Author, ecologist, paleontologist, Laura Cunningham takes Skyler Thomas on a tour of Point Reyes to provide guidance regarding confusing and conflicting information.  In an age where you can find an abundance of misinformation online, how do we know what is the truth?  We approach this using common sense, visual evidence, and science.
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Another excerpt from a field trip into Point Reyes National Seashore with Laura Cunningham. What are some unsuspected consequences of removing native habitat for the sake of creating pasture land? How many of us are aware that the “golf course green hills” that we pass on the highway are far from being wild habitat?
Continuing our examination of Point Reyes National Seashore we take a closer look at exactly what the "golf course greens" mentioned in the previous video consist of.
While exploring a cattle-free section of Point Reyes National Seashore, ecologist, anthropologist, and author, Laura Cunningham, spots some wildlife excrement that she believes to be from Tule elk. This leads to a comparison of wildlife excrement and domestic livestock excrement, particularly that of a dairy cow. 
In this episode Laura and I find an ungrazed section of remnant coastal prairie within Point Reyes National Seashore and the changes in biodiversity from the grazed land is shockingly apparent. On an elementary level it is easy for us to understand why herbivores would benefit from an increase in native plant life, but what about carnivorous predators? What does the increase in biodiversity mean for them?
What's the story behind labeling native brush as invasive?
When "experts" we are meant to trust say one thing but reality says another, what do we do?  One suggestion would be to use common sense and our eyes. Or better yet, combine visual evidence with a guide who can explain why the bias doesn't match reality. :)
Regenerative farming. Soil regeneration. Carbon sequestration. Carbon farming. Etc. These all sound great. And carbon sequestration is great...if we are talking about nature's carbon sequestration. The version being sold to the public defies every natural aspect of actual carbon sequestration, making it just another deception in the process of continuing to harm the planet for the profit of a few.
European plants and cattle lived together for thousands of years before Western settlers unleashed them on the Americas. The land and its living creatures did not (and do not) know how to compete with the invasion, particularly The West, with its unique and sensitive habitat. Livestock is the single largest force behind the loss of native habitat and wildlife, yet that industry tells us to believe livestock are the key to restoring such things. 
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​You can go ahead and believe that right after you believe that we need more poop to fight carbon emissions, that babies don't need their mothers, mothers don't want their babies, and that humans are meant to consume pregnancy lactation from bovines.