i am deeply disappointed, and frankly quite disgusted, by the Secretary of Interior's decision today to shut down Drakes Bay Oyster Company -- there has been an oyster farm at Drakes since the 1930s, and it will be a huge loss to the landscape, as well as to the culture and history of this place. such a rare example of nature and culture co-existing in relative harmony and sustainability, and they want to just erase it in the name of "wilderness," based on flawed science, a cherry-picked view of history, and in some cases, out and out dishonesty.

what on earth can he be thinking?

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looking across at black mountain in the distance...

this afternoon i'll be out in west marin again, attending a ranchers' history event -- perhaps i'll take my cameras again!

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the Cheda Ranch is one of the ones along Sir Francis Drake Blvd just east of Olema, technically part of the GGNRA but managed by Point Reyes...

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same fence as this image -- i seem to snap its picture every time i walk past here...

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a re-visit to the collapsed creamery (dating back to the 1880s or so) at D Ranch -- I still can't believe the NPS let this happen (it only collapsed last year) through its neglect.

please see this image for earlier images of it still intact...

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