Marin Voice: Point Reyes ranching decision doesn’t end elk discussion

The tottering process to close 12 ranches on leased land in the Point Reyes National Seashore is a warning of how well-intended plans can go awry when the public is left out of the decision- making process on a land-use change that will affect them.

Following several years of litigation by advocacy groups opposed to ranching, mediated negotiations involving the National Park Service, the ranchers and litigants began in 2022. The Nature Conservancy, a national conservation powerhouse nonprofit organization, joined later.