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By 04/28/2021
After a sometimes-contentious meeting that lasted more than 10 hours on Earth Day, the California Coastal Commission approved, 5-4, an amended consistency determination for the Point Reyes National Seashore’s general management plan amendment, meaning the plan is considered consistent “to the maximum extent practical” with the state’s rules for the coastal zone.
The determination was technically a narrow one: Because the park is federal land, the commission only has jurisdiction on “spillover effects” on coastal resources, and only effects that have population-level ramifications. Initially, coastal staff only found spillover effects on water and marine resources, but that didn’t stop scores of public commenters, including many nonprofit groups and other individuals, from pushing the commission to do what it could to influence the plan, which is focused on the park’s ranchlands, an area amounting to 28,700 acres in the se
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Point Reyes plan for cattle ranches, elk herds faces impassioned opposition ahead of key vote
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A bull Tule Elk stands in a dry pond inside the Tomales Point Tule Elk Reserve inside Point Reyes National Seashore in August.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Two tule bull elk graze next to cattle in a field along Drake’s Beach Road at the Point Reyes National Seashore in April 2020.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
As Point Reyes National Seashore finalizes a plan to continue cattle ranching in the park, opponents are waging a last-ditch effort to rein in the tradition.