment, Sweetwater Grazing Allotment
- What
- The Forest Service wants to allow permitted cattle grazing on two Sierra National Forest allotments, and the public can comment through 11/27/2026.
- Where
- Rodgers Ridge Grazing Allotment, Sweetwater Grazing Allotment, Sierra National Forest, CA
- How much
- Cattle grazing on the Rodgers Ridge and Sweetwater allotments would be authorized on public land in Sierra National Forest.
- By when
- Comments to U.S. Forest Service by November 27, 2026.Date from Forest Service CARA comment page ↗, read November 14, 2026.
What to ask forAll 3 points →
Require the Forest Service to publish the grazing levels, locations, and environmental effects for the Rodgers Ridge and Sweetwater Allotments, since the notice describes none of them.
Where these four lines come from
- WhatOur plain-English read of the Forest Service project page ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words under Case.
- WhereThe places and states the project page names, as PLAN read them.
- How muchThe first sentence of our What’s at risk read of the notice; the whole read is under Case.
- By whenNovember 27, 2026, from Forest Service CARA comment page, the notice text ↗: “requested through 11/27/2026 11:59:59 PM (Pacific Standard Time)”. Read November 14, 2026.
- Read from PLAN’s record November 14, 2026.
Two ways to be heard on this, and both count. Comment for the legal record, then call the members who answer to you.
Comment now3 holes in the agency’s own analysis
Make these points, in your own words
- Require the Forest Service to publish the grazing levels, locations, and environmental effects for the Rodgers Ridge and Sweetwater Allotments, since the notice describes none of them.
- Ask the Forest Service to explain what variable management means in practice and what limits keep cattle from harming Sierra National Forest lands.
- Oppose authorizing cattle grazing on these allotments until the public can review a full analysis of its effects on Sierra National Forest.
Say something only you can say. The law requires the agency to consider and respond to substantive comments, and specifics are what make a comment substantive.
Affects public lands
The Forest Service wants to allow permitted cattle grazing on two Sierra National Forest allotments, and the public can comment through 11/27/2026.
What’s at risk
If this goes through
Our plain-English read of the official notice ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words below.
In the agency’s own words
Authorize permitted cattle grazing on the Rodgers Ridge and Sweetwater Grazing Allotments using variable management.
Who signs it
The notice names no signer PLAN could read. PLAN names a decision-maker only when the document names one.
The ground
Sierra National Forest
In court on this ground
This fight isn’t bound to a land unit in PLAN’s record yet, so there are no court cases to show for its ground.
Who holds the vote
PLAN’s record doesn’t tie a member of Congress to this fight yet. The scorecard grades the votes and bills that decide public lands; nothing joins a vote or a bill to this decision, so there’s no member to name here without guessing.
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