Learn about this national gem and how its being devastated by pollution, habitat loss and giveaways to private industry
Learn about this national gem and how its being devastated by pollution, habitat loss and giveaways to private industry
A National Seashore that truly honors the history of the Coast Miwok in Point Reyes, preserving important cultural and historic sites, as well as taking care to respect and encourage indigenous participation. We listen to Indigenous voices and help make a better future.
The preservation, stewardship, and restoration of the entire Coastal Prairie Ecosystem where wildlife can flourish and be undisturbed and unpolluted by the extractive commercial ranching found across Marin County.
A National Seashore that works to attract a wider variety of people, while protecting the ecology and is accessible to low income communities from the Bay Area and protected for use by the countless generations to come
Point Reyes will become a component of the 30 by 30 plan and function as an important Carbon Sink on the West Coast as it's our ONLY National Seashore on this side of the Continental U.S.
Disregarding climate change, science and more than 7,000 comments from the public, the NPS has released its final General Management Plan Amendment for ranching at Point Reyes Seashore. The plan extends 20-year leases to the 24 ranchers grazing cattle in the Natl. Seashore, allows livestock diversification, and calls for the killing of native Tule elk.
Kehoe Lagoon seethes with 300 times the acceptable amount of Enterococcus, E. Coli's nasty bacterial cousin. Public records show that Park Service administrators and the California Regional Water Quality Control Board have long known that astronomically high levels of microorganisms flow directly from livestock into the Park’s recreational and fishing waters. And these agencies have done nothing to effectively eliminate the source of the potentially lethal bacterial invasions.
My life has been indescribably enriched by public lands, and one of the most beautiful on earth is fast losing its wildness: Point Reyes National Seashore.
Tragically, the very organization charged with protecting Point Reyes, the national park, is hastening its demise.
If approved, the (NPS) proposal will turn this national seashore into a national disgrace.
"You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts." (Daniel P. Moynihan)
There is no shortage of opinions on ranching in Point Reyes National Seashore, but there is a shortage of durable facts.
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The McClure dairy, the largest and oldest dairy in the seashore, will shut down, citing water shortages and a glut of organic milk.
As McClure’s blinks out, now would seem the time to follow up on Rep. Huffman’s suggestion to "expand wilderness areas and maybe even we’ll be expanding elk herds further. "
On April 22, the California Coastal Commission held a virtual hearing to discuss the impact of dairy and cattle ranching at Point Reyes National Seashore. Superintendent Craig Kenkel began his presentation with the words, “Point Reyes is the ancestral home of the Coast Miwok.” Kenkel spent the rest of his talk advocating for a Park Service proposal to increase the terms of ranching leases from five to 20 years.
Contact: lcunningham@westernwatersheds.org
Laura is at the forefront of the coalition to save Point Reyes National Seashore as scientist, artist, ecologist and the California Director for the Western Watersheds Project. She is also the author of “State of Change: Forgotten Landscapes of California,” a Gold Medal Winner of the 2011 California Book Award addressing native California ecosystems that are disappearing as a result of agricultural conversion and development.