Unless you live under a rock (and use one of those foot-powered Fred Flintstone cars), you’ve probably noticed that gas prices have gone up, way up. Today we hear what…

Eleven Leatherback Turtles to Compete in the Great Turtle Race Across the Pacific Ocean International Race to Save 100-million-year-old Species from Extinction goes to China The Great Turtle Race II,…
Community Messages & Key Facts on Sea Turtles Sea Turtles (Chelonioidea) are reptiles found in all the world’s oceans except the Arctic Ocean. Sea Turtles play key roles in the…
The finding of seven new Kemp’s ridley sea turtles nests on the Texas coast on Thursday, May 29, brings the 2008 total to 101. Last year 128 nests were found…
SPAWN’s volunteers have been recently removing the invasive Scotch Broom on the property of Giacomini along San Geronimo Creek. This site is heavily covered with invasives and volunteers are now…
ENVIRONMENTAL groups have welcomed a decision by eight Pacific nations to block tuna fishing in pockets of international waters. See the story or keep reading. A meeting in Palau of…
wordfish longline fishing may drive leatherback sea turtles to extinction SACRAMENTO, CA -Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) has introduced Assembly Joint Resolution 62 opposing a Federal proposal to permit certain…

SAN FRANCISCO- A federal judge approved a settlement May 20th of a lawsuit, brought under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, requiring the federal government to issue updated stock assessment reports for protected marine mammals ranging from Florida to Alaska.
History was made again on the Texas coast on May 16 when the most Kemp’s ridley nests found on any single day was recorded. Nineteen nests were found including nine…