The historic ranches in the Point Reyes National Seashore will be allowed to continue for years to come under the terms of a plan the National Park Service released last Friday. The document, a final environmental impact statement for an amendment to the seashore’s general management plan, elects to give existing ranching families 20-year leases and to increase the park’s management of the two free-ranging tule elk herds that conflict with their operations.
After receiving…