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By 05/05/2021
The Eta Aquarids meteor showers peak on the very evening of this edition. Fog permitting, we should have good viewing after midnight. These meteors are thought to be bits of cosmic debris left from Halley’s Comet. The showers last through May, but the peak date is the most active night.
How quickly central California transitions from spring green to summer golden brown. But the hints of brown along roadways and hillsides are balanced against a wonderful year for colorful wildflowers, something to hold in memory as we move toward the dry season. It seems like everywhere you look flowers are blooming. Lupines and poppies carpet the meadows behind the Bear Valley Visitor Center and along Limantour Road. The grasslands of Tomales Point pop with bright orange paintbrush and beds of purple Douglas iris.
UpdatedFri, Apr 9, 2021 at 2:06 pm PT
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The protesters said the event is being held is in response to the NPS announcing that 152 Tule elk died in 2020. (Shutterstock)
POINT REYES, CA Animal rights activists are planning a protest this weekend against the National Parks Service alleging mistreatment of the Tule elk they attribute to park mismanagement.
The Rally to save Tule elk will be held Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Point Reyes Station s Bear Valley Visitor Center.
The protest is being held by the groups the Defense of Animals, Tree Spirit Project and ForELK.
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The protesters said in a statement announcing the event that they aim to what they describe as deadly mismanagement of Point Reyes National Seashore.
Rally to save Tule elk Details 08 April 2021
Rally at Point Reyes National Seashore After National Park Service Announces Death Toll of 152 Rare Tule Elk
In Defense of Animals,
TreeSpirit Project and
ForELK are hosting a rally on Saturday, April 10 to highlight the deadly mismanagement of Point Reyes National Seashore. The
National Park Service (NPS) announced that 152 Tule elk died in 2020, one in three elk inside a “Preserve.” Activists raised the alarm about the huge number of elk dying during the drought, but the
NPS repeatedly failed to acknowledge the problem or enact its emergency plan. When activists delivered water to the elk, the