Comments closed July 13
Stop weakening grazing rules on public lands
Bureau of Land Management · BLM-managed public lands (contiguous United States), AK
- What
- Federal agencies want to rewrite the rules that protect public lands from overgrazing damage.
- Where
- BLM-managed public lands (contiguous United States), AK
- How much
- Millions of acres of BLM-managed public land across the contiguous United States could face weaker land health protections.
- Decided
- Comments closed July 13, 2026. No decision document is on file yet.Date from Federal Register ↗, read May 12, 2026.
Where these four lines come from
- WhatOur plain-English read of the Federal Register 2026-09387 ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words under Case.
- WhereThe places and states the notice 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.
- DecidedJuly 13, 2026, from Federal Register, the document’s comment close date (federalregister.gov) ↗. Read May 12, 2026. The decision document is the one on file in PLAN’s record.
- Read from PLAN’s record October 15, 2026.
What the proposal said, and what the decision did
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Affects public lands
Federal agencies want to rewrite the rules that protect public lands from overgrazing damage.
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
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) are proposing to revise the grazing regulations, Grazing Administration--Exclusive of Alaska, to establish a new part addressing land health management, with certain provisions relocated from existing regulations, and to make conforming updates to the regulations that govern administrative appeals of BLM grazing decisions to OHA's Departmental Cases Hearings Division (DCHD). We solicit comment on all aspects of this rule.
The groups on this fight
13 groups are in on this fight
In on this fight means a link on this decision itself: the group's own regulations.gov comment on it, or the case filed over it naming the group. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.
- Arizona Trail Association
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Filed its own comment on this decision on July 20, 2026.
Their comment on regulations.gov ↗ - Backcountry Hunters & Anglers
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Filed its own comment on this decision on July 20, 2026.
Their comment on regulations.gov ↗ - Earthjustice
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Counsel in American Prairie Foundation v. United States Department of Interior (live).
Source ↗ - Gallatin Wildlife Association
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Filed its own comment on this decision on July 10, 2026.
Their comment on regulations.gov ↗ - Grand Canyon Trust
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Filed its own comment on this decision on July 16, 2026.
Their comment on regulations.gov ↗ - Greater Yellowstone Coalition
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Filed its own comment on this decision on July 20, 2026.
Their comment on regulations.gov ↗ - National Wildlife Federation
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Filed its own comment on this decision on July 16, 2026.
Their comment on regulations.gov ↗ - Oregon Wild
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Filed its own comment on this decision on July 16, 2026.
Their comment on regulations.gov ↗ - Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
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Filed its own comment on this decision on July 16, 2026.
Their comment on regulations.gov ↗ - Rewilding Institute
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Filed its own comment on this decision on July 20, 2026.
Their comment on regulations.gov ↗ - Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
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Filed its own comment on this decision on July 16, 2026.
Their comment on regulations.gov ↗ - Western Watersheds Project
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Filed its own comment on this decision on July 20, 2026.
Their comment on regulations.gov ↗ - Wild Sheep Foundation
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Filed its own comment on this decision on July 16, 2026.
Their comment on regulations.gov ↗
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