Habitat restoration involving the removal of invasive acacia trees from land owned by Audubon Canyon Ranch in Inverness last week irked a few local residents, who sounded the alarm that a toxic herbicide was being applied close to Tomales Bay.
The nonprofit acquired the two-acre parcel after longtime resident Helen McLaren bequeathed the land upon her death in 2012, with the stipulation that it be returned “to the birds.” Part of the restoration work involved…