Point Reyes National Seashore News

A recent study by the National Parks Conservation Association asked how much revenue the national parks in California contribute to local communities.

Inside our national parks, the drive to protect wilderness areas clashes with the need to preserve pre-existing business interests.

Send this Headwaters page to a friend or colleague: California national park center of debate on commerce, conservation The Drakes Bay Oyster Company predates the Point Reyes National Seashore becoming a national park, and is fighting a decision by the National Park Service not to renew its lease that expires in 2012 because federal law requires ...

It seems a perfect marriage of nature and commerce. As boats ferry oysters to the shore, pelicans swoop by and seals pop their heads out of the water.

Zan Media's Christine and Don Scioli, along with their daughter Niki, have produced their first feature 'The Beckoning,' inspired by Sir Francis Drake's landing on the beaches of what is now Point Reyes National Seashore.

Hit it and Quit it! Paragraphs by Paul Miller A dilemma is like a dark chocolate and vanilla ice cream sundae that is the color gray; a dilemma dessert is a dessert that you have to eat with your eyes shut.

The Giacomini Wetlands after the breaching of the levees in 2008. Photo by Robert Campbell Photography for NPS.

Date: October 15, 2009 Contact: Mark Bartolini , 415-663-1200 x301 Contact: John Della TMOsso , 415-464-5135 On October 25th the National Park Service and the Point Reyes National Seashore Association will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Giacomini Wetlands Restoration Project by holding a series of events that will highlight the amazing ...

Fire Management staff at Point Reyes National Seashore plan to burn 45 acres along Limantour Road and 130 acres along Highway One during 4 separate days over the next three weeks.

Nancy Kelly and her husband, Kenji Yamamoto, edit a documentary on the formation of the Point Reyes National Seashore and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

If you've ever admired those beautiful Native American baskets, now is your opportunity to make one for yourself.

National Park Service Fire Management Officer Roger Wong has recommended a fire alert for several parks in the San Francisco Bay Area in response to a red flag warning which was issued by the National Weather Service today.

Fencing along the steps of the historic Point Reyes Lighthouse will be replaced later this month, causing the closure of the stairs to the public weekdays, Point Reyes National Seashore officials said this week.

A significant quantity of chainlink fence replaced during the rehabilitation of the historic Point Reyes Lighthouse in 2002 is deteriorating structurally.

Sen. Feinstein's efforts to see an oyster company continue operations at Point Reyes National Seashore for another decade are being opposed.

"The rubber on a wheel is faster than the rubber on a heel," it's been said, summing up the appeal of mountain biking.

One of the remnants of a planned 800-home development on the shores of Drakes Bay in what is now the Point Reyes National Seashore is being scraped away by heavy machinery with the goal of returning it to nature.

Photos of the birds of Alaska and Denali National Park will be shown by the crew of Altacal Audubon's Alaska birding team during a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Chico Creek Nature Center, 1968 E. Eighth St.

Point Reyes National Seashore Superintendent Don Neubacher stated that today is a Red Flag Fire Alert day within the Seashore due to the potential high fire danger.

Investigators raided a marijuana patch on Bolinas Ridge this week and seized more than 200 pot plants with an estimated street value of $900,000, the National Park Service reported Friday.