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Point Reyes SMR and Point Reyes SMCA are two of 22 marine protected areas adopted by the California Department of Fish and Game in August 2009, during the second phase of the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative. The MLPAI is a collaborative public process to create a statewide network of protected areas along California's coastline.
Elephant seals are beginning their annual exodus from California beaches after bearing pups, National Park Service rangers reported. Adult female elephant seals have started leaving Point Reyes ...
The first elephant seal breeding colony was established at Chimney Beach, which is protected by 100-foot (30 m) cliffs [17], although the first documented pup was born at Point Reyes in 1976. [18]. In January 2019, during the federal government shutdown , park rangers were not working and the seals had pups on Drakes Beach and its parking lot.
Point Reyes is the only national seashore on the Pacific coast. While all of these protected sites have extensive beaches for recreation, they extend inland to include other natural resources like wetlands and marshes, forests, lakes and lagoons, and dunes. Many also feature historic lighthouses and estates.
A bull elephant seal on a California beach shocked researchers in 2022 with an uncharacteristic good deed, a recent study reported. The seal pushed a pup being swept out to sea back to shore at ...
There’s a reason the male elephant seals lounging on the sand look a bit ratty. Bull elephant seals take over SLO County beaches. How will they spend the rest of summer?
The largest elephant seal rookery on the West Coast is located about a mile south of the lighthouse along California Highway One. [10] A few animals began using the rookery in 1990. [11] [12] A large parking area and boardwalk offer easy access to view the elephant seals.
In the 1906 earthquake, Point Reyes moved north 21 ft (6.4 m). [32] Point Reyes is bounded to the east by the San Andreas Fault, which runs directly under Tomales Bay, and is structurally dominated by the Point Reyes Syncline. The Point Reyes Peninsula is on the Pacific Plate, while the rest of Marin County land is on the North American Plate. [33]