Over a decade before the Point Blue study came out, the park service had already been warned as to how ranching was affecting the bird populations in Point Reyes. They did nothing about it...as usual. One wonders why they even commission such studies. For the sake of appearances perhaps?
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ecosystem-level-management-of-common-ravens-on-the-point-reyes-national-seashore_11390_roth1999__2_.pdf |
As usual, there was ample evidence of the negative effects of irresponsible ranching in the seashore. Watch the videos below if you dare.