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Operational Changes Took Effect on May 1
The Lighthouse Visitor Center is now only open Fridays through Mondays. The Kenneth C. Patrick Visitor Center will be closed through late December 2013. More »
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2013 Harbor Seal Pupping Season Closures
From March 1 through June 30, the park implements closures of certain Tomales Bay beaches and Drakes Estero to water-based recreation to protect harbor seals during the pupping season. Please avoid disturbing seals to ensure a successful pupping season. More »
Fire Management
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**2013 PROJECTS** Funding for 2013 fire management projects has not yet been approved. The tentative workplan for the winter includes burning debris piles left over from previous fuel reduction and continuing the thinning of Bishop pine along Limantour Road. For more information call 415-464-5133. **RECOVERY ACT FUEL REDUCTION PROJECTS** Funding provided by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act enabled crews to work on a series of hazardous fuel reduction projects from November 2009 through September 2010. See an example of a thinning treatment (265 KB PDF). Read the success story.
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Did You Know?
Four species of pinnipeds (seals and sea lions) rest onshore or breed at Point Reyes: the Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris), the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus), and the Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus). More...