The Point Reyes National Seashore has proposed removing the fence enclosing the 2,900-acre tule elk reserve at Tomales Point—a step that some ranchers say could force them out of the park. Seashore officials said that eliminating the enclosure would give the elk access to more nutritious forage and water, which have become scarcer with drought and climate change.
Environmental activists demanding the removal of the fence have held protests and filed lawsuits saying that…