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They’re Either FOIA or Against Ya
Timely and honest access to data and reliable information from our government is vital to our democracy. Enshrined in Federal law, the Freedom of Information Act gives the public broad access to the records of Federal departments and agencies. It … Continue reading
National Park Service concealed high levels of toxic material in Drakes Estero project
Critical information withheld from US Army Corps of Engineers permit applications and NEPA documents. There are new developments in the Russian River Times ongoing investigation of National Park Service (NPS) misconduct in Drakes Estero. After their controversial decade-long battle to … Continue reading
Toxic National Park Service
More corruptive acts in the decade long battle to close the historic oyster farm in Drake’s Estero The Russian River Times (RR Times) has obtained photographs and samples from the National Park Service (NPS) Drake’s Estero ‘Restoration’ project site where … Continue reading
Dollars Disappear in Drake’s Estero
National Park Service busts through seal-pupping deadline as fired former diver challenges costs. National Park Service (NPS) was supposed to have finished its Drakes Estero Restoration Project by the beginning of the seal- pupping season on March 1 this year. In … Continue reading
Posted in Coastal Ecology, Oyster Farm, Uncategorized
Tagged Drakes Bay Oyster Company, national park service, Permits
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National Park Service: There they go again
Triggered by a whistleblower, another NPS cloud of scandal descends on Point Reyes National Seashore . The National Parks Foundation (NPF) website, under the heading ‘Saving the Ecological Sanctuary of an Estuary,’ talks about their contribution to the $4 million … Continue reading
Posted in Oyster Farm, Uncategorized
Tagged eel grass, Endangered species, Jarvis, national park service, National Parks Foundation, Neubacher, Safety, Scandal, seals
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California Coastal Commission Gets Its Own Facts Wrong in Oyster Company Court Hearing.
The Russian River Times recently caught up with Phyllis Faber, one of the founding members of the California Coastal Commission board, who, along with the Alliance for Locally Sustainable Agriculture, has now sued her former organization for their actions against … Continue reading
What lies in Drake’s Estero
Journalism is supposed to be the first draft of history, not the first rewrite of press releases and sound bites. In recent weeks, some journalists reporting on the Estero controversy say “they would not touch the science,” not realizing the irony … Continue reading
Posted in Oyster Farm, Uncategorized
Tagged Amy Trainer, Gordon Bennett, lunny, national park service, National Parks Conservation Association, Neil Desai, oyster farm, Peter Behr, Point Reyes, point reyes national seashore, Save our Seashore, Sierra Club, smear, West Marin Environmental Action Committee
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What Was the Deal?
By Sarah Rolph The story told by anti-oyster farm activists is that the Lunnys reneged on a deal. These activists have linked that story with another story about “wilderness,” claiming that the public was promised Drakes Estero would be wilderness … Continue reading
Posted in Oyster Farm, Uncategorized
Tagged Bomar, deal, Drakes Estero, Jarvis, Kevin Lunny, national park service, Neubacher, oyster farm, point reyes national seashore, wilderness
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Drake’s Estero IG Report: Investigating the Investigators
The Interim Director of the Interior Inspector General, Mary Kendall, recently issued a report seemingly exonerating the National Park Service of scientific misconduct during their recently abandoned Environmental Impact Survey (EIS) on Drakes Estero. The original complaint to the IG … Continue reading
Posted in Oyster Farm
Tagged DBOC, Inspector General. IG report, oyster farm, salazar, sound
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Salazar Oyster Farm Decision Hides from History and Abandons Science
By Sarah Rolph After seven years of repeated National Park Service (NPS) allegations that Drakes Bay Oyster Farm harmed the environment, the multimillion-dollar NPS Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) created to support those claims was quietly abandoned by Interior Department … Continue reading
Posted in Coastal Ecology, Oyster Farm, Uncategorized
Tagged EIS, NEPA, oyster farm, salazar
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