THE SHAME OF POINT REYES
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The new threat
Horrifically, despite decades of documentation showing the destruction to the park caused by ranchers (much of this documentation even coming from the park service) the park service staff have chosen to increase ranching in every possible way.
Did you know there was a wildlife friendly option? Read about it here.

Here's an overview of the destruction the park is proposing

The park service is proposing to extend ranchers leases to another 20 years, and re-designate 28,700 acres in Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area as a “Ranchland zone.” 

Native tule elk will be in the crosshairs if the National Park Service approves their “Preferred Alternative” (Alternative B) of culling free-roaming elk in the Drake’s Beach and Limantour herds. Tule elk would be hazed on foot by park staff out of cattle pastures, and shot if they persist. 

But also at risk in the park’s preferred plan are an incredibly high diversity of native species, including coho salmon, steelhead trout, California freshwater shrimp, tricolored blackbird, Myrtles silverspot butterfly, California red-legged frog, Western snowy plover, and numerous rare plant species.


The park would allow expanded sheep and goat herds onto 9,000 acres of the proposed Pasture subzone.



Beef cattle would be allowed to graze year-round in the same numbers, and dairies would be allowed a slight increase, in the park's Preferred Alternative.


We oppose the proposed Ranch Core subzone on 180 acres, where row crops could be grown, new buildings constructed, and onsite farm processing plants built. In addition, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, horse boarding, yurts, lodging, ranch stays, and other commercial activities would be allowed to occur on park land, apparently for the profit of the 24 ranchers. These are not concessions, as is usual in National park units.

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  • Blog
  • The Film
  • Donate
  • Truth isn't Easy
    • MALT Considerations
    • The Families (Overview Page) >
      • Mendoza
    • Morning Cup of Cow Shit
    • Adequate Water
    • Regenerative Ranching Debunked
    • An Ecologist's Tour of Point Reyes
    • Wildlife Biologist 1
    • Ignoring the Public
    • Ranching Association
    • All Bonus Video Material
    • 50 Minutes of Destruction
    • 45 Minutes of Marin Destruction
    • Debunking Propaganda
    • Calf Reality
    • Cruelty: Standard Practice
    • Plant Ecology Crash Course
  • Take Action
    • Local Voices Project
    • Contacting Officials and Papers
    • Newsletter signup
    • Contact the Filmmaker
    • Social Media
    • Contact PRNS
    • Plan a screening
    • CBD Action Page
    • Public Comment
  • Resources
    • Regenerative Bullshit
    • Fire
    • Documents >
      • An Administrative History
      • Plants and Cattle
      • Water Waivers
      • Leases
      • Point Blue Study - Ranching Harms Native Birds
      • Ranching and Ravens - Audobon Study
      • Responsive Management Survey
      • FOIA / Rancher Violations
      • PRNS Coastal Watershed Assessment
      • Top Crappy Places
      • An Administrative History of PRNS
      • Original Legislation
      • Ranchers Fighting Against the Seashore
      • The Dynastic Wealth of Point Reyes Ranch Families
    • 'This Land' - The Uncomfortable Truth
    • Bruce Keegan History
    • The New Threat
    • Plan F
    • Facts VS. Myths
    • By The Numbers
    • For Elk
    • Nature in National Parks
  • Sign Up