Editorial: Latest review of DEIS should push Salazar toward wilderness designation of disputed Drakes Estero in Point Reyes NS
The recent National Research Council report on the National Park Service’s draft environmental plan of Drakes Estero’s future has provided Interior Secretary Salazar with even further support to protect this valuable estuary in Point Reyes National Seashore.
The report, the latest in exhaustive and expensive environmental review process, evaluated the data and scientific conclusions of the draft environmental plan that analyzed protecting the Estero - the West Coast’s only marine wilderness area - or allowing an oyster company to extend its permit beyond its long-planned sunset. It also found the National Park Service generally used the best available data, formed reasonable scientific conclusions, and provided suggestions for the Park Service to consider in their final environmental plan, such as more clear communication of the uncertainties that exist in all scientific information.
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