Potential Tule Elk cull in Point Reyes National Seashore

[MTGomer]

The NPS confuses me. They cull mountain goats in one location for being arguably non native while considering a cull to Tule Elk inside lands they manage to prioritize cattle grazing.

Why the National Park Service wants to cull unique California elk

Point Reyes National Seashore in has long been a flashpoint for the debate over how to balance livestock and wildlife.

www.nationalgeographic.com

 

[Irrelevant]

Because at Point Reyes the grazing is actually part of the historical preservation included in the founding of the Park. The ranching building and the physical act of grazing are both protected in the location under historical preservation

 

[Sytes]

Tule Elk: To Cull Or Not To Cull.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/09/tule-elk-culled-under-point-reyes-proposal/ Where ranching meets wild elk at Reyes Point NP. But to keep ecosystems in balance at Point Reyes and across California, elk must be culled, says Kristin Denryter, coordinator of the elk and...

www.hunttalk.com

@2rocky had a pretty good take on the deal.

 

[MTGomer]

Tule Elk: To Cull Or Not To Cull.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/09/tule-elk-culled-under-point-reyes-proposal/ Where ranching meets wild elk at Reyes Point NP. But to keep ecosystems in balance at Point Reyes and across California, elk must be culled, says Kristin Denryter, coordinator of the elk and...

www.hunttalk.com

@2rockha2ra pretty good take on the deal.

Dang, I even did the little feature that searches for related threads and it didn’t find that. My bad.

 

[44hunter45]

Take your Permethrin. The ticks there are nearly microscopic and they carry Lyme Disease. My wife pulled out from behind my son's ear after a visit there. It was smaller than a black pepper grain.