Livestock Producers at Point Reyes Agree to Terminating Leases

Livestock Producers at Point Reyes Agree to Terminating Leases

Haylie Shipp
Haylie Shipp
Another day, another legal challenge…but this one is now in the books.

The National Park Service announced recently that a dozen livestock producers at the Point Reyes National Seashore have agreed to a settlement which will terminate dairy and beef operations at the National Seashore.

In an update from the California Cattlemen’s Association, they tell that the settlement is in response to a 2022 lawsuit filed by Western Watersheds Project, the Center for Biological Diversity and others which objected to a General Management Plan Amendment that provided for long-term reauthorization of grazing leases.

Under the terms of the settlement, ranchers bound by the agreement will cease their ranching operations within 15 months in exchange for compensation from The Nature Conservancy, which will then collaborate with the National Park Service on “natural resource restoration projects” on the former ranchlands.

Six dairies and six beef producers are parties to the settlement agreement.

According to the National Park Service, two beef ranches not party to the agreement will remain in operation at the Seashore, continuing a long historical tradition of livestock production.

For more: https://calcattlemen.org/2025/01/13/california-cattleman-weekly-january-13-2025/

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