US District 9 Court of Appeals heard the case for the injunction on 05/14/2013.
Follow this link to see and hear the court proceedings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uqQfFBP0Gc&feature=player_embedded
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04-08-2013
KGO RADIO 810 NEWS, PAT THURSTON SHOW, April 8, 2013, San Francisco
“But Ken Salazar rejected the extension, told Drake’s Bay to cease operations by the end of February to get off the land and remove the equipment by March 15. Luckily, they got a reprieve from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals but the battle to save Drake’s continues. You know, they’re an institution, and they are one that operates in an environmentally responsible way. This is a company that deserves our admiration. They deserve to be put on a pedestal for others to emulate, for others to copy, to see how you are proper stewards of the land. And instead, they’re being threatened.” Pat Thurston, KGO Radio News
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“The wilderness activists. Because when I first saw this issue, I wondered if this was a fight between environmentalists and Marin agriculture. So I started looking into it to see if you were not good stewards of the land – if you were polluting the land. And the absolute opposite is true. You’ve cleaned up the operation from the previous owner. It’s every – every, every, every – entity that I’ve spoken with out in your area loves you. And thinks that you are the best that everybody should be doing the kind of business that you’re doing, both in the ranching your family’s been involved in for three generations and also with the oysters.” Pat Thurston, KGO Radio News
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“Our nation, and actually around the world, and our federal government is doing everything it can, spending millions of dollars everywhere else around the country – in the Chesapeake, in the Gulf, San Francisco Bay, Puget Sound – encouraging shellfish aquaculture, encouraging people like us to grow more shellfish because of the ecosystem services, the ecological value that oysters bring. Because what they do is they filter water. They improve the clarity of the water so sunlight makes it through and sub aquatic vegetation does better. They cycle nutrients that would otherwise be pollutants, like nitrogen and phosphorus. And they turn it into this fabulous protein that we remove from the ocean system to eat, and what goes through the oysters as feces actually now is converted into a form usable by sub aquatic vegetation. So that’s why we see vegetation like eelgrass thrive when shellfish aquaculture is there. So it has all the reasons in the world that we want to protect it. And that’s why what you said earlier is true – true environmentalists love the oyster farm. They recognize that this is the perfect example of cooperative conservation, allowing food production in a beautiful, protected area because they actually benefit each other. And so it’s really the ideologues, the people that just cannot tolerate any kind of use of public land like this, those are the folks that would like to see Drake’s Bay gone.” Kevin Lunny, Drakes Bay Oyster Company on Pat Thurston Show
To hear the entire interview, click on this link. : http://www.kgoradio.com/page.php?page_id=121
Do not be alarmed when you see a whole list of Ron Owens’ broadcasts. Pat Thurston was substituting for Ron Owens on April 8 at 11AM. All you have to do is scroll down to April 8 and keep scrolling until you get to the 11:00 AM show. It will provide the following information, just click the Play Now button to the left of the description that reads:
Pat Thurston in for Ronn. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth District recently ruled that the Drakes Bay Oyster Company, which was scheduled to shut down in mid-March, could remain open until the court decided whether the company’s lawsuit challenging its eviction from the park could move forward. Owner Kevin Lunny explains the issues this morning.
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Louisiana : Feds grab land as “critical habitat” for the dusky gopher frog —
Even though NO gopher frogs on the property
There are NO gopher frogs in the state!
Sound familiar?
Remember the National Park Service Environmental Impact Statement of
“Major Negative Impact” on a species of FRESH WATER FROGS due to the Oyster Farm?
The National Park Service scientists somehow overlooked the fact that
Drakes Bay’s water comes from the ocean –IT IS SALT WATER!
That species of frog would be committing suicide by venturing into Drakes Bay!
“Green Tyranny” is the title of tonight’s Stossel Show.
Host John Stossel will spotlight oppressive environmental regulations that victimize average people — undermining their property rights and economic well-being — without meaningful benefit for the environment.
The Stossel Show — airs tonight on the Fox Business network — at 9:00 p.m. EDT
(6:00 p.m. PDT).
Read John’s blog post announcing the show.
One of tonight’s guests will be James S. Burling, Director of Litigation with Pacific Legal Foundation, a watchdog organization that litigates nationwide for limited government, property rights, and a balanced approach to environmental regulations.
Tonight’s show will highlight two cases of abuse that PLF is challenging:
Feds pit prairie dogs against people. In Cedar City, Utah, residents are overwhelmed with an infestation of prairie dogs digging up yards and parks, blocking development of land, and threatening the health of the community — yet federal officials won’t permit commonsense control measures, because they’ve labeled the rodents as “threatened.”
Feds grab private land for a phantom frog. In St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, federal officials have imposed restrictions on more than 1,500 acres of private property by labeling the land as “critical habitat” for the dusky gopher frog — even though there aren’t any frogs on the property…. THERE AREN’T ANY IN THE ENTIRE STATE!
