Selected Background Documents Pertaining to Drake's Estero Review

DOCUMENT. Natural Resources Management Plan: Point Reyes National Seashore (National Park Service)

DOCUMENT. Marine Mammal Supplement to the Natural Resources Management Plan: Point Reyes National Seashore (National Park Service)

ARTICLE. Factors affecting haul-out of harbor seals at a site in southeastern Massachusetts (Schneider and Payne 1983)

REPORT. Pinniped assessment in the Point Reyes/Farallon Islands National Marine Sanctuary, 1982-83 (Allen and Huber 1983)

REPORT. Pinniped assessment in the Point Reyes/Farallon Islands National Marine Sanctuary, 1983-84 (Allen and Huber 1984)

REPORT. Human/pinniped interactions in the Point Reyes/Farallon Islands National Marine Sanctuary (Allen and Huber 1984)

ARTICLE. The effect of disturbance on harbor seal haul-out patterns at Bolinas Lagoon, California, 1978-1979 (Allen et al. 1984)

REPORT. The Impacts of the T/V Puerto Rican Oil Spill on Bird and Mammal Populations in the Gulf of the Farallones, 6-19 November 1984 (Point Reyes Bird Observatory)

Master’s Thesis. Seasonal movements and hauling site fidelity of harbor seals, Phoca vitulina richardsi, tagged at the Klamath River, California (Herder 1986)

TECH. MEMO. Movement and activity patterns of harbor seals in Drake's Estero (Allen et al. 1987)

ARTICLE. Diel haul-out patterns and site fidelity of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) on San Miguel Island, California, in autumn. (Yochem et al. 1987)

M.S. THESIS. The movement and activity patterns of harbor seals in Drake's Estero, California (Allen 1988)

ARTICLE. Herd segregation in harbor seals at Point Reyes, California (Allen et al. 1988)

REPORT. Population dynamics of harbor seals in the Gulf of the Farallones (Allen et al. 1989)

HTML LINK. Wetlands: Losses in the United States 1780's to 1980's (Dahl 1990)

LETTER. Comments on 19 March 1991 letter from S. Allen on harbor seals and draft management plan for commercial shellfishing in Drake's Estero (California Department of Health Services)

LETTER. Comments on 20 March 1991 letter from D. Shuford on draft management plan for commercial shellfishing in Drake's Estero, including map of the lease boundaries (California Deparment of Health Services)

DOCUMENT. Johnson Oyster Company lease survey notes from Tom Moore, CDFG, including map of harbor seal haul-outs, oyster allotment and oyster rack locations

LETTER. To California Dept. of Fish & Game soliciting comments and suggestions RE harbor seals, Marine Mammal Protection Act, and Johnson Oyster Company allotment in Drakes Estero (National Park Service)

LETTER. To Point Reyes National Seashore responding to June 27 1991 letter commenting on harbor seals (California Dept. of Fish & Game)

LETTER. To California Dept. of Fish & Game responding 21 August 1991 letter commenting on harbor seals, debris, and litter, including two maps of harbor seal haul-out sites (Point Reyes National Seashore)

LETTER. To Point Reyes National Seashore, clarifying 21 August letter responding to earlier request for comments and including harbor seal counts by site 1982-1991, plot of abundance, and map of census sites (California Dept. of Fish & Game)

LETTER. To Point Reyes National Seashore responding to a request to comment on harbor seals and Marine Mammal Protection Act and scheduling an interagency meeting (National Marine Fisheries Service)

DOCUMENT. Aerial and ground survey counts for harbor seals in Drake's Estero (California Dept. of Fish & Game)

DOCUMENT. Information on harassment incident involving Johnson Oyster Company and harbor seals, 3 maps, lease area, rack locations, proposed area to be deleted from lease, (proposed,?) area to be closed to all boat traffic during pupping season (Point Reyes National Seashore)

DOCUMENT. Synopsis of 9 December 1991 interagency meeting, including list of participants

ARTICLE. Pinniped population dynamics in central California: Correlations with sea surface, temperature and upwelling indices (Sydeman and Allen 1999)

MEMO. Confirming date and discussion topics for 15 January 1992 meeting on Drake's Estero and Johnson Oyster Company (National Marine Fisheries Service)

DOCUMENT. List of attendees at the 15 January 1992 meeting

LETTER. To California Dept. of Fish & Game providing summary of operational restrictions agreed to at 15 January 1991 meeting (National Park Service)

LETTER. To Point Reyes National Seashore regarding different recollection of conclusion reached at 15 January 1992 meeting (California Dept. of Fish & Game)

