Point Reyes National Seashore Ranchers Accept $30 Million to Cease Operations

On April 10, the House Natural Resources Committee launched an investigation into a recent settlement between the National Park Service, The Nature Conservancy, and 12 Point Reyes National Seashore (California) ranchers who agreed to cease their multi-generational dairy and beef operations in exchange for a roughly million buyout by The Nature Conservancy, according to The Press Democrat. Ranchers who agreed to the settlement were given gag orders in regard to the negotiations and 15 months to vacate. Two other ranching families refused to accept the settlement and are working to maintain their existing leases within the Point Reyes National...

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