The Environmental Action Committee of West Marin is a grass-roots group dedicated to protecting the natural environment and rural character of rural and coastal Marin County.



The Environmental Action Committee of West Marin is a tenacious, non-profit grassroots group founded in 1971 to protect West Marin’s natural environment and rural character. Over the years, we’ve fought off countless ill-conceived developments and protected scores of beloved places. But EAC does more than fight: we have carried out many constructive projects that bring members of our community together to protect West Marin, and we also offer opportunities for our members to discover and learn more about the places we care for. If you love West Marin’s spectacular natural spaces, join the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin now! With your help, we will protect West Marin and preserve it for future generations. Please visit the Save Point Reyes Wilderness website to help protect the only marine wilderness area on the West Coast. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in cooperation with the National Park Service (NPS), is developing Air tour Management Plans (ATMP) for Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) and Point Reyes National Seashore (Seashore). The ATMP will only apply to the airspace below 5,000 above ground level over the area encompassed by the park and to the half-mile buffer zone surrounding the park’s boundary. The ATMP will apply to all commercial air tour operations in this airspace. Your comment letters are essential to stop these commercial uses from destroying our natural and cultural resources, disturbing wildlife, and invading the visitor and wilderness experience at our national parks. Take action! EAC calls on Dr. Corey Goodman to stop his relentless, unilateral attacks of National Park Service scientists and their peer-reviewed science. EAC believes that truth and integrity must comprise the essential foundation for scientific inquiry and those policy decisions that depend on it. Dr. Goodman's personal critique of the Park Service's peer-reviewed science is fundamentally flawed, and the attacks must stop. Read EAC's letter to the West Marin Citizen here. Check out the Events Page for details on upcoming Fall 2011 EAC Events EAC Jerry Friedman Scholarship Available for Environmental Forum of Marin Fall 2011 Class. Click here. REVISED COASTAL COMMISSION PERMIT WILL PROTECT TOMALES DUNES, ENSURE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE USE AT LAWSON’S LANDING The California Coastal Commission yesterday heeded the requests of conservation groups and approved a revised permit for Lawson’s Landing campground that will ensure that significant portions of the rare coastal dunes-wetlands habitat at the site will be restored and forever protected. The Environmental Action Committee of West Marin has been advocating for over a decade for full protection of the rare Tomales Dunes wetlands complex and suggested changes to the proposed permit that were partially adopted by the Commission. Read EAC's Thank You letter to supporters of the Tomales Dunes effort. Read the full press release. EAC's Letter Urging State Parks to Engage In a Public Process to Ensure Future of Tomales Bay State Park Download READ EAC'S COMMENT LETTER TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT SCOPING PROCESS ADDRESSING WHETHER TO ISSUE A NEW 10-YEAR SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR PRIVATE COMMERCIAL USE WITHIN DRAKES ESTERO DESIGNATED WILDERNESS. Download READ EAC'S LETTER TO THE NAVY, URGING THEM TO WITHDRAW THE FEIS/OEIS DUE TO THE DEVASTATING IMPACTS IT WOULD HAVE ON MARINE LIFE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. Download VOLUNTEERS NEEDED EAC is looking for enthusiastic and creative volunteers to serve on our Events Committee. We will be planning EAC’s 40th Birthday party as well as other outreach and outdoor events. Please email Amy at EAC@svn.net if you are interested in volunteering, thank you!! thank you for making the 2011 festival a great success!! Point Reyes Birding and Nature Festival: April 29-May 2, 2011 Over 500 attendees enjoyed the 2011 Festival! EAC is grateful to our many guides, presenters, sponsors, and the great community support for the Festival! Thank you for making the 2011 Point Reyes Birding and Nature Festival a great success!! We look forward to seeing you in 2012!
	Check out our maps, links and the other resources throughout the website to stay and become informed about the Point Reyes National Seashore and environs. Take action to restore native habitats and species, and to protect the rural character of west Marin.