Show threadBrent SleeperJun 15, 2025
Late last year, “the Federated Indians of #GratonRancheria regained stewardship over coastal land in #WestMarin. Western Rivers Conservancy [acquired and] transferred ownership of the 466-acre #DillonBeach Ranch to Graton Rancheria ‘for permanent conservation and stewardship.’” https://www.kqed.org/news/12003399/lush-marin-county-coastal-land-returned-to-graton-rancheria
Lush Marin County Coastal Land Returned to Graton Rancheria

The “Land Back” effort is part of a growing movement in California to return land to the Indigenous people. At least a dozen endeavors have already succeeded.

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Brent SleeperJun 15, 2025
Dillon beach ranch.

#SilentSunday #Barn #Farm #Ranch #Cow #Color #Brown #DillonBeach #WestMarin
Brent SleeperMay 26, 2025
Sherbet.

#SilentSunday #Sunset #Seascape #Color #DillonBeach #WestMarin #PointReyes #TomalesPoint #TomalesBay #PacificOcean
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Jan 16, 2025

Mussel bed surveyed before WWII still thriving https://phys.org/news/2025-01-mussel-bed-surveyed-world-war.html

Evaluating historical changes in a mussel bed community in northern #California: Emily Longman et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-86105-9

"A #MusselBed along #DillonBeach is as healthy & biodiverse as it was ~80 years ago, when 2 young students surveyed it... 90 species of #invertebrates were found to live within the mussel bed—slightly more than in 1941. Among them were warm-adapted species more typically found in southern waters"

Mussel bed surveyed before World War II still thriving

A mussel bed along Northern California's Dillon Beach is as healthy and biodiverse as it was about 80 years ago, when two young students surveyed it shortly before Pearl Harbor was attacked and one was sent to fight in World War II.

Phys.org