• Tule elk silhouetted against sunlight reflecting off of Drakes Bay.

    Point Reyes

    National Seashore California

  • Notice to campers staying at Coast Campground:

    The Coast Trail between the Hostel and Coast Campground is closed weekdays while salvage operators attempt to remove a wrecked boat from Santa Maria Beach. The potable water sources at Coast Campground have been shut off. More »

  • 2012 Harbor Seal Pupping Season Closures

    From March 1 through June 30, an annual closure of Drakes Estero and certain beaches of Tomales Bay is implemented to protect harbor seals during the pupping season. Please avoid disturbing seals to ensure a successful pupping season. More »

Reading Room: Other Documents of Interest

Lee, Cynthia and John MacDonald (Volpe 2011), Baseline Ambient Sound Levels in Point Reyes National Seashore. Cambridge, MA: U.S. Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, March 2011. (4,636 KB PDF)

Jennings, Scott, R.L. Cormier, T.G. Gardali, D.T. Press, and W.W. Merkle, Status and Distribution of the Barred Owl in Marin County, California, Western Birds 42:103-110, 2011 (235 KB PDF)

Becker, B.H., D.T. Press, and S.G. Allen. 2011. Evidence for long-term spatial displacement of breeding and pupping harbour seals by shellfish aquaculture over three decades. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 21:247-260. (1,268 KB PDF)

Tule Elk Management

Public Report on Allegations of Scientific Misconduct at Point Reyes National Seashore (10,587 KB PDF)

Drakes Bay Oyster Company Special Use Permit (SUP) - April 22, 2008 (4,600 KB PDF)

Johnson Oyster Company Reservation of Use and Occupancy (RUO) - 1972 (1,115 KB PDF)

The park conducts reviews of files, databases, recording equipment, and data storage devices to improve responsiveness to Freedom of Information Act and other public requests. As part of this process, the park has identified the following documents which may be of public interest.

Harbor Seal Data

Upper Drakes Estero Harbor Seal and Oyster Activity Data

Upper Drakes Estero photos


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Bull Elephant Seal © Richard Allen

Elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) regularly plunge to depths of 2000 feet to find food, but even far below the ocean's surface they are affected by warming temperatures and melting Antarctic ice. More...