Congress has never made dairies or ranching a purpose of the national seashore, nor has it ever suggested their occupation ...

Environmentalists scored a major victory Wednesday when the National Park Service agreed to revise its land management plan at Point Reyes National Seashore to better serve the area's native tule elk ...

Of the 14 ranches at Point Reyes, 12 will surrender their leases in the next 15 months. Two beef ranches will remain in operation.

Nearly all the ranches will give up their leases in exchange for money, ending an agricultural era that began long before the creation of the park.

A historic agreement has just been struck to settle a decades-long land-use conflict over the future of cattle and wildlife on Point Reyes National ...