LETTER. To California Dept. of Fish & Game replying to 28 April 1992 letter (Point Reyes National Seashore)

ARTICLE. Harbour seal vigilance decreases over time since haul out (Terhune 1996)

M.S. THESIS. Assessing the relationship between the Ichthyofauna and oyster mariculture in a shallow coastal embayment, Drakes Estero, Point Reyes National Seashore (Wechsler 1996)

ARTICLE. Effects of aquaculture on habitat use by wintering shorebirds in Tomales Bay, California (Kelly et al. 1996)

REPORT. Bird Inventory of Three National Parks of the San Francisco Bay Area: Wintering Waterbirds and Shorebirds (White 1999)

ARTICLE. Variability in reactions of Pacific harbor seals, Phoca vitulina richardii, to disturbance (Suryan and Harvey 1999)

ARTICLE. Local declines in the abundance of harbour seals: Implications for the designation and monitoring of protected areas (Thompson et al. 2001)

REPORT. Long-term monitoring of harbor seals at Point Reyes, California: five year annual report 1997-2001. (Allen et al. 2004)

ARTICLE. Impact of small boats on the haulout activity of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in Métis Bay, Saint Lawrence Estuary, Québec, Canada (Henry and Hammill 2001)

M.S. THESIS. Pupping phenology and haul out patterns of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) in San Francisco, California (Bohorquez 2002)

ARTICLE. Human-caused disturbance stimuli as a form of predation risk (Frid and Dill 2002)

DOCUMENT. Cease and desist hearing findings (California Coastal Commission)

ARTICLE. Harbor seal abundance (Browne and Terhune 2003)

ARTICLE. Influences of habitat features and disturbance (Stevens and Boness 2003)

REPORT. Ecosystem Level Effects of Marine Bivalve Aquaculture. In: Volume I: A Scientific Review of the Potential Environmental Effects of Aquaculture in Aquatic Ecosystems (Cranford et al. 2003)

DOCUMENT. Southern Pacific Shorebird Conservation Plan: A Strategy for Supporting California’s Central Valley and Coastal Shorebird Populations (Hickey et al. 2003)

ARTICLE. Human disturbance: People as predation-free predators? (Beale and Monaghan 2004)

ARTICLE. Harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardii, population trends in the San Francisco Bay Estuary, 1970-2002 (Grigg et al. 2004)

ARTICLE. Recent biological invasion may hasten invasional meltdown by accelerating historical introductions (Grosholz 2005)

REPORT. Point Reyes National Seashore: Drakes Estero Assessment of Oyster Farming Final Completion Report (Elliot-Fisk et al. 2005)

ARTICLE. Introduction of non-native oysters: Ecosystem effects and restoration implications (Ruesnick et al. 2005)

ARTICLE. Predicting numbers of hauled-out harbour seals: a mathematical model (Hayward et al. 2005)

REPORT. Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi, census in California during May-July 2004 (Lowry et al. 2005)

ARTICLE. Vulnerability of harbour seals, Phoca vitulina, to transient industrial activities in the Strait of Dover (Seuront and Prinzivalli 2005)

REPORT. Pacific Harbor Seal Monitoring 2005 Annual Report (Vanderhoof and Allen 2005)

TECH. REPORT. Sanitary Survey Report: Shellfish growing area classification for Drakes Estero (California Department of Health Services)

REPORT. Pacific Harbor Seal Monitoring 2006 Annual Report (Manna et al. 2006)

ARTICLE. Decline in relative abundance of bottlenose dolphins exposed to long-term disturbance (Bejder et al. 2006)

ARTICLE. Developing an evolutionary ecology of fear: how life history and natural history traits affect disturbance tolerance in birds (Blumestein 2006)

REPORT. Disturbance of harbor seals by cruise ships (Jansen et al. 2006)

REPORT. Field trip in Drake's Estero surveying and mapping location of aquaculture equipment (Becker and Brown)

REPORT. Drakes Estero survey of harbor seals, 13 April 2007 (Allen)

E-MAIL. To Joe Cordaro (NOAA) RE: harbor seal disturbances (S. Allen)

REPORT. Drakes Estero survey of harbor seals, 26 April 2007 (Allen)

LETTER. To D. Neubacher,National Park Service request for time to consult with Commissioners about Drake's Estero (Marine Mammal Commission)

TRANSCRIPT. From 8 May 2007 Board of Supervisors Meeting

REPORT. Drakes Estero: A Sheltered Wilderness Estuary (National Park Service, May 11 2007)

