Marine Mammal Commission Report on Drakes Estero Tainted By NPS-MMC Misconduct — NPS Effectively “Investigated Itself” with MMC Assistance — EIS Compromised — Complaint Filed with Commerce Department OIG “In summary, Dr. Ragen’s conduct was inappropriate and unethical. NPS employees were equally inappropriate, complicit, and active participants throughout a MMC review process that was anything but […]
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Posted by Jane Gyorgy on November 7, 2012
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“Regrettably we (Point Reyes Light) failed to dig deep enough, and as a result we missed puzzling statements in the letter that, among other things, reverse Dr. Ragen’s (Executive Director, Marine Mammal Commission) official position on the impacts of mariculture on harbor seals in Drakes Estero. In other words, we missed the story.” In private […]
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Posted by Jane Gyorgy on August 9, 2012
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After nearly 100 years of oyster farming, December 31, 2014 will be the last day of oyster operations at Drakes Estero. This is shameful and, in my opinion, the National Park Service, the NPCA, the EAC and, the leaders of those environmental organizations who opposed the continuation of the ecologically beneficial, sustainable, renewable, local oyster […]
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Posted by Jane Gyorgy on December 22, 2014
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(Unfortunately, Adobe PDF file converter has a tendency to run words together so I am providing access both through the link below as well as by scrolling down to read the ‘converted file.) 05-19-2014 Wllm Bagley Judith Teichman et al. AMICI CURAIE brief No.13-1244 INTHE SupremeCourtoftheUnitedStates DRAKESBAYOYSTERCOMPANYandKEVINLUNNY, Petitioners, […]
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Posted by Jane Gyorgy on May 19, 2014
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(Unfortunately, Adobe PDF file converter has a tendency to run words together so I am providing access both through the link below as well as by scrolling down to read the ‘converted file.) 05-19-2014 Goodman Houser DBOC brief No. 13-1244 ———————————————————————— In the Supreme Court of theUnited States —————— DRAKES BAY OYSTER COMPANY AND KEVIN […]
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Posted by Jane Gyorgy on May 19, 2014
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November 9, 2012 From: Dr. Corey S. Goodman To: Todd J. Zinser, Inspector General, Department of Commerce “….In an article in the November 8, 2012 issue of the The West Marin Citizen (a local weekly newspaper in the West Marin community), entitled “Misconduct charged in Marine Mammal Commission report” and written by Lynn Axelrod, Mike Gosliner, General […]
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Posted by Jane Gyorgy on November 9, 2012
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“An answer to whether or not Drake’s Bay Oyster Company is harming the environment remains elusive, as the National Academy of Sciences last week judged evidence in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) issued by the National Park Service to be insufficient.” Academy finds oyster DEIS lacking An answer to whether or not Drake’s […]
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To watch the video: “The Framing of an Oyster Farm”, click the link or copy and paste it into your web browser: http://vimeo.com/52331881 01-24-15 ProPublica: Bad science from the Park Service Kevin Lunny has owned and operated the Drakes Bay Oyster Company in a Pacific inlet north of San Francisco since 2005. This winter, an 80-year […]
Posted by Jane Gyorgy on November 12, 2011
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To watch the video: “The Framing of an Oyster Farm”, click the link or copy and paste it into your web browser: http://vimeo.com/52331881 01-24-15 ProPublica: Bad science from the Park Service Kevin Lunny has owned and operated the Drakes Bay Oyster Company in a Pacific inlet north of San Francisco since 2005. This winter, an 80-year […]
Posted by Jane Gyorgy on October 28, 2011
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Drakes Bay Oyster Company & the National Park Service. Watch the video, "THE FRAMING OF AN OYSTER FARM" at http://vimeo.com/52331881 
12-22-14 “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” MLK
After nearly 100 years of oyster farming, December 31, 2014 will be the last day of oyster operations at Drakes Estero. This is shameful and, in my opinion, the National Park Service, the NPCA, the EAC and, the leaders of those environmental organizations who opposed the continuation of the ecologically beneficial, sustainable, renewable, local oyster […]
Posted by Jane Gyorgy on December 22, 2014
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