The Obama administration last week asked an appeals court to uphold an order closing Drake’s Bay Oyster Company (DBOC) as the embattled cannery’s Republican allies pressed federal officials to release more documents explaining their decision to restore the company’s accommodations to wilderness.
The Department of the Interior has been silent publicly since outgoing Secretary Ken Salazar denied oysterman Kevin Lunny’s request for a new permit in November pending the outcome of a lawsuit that has…