The Great Giveaway Continues

Driven to near extinction, northern elephant seals have made a remarkable comeback— from as few as 100 in the 1920s to about 124,000 in California today. The seals give birth at Point Reyes National Seashore, where the National Park Service goes to great lengths to protect them from human disturbance. If only the Park Service would show such concern for the Seashore’s other rare wildlife, like the park’s iconic Tule elk.