Sign now to save the Tomales Point elk herd!

The tule elk on Tomales Point cannot escape their enclosed peninsula, and are thus at the mercy of water and forage availability within that restricted territory. This needs to change.

The National Park Service (NPS) is initiating a public planning process for the Tomales Point area of Point Reyes National Seashore, a National Park located on the coast of Northern California. This plan will update the management guidance of this wilderness-designated peninsula, including management of the tule elk herd in this region of the park. These elk are confined to the Point, held behind 8-foot fences that were erected in 1978 by the Park Service to separate this herd from the public land used by ranchers for cattle.

Removing the fence and allowing the elk (via a wildlife corridor) to find water and food beyond Tomales Point is the only humane way to deal with these once-endangered wild animals.

152 tule elk died in Point Reyes National Seashore's "tule elk reserve" from 2019 to 2020, according to a NPS press release. It is not right to keep a group of animals captive and then attempt to maintain a hands-off management approach.

Sign now and help WildCare convince the NPS to remove the fence and create a wildlife corridor to allow the Tomales Point elk herd to expand their territory to areas that offer consistent sources of forage and water! Adding your name to our petition strengthens our argument that wildlife advocates agree that the fence should be removed.