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Drakes Bay Oyster Company

Stealing the Heart of a National Park: Oyster Company's Alliance With Big Oil

Helen Grieco | Posted 04.24.2013 | Green
Read More: Drakes Bay Oyster Farm, Point Reyes National Seashore, Ken Salazar, Drakes Bay Oyster Company, Green News
Helen Grieco

Recent developments demonstrate how deeply involved the Drakes Bay Oyster Company is in the larger political agenda aimed squarely at opening up our most treasured landscapes to inappropriate commercial uses.

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Good News For Beloved Oyster Farm

The Marin Independent Journal, Novato, Calif. | Mark Prado | Posted 04.27.2013 | San Francisco
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Drakes Bay Oyster Co. owner Kevin Lunny won a legal battle Monday when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency injunction that will...

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Tilting at Windmills

Helen Grieco | Posted 04.22.2013 | Green
Read More: Common Cause, Cause of Action, Point Reyes National Seashore, Dan Epstein, Drakes Bay Oyster Company, Secretary Salazar, Green News
Helen Grieco

This month, a U.S. District court ruled that yes, the commercial Drakes Bay Oyster Company squatting in Point Reyes National Seashore after its lease expired had to vacate as long planned.

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A Deal Is a Deal

Lynn Scarlett | Posted 03.19.2013 | Green
Read More: Oysters, Point Reyes National Seashore, Ken Salazar, National Park System, National Parks, Point Reyes, Johnson Oyster Company, Drakes Bay Oyster Company, Drakes Estero, Wilderness, Green News
Lynn Scarlett

This tale might appear to be a poster story for economy versus environment and business versus bureaucrats. Why terminate a permit for a business that generated jobs -- and food?

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Embattled Point Reyes Oyster Farm Forms A Powerful Alliance

The Marin Independent Journal, Novato, Calif. | Mark Prado | Posted 03.01.2013 | San Francisco
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The Virginia-based Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund has agreed to administer a litigation fund to be used to help finance the Drakes Bay Oyster Com...

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Beloved Oyster Farm Shutting Down

AP | JASON DEAREN | Posted 01.29.2013 | San Francisco
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SAN FRANCISCO — An historic Northern California oyster farm along Point Reyes National Seashore will be shut down and the site converted to a wi...

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Drakes Bay Oyster Farm Dispute Spreads All The Way To Capitol Hill

AP | By JASON DEAREN | Posted 02.09.2012 | San Francisco
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POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE, Calif. -- A creaky wooden scow piled high with gnarled oysters slides over the water toward wooden racks hung with rows...

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