Now that the Point Reyes National Seashore has acres of unused land available for restoration, an environmental group wants to reintroduce a number of animals to bolster its return to normalcy.
In 2025, environmental groups Resource Renewal Institute, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Western Watersheds Project sued the National Park Service for ecological damage to the Point Reyes National Seashore, effectively preventing the park service from leasing land to 10 of the 12 ranches and dairies that operated on the park’s property.
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Ken Bouley, the executive director of the Turtle Island Restoration Network, said that the controversial move opened up more than 17,000 acres of ranchland for restoration — which is currently leased by the Nature Conservancy and co-managed by the NPS and the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria.
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