A new report from the National Research Council finds a lack of strong scientific evidence that the present level of oyster farming operations by Drakes Bay Oyster Co. (DBOC) has major adverse effects ...

On the windswept shore of Drakes Estero, it’s as if 80 years of oyster farming have been erased overnight. A $300,000 federal government cleanup has removed most traces of the Drakes Bay Oyster Co.

Oyster farm in Drakes Estero at Point Reyes National Seashore (Photo by Alan Grindberg) WASHINGTON, DC, November 29, 2012 (ENS) – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today decided to let the Drakes ...

Following a U.S. Supreme Court decision on Monday not to hear a challenge from Drakes Bay Oyster Company that would allow it to continue oyster-farming operations within Point Reyes National Seashore, ...

The parking lot at Drakes Estero is now a “Hard Hat Area,” and will remain so for the next several months. The public is barred from the site on weekdays from now until at least next February; ...

The steel arm of an excavator positioned on a hulking barge pulled dark chunks of debris from the windswept waters of a marine wilderness Wednesday in the Point Reyes National Seashore. Soggy refuse – ...

POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE, Calif. (KGO) -- There's controversy surrounding the cleanup of Drakes Estero in the Point Reyes National Seashore. A former employee, who worked on the project, ...

Americans are captivated by wilderness; it comes in all shapes and sizes, from the forested Olympic National Park to the river of grass in the Everglades. Thanks to U.S. Secretary Ken Salazar, ...

A new report from the National Research Council finds a lack of strong scientific evidence that the present level of oyster farming operations by Drakes Bay Oyster Co. A new report from the National ...