Message from Marin Canoe and Kayak Club:

A couple of years ago at our[Marin Canoe & Kayak Club]annual dinner, Keven Lundy of the Drakes Bay Oyster Farm gave us a presentation about the farm's operations and its problems with the National Park Service. The farm is within Pt Reyes National Seashore and the Park Service - apparently feeling that its mission is to "restore Park lands to "wilderness" - would like to terminate the farm's permit when it expires. The Park Service has been caught doctoring data on problems it has claimed the farm causes - which make the NPS look bad. While there is no clear "best" answer to this question, many of us feel that the cattle farms on Pt Reyes are much more of a problem to us and the environment. And the Oyster Farm is unquestionably a wonderful example of locally focused sustainable agriculture. Many kayakers launch from the Oyster Farm and consider the operation a nice, scenic addition to the area.

If you are interested there is a movement to save the oyster farm. You can watch a video about it and sign a petition by going to //www.oystergate.org