Drakes Bay Oyster Company, threatened by the National Park Service.

There is a hearing coming up on Jan. 25 to see if they can continue operations after March. 
The park service thinks they can creat a "wilderness" in a park that has over two million visitors a year, and thousands of kayakers that paddle around the estero each year. 
They (the park service) thinks the oyster farming operation is detrimental to the estero. 
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