The Point Reyes National Seashore has concluded that a plan to combat invasive plants with herbicides will have no significant impacts, despite opposition from scores of public commenters who charged that the risks of the toxins on sensitive dune ecosystems are too great to move ahead with the project.
The preferred alternative in the seashore’s Coastal Dune Restoration plan will use a combination of manual removal, mechanical excavation and the application of two herbicides on…