In the summer and fall of 2024, the multigenerational ranching families in the Point Reyes National Seashore were participating in mediation talks to end the lawsuit brought by the Resource Renewal Institute and two other environmental groups. It appears they were being pressured to agree on terms to relinquish their statutory right to lease their ranches.
Little did they—or the public—know that in June 2024, the California legislature appropriated $10 million for the California Wildlife…