The Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN), with funding from the Marin Community Foundation, has launched its Stormwater Catchment and Water Conservation Initiative for Marin County residences and businesses. The…
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Recent scientific evidence shows climate change is changing the fundamental biology of Pacific leatherback turtles–not tomorrow, but today–and making these 100-million-year-old sea turtles more vulnerable to longline and drift gillnet…
Sea turtle groups, nesting beach volunteers, and researchers support national effort to stop weak rules proposed by federal fishery agency Today sea turtle conservationists from across the country joined other…
Not only are loggerhead nests nearing a record-high in Georgia, far fewer dead sea turtles are washing up on shore. Read the Jacksonville newspaper article. No doubt there are many…
The fact that the Hawaii swordfish and tuna longline fisheries ensnare many imperiled leatherback and loggerhead sea turtles is well documented. The impact of the Hawaiian longline fisheries on other…
Ocean Protection Group Seeks Investigation of National Marine Fisheries Service for Lobbying Against West Coast Sea Turtle Protection Today the Sea Turtle Restoration Project filed papers seeking an investigation into…
Dozens of seabirds, rare whales, dolphins and sea turtles die in swordfish and tuna fisheries during the past three months So far this year, Hawaii’s longline fisheries have proven to…
The last 2008 Kemp’s ridley nest found on the Texas coast was marked by hatchlings coming from a nest on Bolivar Peninsula no one had seen before trying to get…
The high powered PR firm hired by the oyster company operating inside one of the Bay Area’s prized jewels, Point Reyes National Seashore, has made quite an effort in the last few days to generate alarming news headlines by twisting the facts in the 50 page Inspector General’s (IG) report for its paying client, Drakes Bay Oyster Company.