“I think taking down the fence is such a big step.” Julie Phillips, retired tule elk biologist It’s the latest twist in a contentious battle pitting some environmental groups intent on ...

POINT REYES, Calif. (KGO) -- The National Park Service has been ordered to an emergency meeting in federal court Monday morning, to defend its handling of tule elk at the Point Reyes National ...

When ranchers leave the land, what version of nature takes over? The park and The Nature Conservancy have ambitious ...

Last year, the park’s annual count tallied 702 tule elk in the seashore, including 315 in Tomales Point (a 20.2% increase from the year before), 188 around Drakes Beach and 199 around Limantour ...

Tule elk at Point Reyes are just gearing up for the fall rut. The best place to see the tule elk is the Tomales Point Trail. This sub-species of elk is about half the weight of a Roosevelt elk.

The plan would also allow harmful water pollution to continue, and permit the agency to kill native tule elk — a unique subspecies found in no other national park — that ranchers say interfere with ...

The Coast Miwok Tribal Council, lineal descendants of the original inhabitants of Point Reyes, has sent Interior Secretary Deb Haaland a formal letter objecting to a National Park Service plan to ...