To watch the show, click on or copy and paste the link below into your web browser:
http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/2305943736001/stossel—04042013/?playlist_id=1794596212001
About Pacific Legal Foundation
Donor-supported Pacific Legal Foundation is the leading legal watchdog organization that litigates for limited government, property rights, and a balanced approach to environmental regulations, in courts across the country. Among its noteworthy species- regulation cases, PLF won the federal court ruling that removed the bald eagle from the federal ESA list.
Oral argument recently took place in PLF’s latest U.S. Supreme Court litigation — the property rights case of Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District. A decision is expected by June.
Last year, PLF attorneys won their sixth direct-representation victory at the High Court against over-reaching government: Sackett v. EPA, in which the justices unanimously held that landowners may bring court challenges to federal “wetlands compliance orders.”
Contact: James S. Burling, Director of Litigation, Pacific Legal Foundation (916) 419-7111.
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03-18-2013
Posted on YouTube in 2009, Big Park is the musical comedy version of the DBOC story as well as the re-territorialization by the NPS of many rural communities across our country .
The video starts off a little slowly however, it will have you howling in just a little while.
If it were not for the fact that it is exactly what is happening not only at Point Reyes National Seashore, but also all over the country, it would be hilarious. Those who are losing their homes, their way of life and the locally produced, sustainable, renewable food source, have a very hard time watching this.
For those of you who would like to know what is really going on and are looking for something in addition to Reports, Investigations, Scientists and Bi-Partisan points of view, have a look.
https://oysterzone.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=3051&action=edit
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01-05-2013 Hosted by Paul Gigot, the Pulitzer-Prize winning editorial page editor of The Wall Street Journal, the weekly half-hour program “Journal Editorial Report” features newsmakers and members of the Journal editorial page staff debating the major economic, political and cultural issues of the day.
This week’s show Hits & Misses: 1/5/13 features Daniel Henninger, deputy editor of The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page. He is the third to speak on the program. His topic is Ken Salazar shutting down Drakes Bay Oyster Company.
His piece begins one minute and three seconds (01:03) into the less than two-minute segment. (You can advance directly to his segment by using your mouse pointer and the progress bar, or just wait until the preceding two pieces finish.)
Click on, or copy and paste, either link below to be taken directly to the “Hits & Misses: 1/5/13″ segment of the Journal Editorial Report
http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/journal-editorial-report/index.html
Jan 5, 2013 1:42
Hits & Misses: 1/5/13
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12-13-12: Another Video: The Battle To Save Drakes Bay Oyster Farm – Kevin Lunny speaks out – YouTube
Please click on the link below (or copy and paste it into your web browser) to watch the “Before It’s News” video on DBOC’s “Battle To Save Drakes Bay Oyster Farm”
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12-13-12 Fox News interviews Kevin Lunny of Drake’s Bay Oyster Company
12-13-12 Fox News interviews Kevin Lunny
For the VIDEO, please Click on the link below, or copy and paste it into your web browser
http://causeofaction.org/2012/12/14/kevin-lunny-on-fox-friends/
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11-15-2012 CLICK ON THIS LINK OR COPY AND PASTE IT INTO YOUR WEB BROWSER TO SEE BOTH VIDEOS AND TO SIGN THE PETITION
http://vimeo.com/52331881
11-08-2012 Save Drakes Bay Oyster Farm Video and Petition
To access this three minute video and the petition to Save Drakes Bay Oyster Farm, please click on the link below or copy and paste it into your web browser.
Save Drakes Bay Oyster Farm 3 minute video and Petition 11-08-2012
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10-30-2012 An independent film crew following the NPS efforts to shut down Drakes Bay Oyster Farm in Point Reyes California has produced a short video on the saga.
In a campaign to drive a small family oyster farm out of business, the National Park Service and environmental groups have leveled many charges of serious environmental harm against the Drakes Bay Oyster Company in MarinCounty. A video produced by an independent production crew sheds light on the false data and misconduct an independent scientist, who is himself an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, discovered upon investigation and the effect this campaign has had on this family farm.
EITHER CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR COPY AND PASTE THIS LINK INTO YOUR WEB BROWSER TO WATCH THE VIDEO
(some browsers block clicking on the link to view the video, Firefox is incompatible with vimeo, recommend you use Google Chrome or Internet Explorer): http://vimeo.com/52331881
#dboyster
WHAT YOU CAN DO: contact Ken Salazar and TELL HIM TO REJECT THE FAILED dEIS and renew the current leases. Contact information provided at:
http://oysterzone.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/10-30-2012-video-illustrates-national-park-service-misconduct/)
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07/10/12 NRC dEIS DBOC SUP Committee PUBLIC HEARING VIDEO
FOR A LIST OF WHO IS SPEAKING AND WHERE ON THE VIDEOS YOU CAN FIND THEM, SCROLL DOWN THIS PAGE.
I have found numerous links to the video. One moment they work and the next moment they do not so I am providing two links.
