Column by Fred Smith, Executive Director, Environmental Action Committee of West Marin, 1/21/09

Column by Carolyn Longstreth , Esq., President, Environmental Action Committee of West Marin, 2/26/09 (longer version)

Column by National Parks Conservation Association and The Wilderness Society, 11/6/07

Legal Analysis and references, including House Report, Senate Report, legislative hearings
  - Overview of the 1976 Point Reyes Wilderness Act (including legislative history), NPS management policies, the 1964 Wilderness Act, and wilderness case law

Department of Interior Solicitor's Report on Drakes Estero Wilderness status

California Department of Fish and Game Letter to National Park Service
  - State of California confirms NPS laws and policies have jurisdiction or mariculture in Drakes Estero

Drake's Bay Oyster Company's Reservation of Use (operating rights contract)
  - Held by Johnson's oyster company from 1972-2005, purchased by Drake's Bay Oyster Company in 2005

California Coastal Sanctuary Act of 1994