Point Reyes National Seashore News

Date: November 17, 2009 Contact: John Della Osso , 415-464-5135 Point Reyes National Seashore will provide enhanced law enforcement, support maintenance operations and provide natural resources protection within Tomales Bay and Samuel P. Taylor State Parks, announced today by National Park Service Superintendent Don Neubacher.

Normally, the cold southerly wind blowing over the dunes near Abbott's Lagoon in far West Marin this week would shape and contour the landscape, creating habitat for flora and fauna.

The California Coastal Commission has fined Marin's largest oyster farm $61,250 for growing clams within a protected refuge for harbor seals.

Crews at Point Reyes National Seashore this week are scheduled to be working on removing non-native beach grasses from a test plot at Abbotts Lagoon .

Date: December 4, 2009 Contact: Brannon Ketcham , 415-464-5192 Contact: John Della TMOsso , 415-464-5135 Point Reyes National Seashore has initiated stabilization and rehabilitation activities on the barn at the Giacomini Wetland overlook in Point Reyes Station.

Shuttle bus transportation at the Point Reyes National Seashore resumes Dec. 26. "It's an exciting time to visit the park with Northern elephant seals returning to Point Reyes Headlands and Pacific gray whales migrating between Alaska and Mexico," Park Superintendent Don Neubacher said.

Date: December 4, 2009 Contact: Brannon Ketcham , 415-464-5192 Contact: John Della Osso , 415-464-5135 Dune Habitat at Abbotts Lagoon showing native vegetation in the foreground and dunes dominated by non-native European beachgrass in the background.

Mount Tamalpais, Tomales Bay and Samuel P. Taylor state parks - where access and hours were cut due to the state budget crisis - have had some services restored thanks to a helping hand from neighboring national parks.

Point Reyes National Seashore will host "Local Color: Landscapes in Oil and Pastel," a free art exhibition and reception with artist Deborah Garber, at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Red Barn classroom of the Bear Valley Visitor Center near Olema.

Paragraphs by Paul Miller Sir Francis Drake High School in Marin is about to lose two iconic palm trees, the Marin Headlands has already had several small stands of handsome pine trees whacked to the ground along its battery trails, and two graceful pine trees that have stood for years and years along Pine Mountain Road near Fairfax in the Marin ...

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.