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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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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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Salazar Brings Closure to the Oyster Farm, but not to the Community.
A walk down the main street in Point Reyes reveals a community shocked and deeply angered over the closure of the historic oyster farm in Drakes Estero. During the seven-year conflict, and despite repeated promises to do so long before … Continue reading
