Point Reyes National Seashore is under siege by the National Park Service; the organization sworn to protect this fragile and unique ecosystem for the benefit of the public access and recreation, biodiversity and wildlife.
Tule Elk have become the symbol of a battle between private enterprise and public interest.
Shocking two-minute video of our Congressman Jared Huffman offering up California's native Tule elk to Representative Garret Graves (Rep) of Louisiana in his legislative efforts to pass Bill HR 6687 perpetuating private commercial ranching on Point Reyes National Seashore and promoting the killing of native Tule elk.
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.
“An analysis of the public comments submitted to the National Park Service regarding the future management of Pt. Reyes National Seashore shows an overwhelming preference for wilderness and wildlife over commercial ranching and dairies."
- Ken Bouley, concerned local citizen.”
Project Coyote, as well as hundreds of other organizations and individuals, submitted comments to the NPS’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement for PRNS and Golden Gate Natl. Recreation Area speaking out against expansion of ranching in the park arguing that such a proposal will only increase conflicts between wildlife and livestock.
Lets be clear: This is NOT private land. This is public land.
The Tule Elk, once thought to be extinct, have been a pillar of success in local conservation work and Point Reyes National Seashore is the only national park where you can view these animals. Please sign to support their protection.
After the drought of 2012-2015 when 250 Tule Elk died due to lack of water in their reserve, the National Park Service promised to provide supplemental water when the ponds dry up.
To date, they have not done so.
Read more and please consider signing ALDF's petition to protect these animals.
Resource Renewal Institute states "...Designated an International Biosphere Preserve by the United Nations, the Point Reyes National Seashore and adjacent GGNRA serve as vital refuges for more than a hundred federally listed species."
Please join our growing coalition in urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to protect Point Reyes Seashore & GGNRA.
Ranchers at PRNS are wealthier than 90% of the American population and still receive discounted rents, disproportionately low grazing fees and subsidies to support their enterprises - all funded with our tax dollars.
Part 2 of a series exploring the old, but still standing, Tule elk fence while discovering more corpses and and wildlife hazards.