The recent Marin Voice by Jerry Meral (“Lack of income is pushing Point Reyes National Seashore into disrepair,” April 25) made the case for instituting parking fees in the park to raise funds for needed maintenance.
I have a better, far more appropriate and effective way to raise millions of dollars for the park. It comes with the bonus of reducing park pollution, land degradation, water contamination, invasive plant growth, the nose-burning stench of liquified cow manure and greenhouse gas emissions.
The National Park Service should kick out the thousands of private Point Reyes cows. Approximately 4,500 Point Reyes cattle are a financial bum steer for taxpayers. In a recent report, the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility nonprofit organization reported on massive, annual taxpayer subsidies for ranchers in the park that it called technically illegal — talk about milking the public.
