Comments closed August 24
Support unified management plan for Farallones and Cordell Bank sanctuaries
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
- What
- Public input now shapes how two major California marine sanctuaries are protected for years ahead.
- Where
- Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, CA
- How much
- Greater Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries shelter wildlife, clean water, and climate-resilient ocean habitat off California.
- Decided
- Comments closed August 24, 2026. No decision document is on file yet.Date from Federal Register ↗, read October 29, 2026.
Where these four lines come from
- WhatOur plain-English read of the Federal Register 2026-13932 ↗. 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.
- DecidedAugust 24, 2026, from Federal Register, the notice's DATES field (federalregister.gov API) ↗: “NOAA will consider all written comments that are received by 5 pm Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on August 24, 2026.”. Read October 29, 2026. The decision document is the one on file in PLAN’s record.
- Read from PLAN’s record November 9, 2026.
John Armor
Director, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
A person signed this, not an agency. The window has closed and the signature stands, which is exactly when accountability matters.
National Ocean Service
Assistant Administrator
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My name is [your name] and I'm calling from [your city and state]. John Armor, Director, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, signed the decision on Support unified management plan for Farallones and Cordell Bank sanctuaries. I'm asking the National Ocean Service to withdraw that decision and require full environmental review before anything proceeds. Please record that I called and tell me what the office intends to do.
Official channels only, about this decision. No personal phone numbers, no home addresses, no personal social accounts, and nothing abusive. The point is to make the office answer, and an abusive call is the one thing that lets it off the hook.
What the proposal said, and what the decision did
No figure from the proposal has been checked against the decision on this fight yet. What the record does hold is the issues ledger below.
No decision document is on PLAN’s record for this fight yet. When the agency’s decision lands, what it answered goes here.
Protective action worth supporting
Public input now shapes how two major California marine sanctuaries are protected for years ahead.
What’s at risk
If we stay silent
Our plain-English read of the official notice ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words below.
In the agency’s own words
NOAA is reviewing the management plans of the Greater Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries (GFNMS/CBNMS) to evaluate progress toward the sanctuaries' goals and to develop a unified management plan for both sanctuaries. NOAA is requesting information from individuals, organizations, Tribes, and government agencies on the priority activities that NOAA should address. In addition to receiving written comments through electronic submission, NOAA will provide an opportunity for oral comment at a meeting of the sanctuaries' advisory councils. NOAA currently does not anticipate proposing changes to re…
The groups on this fight
2 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 a case filed over it naming the group; predicted likely to care is a guess from the group's sourced work in California, with no link to this decision. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.
- National Audubon Society
In on this fight · linked
Filed its own comment on this decision on August 31, 2026.
Their comment on regulations.gov ↗ - Surfrider Foundation
In on this fight · linked
Filed its own comment on this decision on August 31, 2026.
Their comment on regulations.gov ↗ - California Wilderness Coalition
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Chuckwalla National Monument, California: Spent years building the designation campaign with Tribal nations and now defends the monument as an intervenor in federal court.
- Joshua Tree National Park Association
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Joshua Tree National Park, California: A nonprofit partner of Joshua Tree National Park.
- Los Padres ForestWatch
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Los Padres National Forest, California: Has led opposition to oil drilling in the Los Padres region for two decades and is fighting the plan to reopen 400,000 acres to leasing.
- Yosemite Conservancy
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Yosemite National Park, California: A nonprofit partner of Yosemite National Park.
Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.
Who signs it
John Armor
Director, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Where the notice says so
The ground
The window has closed, so there’s no watch to set on it here.
In court on this ground
No court case we track is over Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary and Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.
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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