“HELP THE ELK” Community Night OUTDOOR Covid-safe Film Screening:
Featuring, “The Shame of Point Reyes” documentary film, by Skyler Thomas.
Mill Valley Community Center (SF Bay Area)
7-10pm, Saturday, August 29th, 2020
A safe, OUTDOOR EVENT — with 6-foot distancing and mask protocols in place. (SAFER than grocery shopping indoors!)
Physical distance, social intimacy; a thoughtful, community event for a worthy cause.
B.Y.O. blankets & chairs for a giant lawn.
Lots of room for safe distance between people/groups.
BRING blankets & parkas for cool fog, wind, a la SF ballparks.
This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no foolin’ around. DO bring warm blankets and hot beverages in Thermos for likely cool fog and wind. Think foggy San Francisco stadium — but without the crowds.
FEATURING: 1-hour Audience Q&A with a PANEL OF EXPERTS:
• a biologist with a depth of knowledge of the Point Reyes Seashore ecology;
• a renowned environmental author with in-depth knowledge of the Point Reyes park issues;
• an activist on the forefront of the movement to protect the elk;
• filmmaker, Skyler Thomas
WE’RE GATHERING TO SAVE WILD ELK FROM BEING SHOT…
by the Park Service (!)
Tragically, the same National Park Service (NPS) that relocated a herd of tule elk to Point Reyes in 1978, is now planning to shoot many of them at the request of private ranches operating in the park — unless the public speaks up to protect the elk.
The tule elk of Point Reyes National Seashore, the Bay Area’s ONLY national park, have recovered from near-extinction. Ranchers want elk “managed” — a euphemism for killed — to protect the profits of their already subsidized businesses (including under-market value rental leases).
Join us Saturday night, August 29th, to learn more, and how you can help protect these magnificent wild animals, a unique Bay Area wildlife treasure, and tourist attraction.
READ MORE about the issues in Point Reyes National Seashore Park.
The National Park Service (NPS) helped nurture just 10 tule elk into a thriving herd of 500. There are only 4,000 tule elk in the world, all in California. But the planned elk killing program — called “culling” and “management” — is driven not by science or conservation, but by economics and politics — at the will of the powerful beef and dairy industries in the park.
This elk shooting policy is also in direct violation of the charter legislation of this (and every) U.S. national park, which is to value wildlife and “natural resources” above all else, certainly above the interests of private, for-profit businesses.
A community of wildlife and national park fans has responded, to the elk and all the wild animals living here. And to advocate for soil, air, water and a Pacific ocean free from the 10,000,000 pounds of manure from the over 5,000 cows in Point. Reyes.
READ MORE about the issues at play in Point Reyes National Park.
Join this night of community, Saturday, August 29th. If you love wild animals and wild places, come learn, and ask questions. Together, we can protect all the park’s precious animals, and their ecosystem in Point Reyes National Seashore — which is also OUR ecosystem.
WHERE: Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA.
(5 min. from Hwy 101.)
WHEN: 7-10pm, Saturday, August 29th, 2020.