A 2-mile-long fence marks the border of the Tule Elk Reserve at the Point Reyes National Seashore on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal) ...

LATEST Dec. 10, 3:15 p.m. A federal judge granted an injunction on Monday to temporarily stop the National Park Service from removing a fence in Point Reyes National Seashore that restricts the ...

Tule elk will be permitted to roam free in Northern California’s Point Reyes National Seashore, the National Park Service announced Monday. As part of a long-awaited park management plan, NPS ...

The fence was first installed in 1978 after tule elk were reintroduced to Tomales Point. The minimum population estimate for the herd is 315 elk, according to NPS’ 2024 annual count.

Last year, the park’s annual count tallied 702 tule elk in the seashore, including 315 in Tomales Point (a 20.2% increase from the year before), 188 around Drakes Beach and 199 around Limantour ...

Freed called CPW seeking help, but a CPW ranger encouraged her to leave the elk alone overnight to see if it could escape the gully without help. Around 7 p.m. Thursday, Freed decided to “rally the ...

Around 7 p.m. Thursday, Freed decided to “rally the troops” to dig a path in the snow for the elk early the next morning. “We got a group of about 10 neighbors to agree to help,” said Freed.