Rangeland Management and Livestock Grazing
This factsheet summarizes USDA's proposed rule to update grazing permit issuance, eligibility and qualifications, and revise grazing fee provisions to ensure consistent fee-setting across national forests and grasslands in 16 contiguous Western states. The Forest Service is taking immediate steps to remove barriers to grazing on National Forest System lands, improving how the agency manages the land and collaborates with partners and permittees.
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Rangeland management proposed grazing rule
On Nov. 10, 2026, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and U.S. Department of the Interior Doug Burgum announced a proposed rule to expand access to grazing allotments for American ranchers. The rule proposed to update grazing permit issuance, eligibility and qualifications, and revises grazing fee provisions to ensure consistent fee-setting across national forests and grasslands…
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Apply for Grazing Permits
Kendall Eisele, Mark Eisele, and Paige Matthews sort cattle in a corral on Pole Mountain, Medicine Bow National Forest, near Laramie, Wyoming, before moving the herd onto summer range. The work requires ranching families and others to coordinate cattle movements while monitoring…
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Permitted Livestock Grazing
UPDATE: Read the Forest Service Fact Sheet for grazing permittees about the New World screwworm (PDF, 102 KB)America’s rangelands are more than open spaces. They are working landscapes that provide habitat, clean water and recreation opportunities while supporting rural communities and local economies that help feed the nation…
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Rangeland Management
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A rancher on horseback rounds up cattle for Nolan Yocum, who has a permit on the Canyon Creek grazing allotment on the Tahoe National Forest. The Yocum family has held the permit on the 18,000-acre allotment for six years. They were moving cattle off the allotment at the end of the…