The Department of Justice says the lawsuit objecting to the Point Reyes National Seashore’s first-ever comprehensive ranch management plan is meritless, according to court filings.
In documents submitted in federal district court in Oakland on May 13, department lawyers wrote that the lawsuit filed by the Resource Renewal Institute, the Center For Biological Diversity and the Western Watersheds Project essentially attempts to mandate actions—like management plan updates—over which courts have no jurisdiction, since agencies like…