SPAWN holds volunteer events throughout the year, and here are images from a recent outing! Take a look at a quick gallery from our volunteer days! Thank you to all…
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Over the past couple of years, the pandemic has affected humans across the globe. According to a new study, sea turtles were also affected by the spread of Covid. According…
Turtle Island Restoration Network joined a coalition of various NGO’s including Natural Resources Defense Council, American Cetacean Society, Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Earthjustice, Endangered Habitats League, and…
As part of Women’s History Month, several early-career researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego shared their experiences as women in science. Sarah Nossaman Pierce, a…
For Immediate Release: February 28, 2022 Contact: Todd Steiner, (415) 488-7652, tsteiner@tirn.net This winter, two atmospheric river rainfalls that seemed like it would erase California’s drought and would be…
For Immediate Release: February 16, 2022 Contact: Preston Brown, (303) 877-0880, preston@tirn.net San Rafael, CA—ln a final ruling in Marin County’s Superior Court, Judge Andrew Sweet ruled against the San…
Citing a flawed environmental impact assessment, the highest court in Mexico halted the expansion of the Port of Veracruz. In a unanimous decision, the court ruled that Mexican citizens’ human…
For Immediate Release: January 27, 2022 Contact: Todd Steiner, (415) 488-7652, tsteiner@tirn.net Jared Huffman, US Congressman representing the North Coast of California has introduced the Salmon FISH Act, a bill…
For Immediate Release: January 25, 2022 Contacts: Joanie Steinhaus, Gulf Program Director, joanie@seaturtles.org, (512) 417-7741 Texas experienced a mild December but in January the temperatures have begun to drop and…
For Immediate Release: January 14, 2022 Contacts: Todd M. Steiner, (415) 488-7652, tsteiner@tirn.net Ecuador – Ecuador will have a new marine reserve to increase the protection of marine endangered species…