Point Reyes fallout: Schools shrinking, farmers market dying, "we're losing our community"

All but two of the ranching families bought out by The Nature Conservancy have now left Point Reyes National Seashore.

Shipwreck near Point Reyes. Photo: Source

All but two of the bought-out ranching families have left Point Reyes.

“It’s devastating,” says Albert Straus, founder of Straus Family Creamery in Marin County. Two of the departing dairies were his suppliers. More than his business, he mourns his community.

“We’ve lost over 200 people between the farm families a…