EITHER CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR COPY AND PASTE THIS LINK INTO YOUR WEB BROWSER TO WATCH THE VIDEO
(some browsers block clicking on the link to view the video, Firefox is incompatible with vimeo, recommend you use Google Chrome or Internet Explorer):
This link is supposed to take one directly to the video: http://practiceproducer.com/20120710_NAS.html
This link takes you to the NAS page on which one is supposed to be able to scroll down the page until you arrive at the link “Click here to view the video” to see the two part video of the Public portion of the NRC meeting.
http://dels.nas.edu/global/osb/DrakeEstero
Let us hope one of the links still works when you try it! If you are having difficulties, try them more than one time, that sometimes works.
The video is long enough that there are actually two portions.
Video #1 timer begins at 0:00:00
Opening statement by William Muir lasts approximately 15 minutes, followed approximately 11 minutes of introductions of panel members.
From approximately 0:26:00 until 1:42:00 the panel questions the NPS et al.
Following this questions are posed of Kevin Lunny, who was not informed prior to appearing that he would be answering questions. This segment lasts through the end of Video 1
Video #2 timer begins again at 0:00:00
In this segment you will find the “Public comments” – where those who had RSVP’d were called in order of date of receipt of RSVP and allowed approximately 5 minutes. The order of appearance is as follows and the approximate meter readings from the timer follow:
Gordon Bennett – 0:01:42 to 0:05:49
Amy Trainer – 0:05:57 to 0:12:09
Dominique Richard – 0:12:32 to 0:18:31
Jane Gyorgy – 0:19:02 to 0:27:44
Jeff Crecque – 0:28:17 to 0:32:35
Phyllis Faber (letter read) – 0:33:16 to 0:38:15
Kevin Lunny – 0:39:30 to 0:42:12
Neal Desai (by phone) follows
Since there was so much time left over, everyone who wished to add a comment was invited to. It is in this segment where Kevin Lunny informs the panel that the MMC report is missing the appendices and Jeff Creque informs the panel of the NOAA November 17 letter informing the NPS there is no record of any harm, any viloation, etc., etc., etc. The meeting ended at a few minutes before 5 PM.
The questions remaining are:
- Why does the NPS hide the real data?
- Why does the NPS keep giving you misrepresented data?
- Why does the NPS withhold data?
- Of the data you have been given, you must ask
- Is it complete?
- Does it compute?
- Does it make sense?
- Does it have anything to do with the facts of the operation of DBOC?
- WHY WERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM ENVIRON NOT INVITED?
- Dr. Susan Roberts responded when Kevin Lunny asked her that very question, “Environ was invited.”
- Kevin Lunny said he asked the people at Environ if they had received an invitation. They said they had not.
- Dr. Susan Roberts said, “I guess it must have gone to the wrong person.”
From withheld data, to misrepresented data, to intended disclosure to having reports in this process start out as one thing and end up entirely different or having the relevant information relegated to an Appendix F, we have seen so much.
Panel members, don’t let them “Appendix F” your report and don’t let them “Appendix F” you!
03-28-2012, Ken Miguel of ABC 7
news exposed more National Park Service’s deceptive attempts to victimize Drakes Bay Oyster Company.
EITHER CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR COPY AND PASTE THIS LINK INTO YOUR WEB BROWSER TO WATCH THE VIDEO
(some browsers block clicking on the link to view the video, Firefox is incompatible with vimeo, recommend you use Google Chrome or Internet Explorer):
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&id=8599796
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10-16-2011, Dr. Corey Goodman gave a presentation to the community about the science behind the Environmental Impact Statement.
The National Park Service was invited to share the podium with Dr. Goodman for an open discussion of the science behind the draft EIS followed by a Q&A with the audience. Three days before the event the NPS declined the invitation and suggested the public attend their “open house” meetings instead to follow later that week. 150 attendees were treated to an hour and a half presentation of the science followed by over two hours of Q&A. A video of Dr. Goodman’s October 16, 2011 talk at the Dance Palace on his analysis of the science behind the draft EIS and the Becker 2011 paper have been posted.
EITHER CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR COPY AND PASTE THIS LINK INTO YOUR WEB BROWSER TO WATCH THE VIDEO
(some browsers block clicking on the link to view the video, Firefox is incompatible with vimeo, recommend you use Google Chrome or Internet Explorer):
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10-30-2011 Paul D. Berkowitz, retired NPS Criminal Investigator, whistle-blower turned author of The Case of the Indian Trader, Billy Malone and the National Park Service Investigation at the Hubbell Trading Post May, 2011,
gave a talk in Point Reyes with Pete McCloskey (originator of Earth Day, author of the Point Reyes Wilderness Act and former Congressman). A link to the YouTube presentation will be available soon. Until then you may check out the slides from the Power Point Presentation here (this is an extremely large file and takes approximately 15 minutes to open):
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ABC7, “Assignment 7” has been reporting on this story for over four years. Use these links to get to all their segments
Video feed:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&id=8351748
additional stories about the saga on ABC7 are available at:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&id=8408948
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10-18-2010, Dr. Corey Goodman was invited to speak to the California Council on Science and Technology in their meeting on Trust and Accountability in Science and Technology.
The audio and slides from this presentation are available on YouTube in six 12 minute parts. To begin viewing this presentation click on the link:
http://www.youtube.com/Coreysgoodman
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