CORRECTION. Re: Sheltered Wilderness Report (National Park Service)

REPORT. Drakes Estero: A Sheltered Wilderness Estuary (National Park Service, July 27 2007)

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. Discrepancies between versions of the NPS "Sheltered Wilderness Report" (Goodman 2007)

MEMO. To A. Detmer on effects of oyster mariculture on the natural resources in Drake’s Estero (California Coastal Commission 2007)

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. The Case for Scientific Misconduct: Part II the Harbor Seals (version 2.4) (Goodman 2007)

DOCUMENT. Statement of clarification of law, policy and science on Drake's Estero dated 9-18-07 and commented by several researchers (National Park Service)

LETTER. To California Coastal Commission RE: alleged impacts of oyster activities on harbor seals (Drake's Bay Oyster Company)

DOCUMENT. Cease and desist hearing findings (California Coastal Commission)

MEMO. To National Academy of Sciences RE The case for scientific misconduct (Goodman)

REPORT. Pacific Harbor Seal Monitoring 2007 Annual Report (Truchinski et al. 2008)

ARTICLE. Approaches to measuring the effects of human disturbance on birds (Gill 2007)

ARTICLE. Regulation compliance by vessels and disturbance of harbour seals, Phoca vitulina (Johnson and Acevedo-Gutierez 2007)

REPORT. Potential Impacts of Mariculture Activities in the MLPA North Central Coast Study Region (Science Advisory Team 2008)

MEMO. To Point Reyes National Seashore RE Goodman's 3 April 2008 article in Point Reyes Light (National Park Service SFAN Inventory and Monitoring

LETTER. To Becker RE: Manuscript acceptance (includes a copy of Becker et a.l as accepted) (Boness, Marine Mammal Science)

REPORT. Methods Used to Evaluate MPA Proposals in the North Central Coast Study Region (Draft) (California Resources Agency)

PRESENTATION. To NRC Panel: Overview of National Park Service Data vs. National Park Service Claims (Goodman)

MEMO. To Whom It May Concern: Independent analyses conducted on National Park Service derivation of "80% decline" (D. Richard)

LETTER. To NRC Panel: NPS Scientific misrepresentations to NRC panel on 4 September (Goodman)

LETTER. To NRC Panel. RE: Becker presentation to NRC Panel on 4 September and Becker et al. paper in press (Goodman)

LETTER. To Marine Mammal Science in rebuttal of Goodman's letter to the journal (Becker et al.)

LETTER. To Marine Mammal Science in rebuttal of Goodman's letter to the journal (Becker et al.)

LETTER. To NRC Panel: Clarification of how the 80% decline was calculated (National Park Service)

LETTER. To Boness (Marine Mammal Science) RE: Becker et al findings (includes a copy of 23 September 2008 letter to NRC Panel) (Hulls)

LETTER. To NRC Panel. RE: 2008 OB subsite data versus findings of Becker to NRC panel and paper in press (Goodman)

LETTER. To NRC Panel RE: Jarvis letter 24 September 2008 to NRC panel (Goodman)

LETTER. To NRC Panel RE: Summary table of National Park Service errors, omissions and misrepresentations (Goodman)

LETTER. To NRC Panel RE: misrepresentation of 2008 data in relation to closure of the lateral channel (Goodman)

LETTER. To NRC Panel RE: Disturbance records and relationship between oyster harvest and mariculture-related disturbances in Becker II vs. Becker I (Goodman)

REPORT. Pacific Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi) Monitoring at Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area Flynn et al. 2009) Pacific Harbor Seal Monitoring 2008 Annual Report - Erin Flynn et al. 2009

ARTICLE. The effectiveness of an established sanctuary zone for reducing human disturbance to Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea) at Carnac Island, Western Australia (Kent and Crabtree 2008) Kent and Crabtree 2008

REPORT. No energetic cost of anthropogenic disturbance in a songbird (Bisson et al. 2008)

REPORT. Pacific Harbor Seal Census in California during May-July 2002 and 2004 (Lowry et al. 2008)

ARTICLE. Seascapes of fear: evaluating sublethal predator effects experienced and generated by marine mammals (Wirsing et al. 2008)

ARTICLE. Modeling the effects of El Nino, density-dependence, and disturbance on harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) counts in Drake's Estero, California: 1997–2007 (Becker 2009)

LETTER. To NRC Panel RE: New information shows that the National Park Service committed scientific misconduct in the documents it presented to your panel (Goodman)

LETTER. To NRC Panel RE: Becker et al. in press (Drake's Bay Oyster Company)

LETTER. To NRC Panel RE: Harbor seal haulout maps (Drake's Bay Oyster Company)

LETTER. To NRC Panel RE: Harbor seal haulout areas (Drake's Bay Oyster Comapany)

LETTER. To NRC Panel RE: Special use permit (Drake's Bay Oyster Company)

LETTER. To National Academy of Sciences Committee Members re: Drake's Estero Report (National Parks Conservation Association, Environmental Action Committee of West Marin)

LETTER: National Park Service response to D. Goodman letter of 18 January 2009 to NRC.

