https://hotair.com/marykatharine/2012/11/29/video-feds-shut-down-100-year-old-oyster-company-destroys-some-lives-and-dreams/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 15:14:28 -0400<![CDATA[Hey, no bigs. It&#8217;s just a 100-year-old company and California&#8217;s only surviving cannery, a sustainable, family-owned operation employing 30 people. The Drakes Bay Oyster Company has been in a seven-year fight with the federal government and environmental groups over whether it&#8217;s 40-year lease would be renewed this week. The Lunny family, which owns the oyster farm, was among a group of families that sold their ranch lands to the National Parks Service in the 1970s to protect them from developers, with the understanding they would get 40-year-leases renewed in perpetuity. After buying and operating the oyster farm without incident— they were even featured as outstanding environmental stewards by the National Parks Service— the Lunnys learned in 2005 they were accused of bringing environmental damage to an area the NPS and environmentalists were anxious to designate as the nation&#8217;s first federally recognized marine wilderness.]]>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:21:03 -0500<![CDATA[Mary Katharine Ham]]>https://hotair.com/marykatharine/2012/11/29/video-feds-shut-down-100-year-old-oyster-company-destroys-some-lives-and-dreams-n203135