Is There a Conspiracy Against Ranching in the Federal Government?

For many American producers, the eviction of 12 ranching families on Point Reyes is just the latest chapter in a long march to erasure.

An abandoned ranch house near Point Reyes, California. Photo courtesy Billie Thibodeau

In the town of Bolinas, just south of Point Reyes, Billie Thibodeau runs a grazing-for-hire service, cleaning up fire fuel.

This stretch of California was once a blue-collar promised land on the razor edge of America. It is fast becoming a ghost coast—summer homes for b…