Protecting Muir Woods from too much love

Muir Woods National Monument is one of the most-loved and most-visited wild spots in the Bay Area, and it will be even more visited when the National Park Service implements a permanent shuttle service there. Along with lots of visitors, however, come certain problems and concerns. The National Park Service is carrying out a "Carrying Capacity Study", and we want to make sure that it really addresses the full range of potential visitor impacts and provides for enforceable mitigations as problems arise.

A related visitor issue in the park has to do with helicopter overflights. The park needs an Air Tour Management Plan to guard against excessive disturbance.

What You Can Do - This month's key action

Write to Rep. Lynn Woolsey. Ask her work to make sure that both these needed protections for Muir Woods are carried out right. See the two articles -

More visitors require more planning at Muir Woods and
How many helicopters can dance on the head of a redwood cathedral?

for details.