California’s Leatherback Conservation Day became law in 2012, thanks to the work of then Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN) lead campaigner Teri Shore, who first proposed it and found state…
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In a tentative ruling on September 16, 2022, CA Superior Court Judge Sweet ruled that the group that sued SPAWN and Marin County to prevent the restoration of San Geronimo…
Here is a short underwater video clip of a school of juvenile coho at our recent restoration site at San Geronimo (the former San Geronimo Golf Course)! Historically, this particular…
Watch some fascinating underwater footage that features three of the fish species found in San Geronimo Creek. This footage was taken along a property Turtle Island Restoration Network recently acquired…
For now, more than 1,000 sea turtles each year will continue to drown in a certain type of shrimp net called skimmer trawls, after Biden’s Department of Commerce refused to…
The founder of Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard, and his family have established a new foundation to provide $100 million a year to fight climate change, by given away all of his…
Six of the seven species of sea turtles are considered threatened or endangered under various national and international laws and treaties, including the US Endangered Species Act and the Convention…
In a plan that can only be described as an ecological disaster, a scheme to deepen and widen a 27-mile section of the Matagorda Bay, TX shipping channel—through a Superfund…
Carole Allen, the founder of HEART (Help Endangered Animals—Ridley Turtles) has been a part of Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN) since the early 1990s, shortly after she met our staff—as well…
By: Todd Steiner, Executive Director of Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN) According to a story in NW News Network the NOAA Fisheries are reporting some of the best conditions for…