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Foodshed brings bulk to Inverness

09/20/2012
By the end of September, a small room behind the Inverness post office will be transformed into a new food cooperative. It is the latest addition to the renaissance of a sleepy town that has gained a coffee shop, an oyster bar and this newspaper’s offices in the last two...

Seals thriving in face of change

09/13/2012
For the last 31 years, Point Reyes National Seashore’s southern tip has provided a safe haven for a burgeoning northern elephant seal population. Early this year, observers with the National Park Service counted over 1,600 of the large pinnipeds, including roughly 800 pups. Despite those healthy numbers, seashore scientists remain...

Valley development put on hold

09/13/2012
A petition by the Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN) requesting that Marin County rewrite an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on coho salmon and steelhead trout habitat in the San Geronimo Valley was denied this week by a Marin County Superior Court judge. In her final ruling, Judge Lynn Duryee...

Citizens naturalized in seashore

09/13/2012
Fifty people from 20 countries, including Bolivia, Bulgaria, El Salvador, Fiji, France, Germany, India, Jordan, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Peru, Taiwan, Venezuela and Vietnam, will take the oath of allegiance under the oaks at Bear Valley Visitor Center, in Point Reyes National Seashore, on Monday, September 17. The naturalization ceremony is...

Bear Valley Trail closed for repair

09/13/2012
Bear Valley Trail in Point Reyes National Seashore will be closed to visitors for up to three weeks starting Monday, September 17 while rangers replace a damaged culvert and restore a small section of eroded bank on Bear Valley Creek, which provides habitat for the federally-threatened steelhead trout. Rangers will...

French broom burned at Lagoon

09/13/2012
Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) announced plans to burn seven acres near the intersection of Bolinas-Fairfax Road and Highway One, across from the Bolinas Lagoon, next Wednesday, September 19, in an attempt to control French broom. The exact date may change due to weather conditions. According to the National...

Marshall gains weekend gallery

09/06/2012
Artist Lorraine Almeida is turning her Marshall studio into a weekend gallery, with an opening scheduled for October 13. Ms. Almeida was inspired by her interactions with the public when she opened her doors during a recent open studio tour. “I used to have a different attitude and a great...

Bo-Stin kids cram campus for one year

09/06/2012
Increasing enrollment at Bolinas-Stinson Union School District, combined with the decision to extend a lease to a preschool, has triggered a classroom and student shuffle and left some parents frustrated over crowded accommodations and the temporary loss of a program. Several parents continued to voice their concerns at the district’s...

Academy finds oyster DEIS lacking

09/06/2012
An answer to whether or not Drake’s Bay Oyster Company is harming the environment remains elusive, as the National Academy of Sciences last week judged evidence in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) issued by the National Park Service to be insufficient. Of 14 possible “impact” categories, the DEIS alleged...

Celebrating Zen on the beach

09/06/2012
The dense, coastal summertime fog that often blankets Green Gulch Zen Center and organic farm are conducive for growing lettuce and other cool-weather crops. Each planting is handled with mindful care, and restaurants and hungry farmer’s market-goers alike seek out the produce. The neat rows of the farm’s fields stretch...

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