REPORT. Shellfish Mariculture in Drake's Estero, Point Reyes National Seashore, California (National Academy of Sciences)

LETTER. To Senator Salazar RE National Academy of Sciences report (Senator D. Feinstein)

LETTER. To Marine Mammal Commission, National Marine Fisheries Service RE NAS report harbor seal conclusions (G. Bennett, Sierra Club)

LETTER. Supplemental maps to previously listed letter

LETTER. In support of the National Park Service wilderness plan for Drake's Estero (The Marine Mammal Center)

LETTER. To National Academy of Sciences re: regarding birds and aquaculture (Audubon Canyon Ranch)

LETTER. To Marine Mammal Commission re: harbor seal protection at Drake's Estero (National Parks Conservation Association)

LETTER. Comments to National Academy of Sciences on its report, "Shellfish Mariculture in Drakes Estero, Point Reyes National Seashore, California" (J. Dennis, National Park Service)

LETTER. To National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club Marin Group on decision to conduct an independent review (Marine Mammal Commission)

PHOTOGRAPH. Aerial view of Drake's Estero

REPORT. Critical Review: A Historical Perspective on the National Research Council's Report "Shellfish Mariculture in Drakes Estero" (Babalis 2009)

LETTER. Comments on potential panelists for the MMC review (Drake's Bay Oyster Company)

LETTER. To Marine Mammal Commission RE: recent visit to Drake's Estero (Alliance for Local Sustainable Agriculture)

LETTER. To Alliance for Local Sustainable Agriculture RE: its letter of 31 August 2009 (Marine Mammal Commission)

REPORT. Little archaeological evidence of the Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida) at Drake's Estero, Point Reyes National Seashore, California (Rudo 2009)

LETTER. To Senator Jeff Bingaman RE rider to National Park Service appropriation bill (California Coastal Commission)

DOCUMENT: Draft terms of reference for the MMC review

LETTER. Comments on the draft terms of reference for the MMC review (Sierra Club)

LETTER. Comments on the draft terms of reference for the MMC review (National Park Service)

LETTER. Comments on the draft terms of reference for the MMC review (California Coastal Commission)

LETTER. RE exclusion of Paul Thompson from review panel (Drake's Bay Oyster Company)

LETTER. Comments on draft terms of reference for the MMC review (Drake's Bay Oyster Company)

LETTER. Suggesting participation of Bill Dewey on the review panel (Drake's Bay Oyster Company)

LETTER. Comments on the draft terms of reference for the MMC review (Drakes Bay Oyster Company)

LETTER. To National Parks Service RE: Drake's Bay Oyster Company violations (Sierra Club)

ARTICLE. Impact assessment research: use and misuse of habituation, sensitization and tolerance in describing wildlife responses to anthropogenic stimuli (Bejder et al. 2009)

ARTICLE. Spatial and seasonal relationships between Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) and their prey, at multiple scales (Grigg et al. 2009)

REPORT. San Francisco Bay Area Network Pinniped Monitoring Protocol (National Park Service)

IMAGE. Drake's Estero eelgrass beds

MAP. Eelgrass beds, seal haul-out/pupping sites and aquaculture equipment

IMAGE. Boat propeller cuts through eelgrass beds

MAP. Aquaculture bags and racks and eelgrass beds (05/07/2007)

MAP. Oyster_activity_1994 from National Park Service

MAP. Oyster_activity_2001 from National Park Service

MAP. oyster_activity_2004 from National Park Service

MAP. Oyster_activity_2005 from National Park Service

MAP. Oyster_activity_2007 from National Park Service

MAP. Oyster_activity_3-4-2008 from National Park Service

MAP. Oyster_activity_5-12-2008 from National Park Service

MAP. Oyster_activity_seal_november_2009-overview from National Park Service

CHART. Oyster production 1950-2006, Drake's Estero and statewide (California Department of Fish and Game)

TABLE. Oyster production 1950-2006, Drake's Estero (California Department of Fish and Game)