Point Reyes is often at a bitter divide between environmentalism and human heritage. Now, in 2026, nearly all the ranches on ...

It's birthing and mating season for elephant seals at Point Reyes. Beach closures are in effect to help protect nursing pups. Point Reyes officials recently celebrated the area's first pup birth ...

Drakes Beach in the Point Reyes National Seashore is temporarily closed to accommodate elephant seals that have set up camp for the breeding season. The annual ritual has brought at least 30 males ...

elk and cow to peacefully coexist at Point Reyes, such as granting 20-year agricultural lease permits to 24 beef and dairy ranches, reducing ranching, and/or prohibiting dairy ranching. The park ...

POINT REYES, Calif. (KGO) -- In the North Bay, a major migration is happening in Marin County. Elephant seals are returning to Drake's Beach at the Point Reyes National Seashore for breeding ...

On Sunday at 9:32 p.m. the NWS San Francisco CA issued a beach hazards statement in effect until Monday at 7 p.m. The ...

On Saturday at 4:20 a.m. a beach hazards statement was issued by the NWS San Francisco CA valid from 7 p.m. until Monday 7 ...

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.

Elephant seals have returned to Drakes Beach at Point Reyes, where viewing areas are open from 10 AM to 4 PM for safe wildlife observation.

With over 30 beaches in Point Reyes, Point Reyes National Seashore is a coastal lover’s paradise, a beach bums bliss, and a sand worshipers wonderland. The best thing is every beach is different ...