Environmental groups sue for allowing ranches at Point Reyes

Three environmental nonprofits are suing the National Park Service and Point Reyes National Seashore Superintendent Cicely Muldoon over the seashore’s ranching management plan and the alleged absence of environmental review of ranch authorizations. 

The suit sharply critiques dairy and beef ranches for their impacts to water quality and public access, and criticizes the park’s management of tule elk. Though it does not call for an injunction to stop ranching immediately, it appears to lay out…