On August 25, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality finalized the adoption of Alternative Language Notice in the public input process for air, water, and waste permits. The new rule…
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SPAWN Nursery is now fully open to the public for volunteer events each Tuesday and Friday from 10 AM–2 PM! Each week, we gather to work on propagating plants, transplanting…
During each six month internship period, SPAWN interns join the volunteers of Broom Service, the local Scotch and French broom removal group, at least one time to help with the…
In August SPAWN began the final phase of Roy’s Riffles, our largest salmon habitat restoration project yet. Last summer we removed a 100-year-old dam, known as Roy’s Dam, from a…
For Immediate Release, August 16, 2021 Contact: Catherine Kilduff, Center for Biological Diversity, (202) 780-8862, CKilduff@BiologicalDiversity.org Todd Steiner, Turtle Island Restoration Network, (415) 488-8752, TSteiner@SeaTurtles.org California Agency Recommends Listing Leatherback…
Contact: Kimber DeSalvo Anderson, Gulf Program Coordinator, kanderson@seaturtles.org, (409) 795-8426 Victory! Galveston Bans Balloon Releases to Protect Wildlife GALVESTON, Texas — Galveston City Council unanimously passed an ordinance last night…
Contact: Joanie Steinhaus, Gulf Program Director, joanie@seaturtles.org Gulf of Mexico Has Larger-Than-Average Dead Zone The Gulf of Mexico is measured each year for a “dead zone,” an area of low…
Contact: Joanie Steinhaus, Gulf Program Director, joanie@seaturtles.org U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sued over Oil Export Terminal Expansion Approval MODA Ingleside Oil Terminal, LLC, the country’s leading oil export terminal,…
This op-ed was published in The Sacramento Bee on August 8, 2021. A proposed management plan for Point Reyes National Seashore, drafted during Donald Trump’s tenure as president, is environmentally irresponsible,…
For Immediate Release, July 30, 2021 Contact: Todd Steiner, Turtle Island Restoration Network, tsteiner@seaturtles.org Rapid Development Threatens Critical Sea Turtle Habitat in Puerto Rico WASHINGTON — Four Congressional Democrats urged…