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Drakes Estero Could Be the First Step in Returning Sea Otters to Northern California: Press Release

By 2026, Bay Area, California, Conservation, Endangered/Threatened Species, Habitat Restoration, Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Marine Biodiversity, Marine Mammals & Seabirds, News, News Releases

For Immediate Release, August 17, 2026 Contacts: Ken Bouley, Executive Director, kbouley@seaturtles.org Laurel Irvine, Communications Manager, lirvine@seaturtles.org  Drakes Estero Could Be the First Step in Returning Sea Otters to Northern…

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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s California Longline Fishing Permits: Press Release

By 2026, Bay Area, California, Conservation, Endangered/Threatened Species, Entanglement, Headquarters, Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Lawsuits, Leatherback, Leatherback, Longlines, Marine Biodiversity, Marine Mammals & Seabirds, News, News Releases, Save the Leatherback, Sea Turtle, Sea Turtles

For Immediate Release, August 14, 2026 Contact: Todd Steiner, Turtle Island Restoration Network, (415) 488-7652, tsteiner@TIRN.net Catherine Kilduff, Center for Biological Diversity, (530) 304-7258, ckilduff@biologicaldiversity.org Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s California Longline…

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Report: Position Paper Regarding reintroduction of Southern Sea Otter to Drakes Estero in Point Reyes National Seashore

By 2026, Bay Area, California, Conservation, Endangered/Threatened Species, Habitat Restoration, Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Internships, Marine Mammals & Seabirds, News

Today we’ve published a new report from TIRN’s Environmental Advocacy intern,  Savanna Stewart, and board member Dr. Rick Lanman: Drakes Estero, the First Stepping Stone: An Estuary-Based Strategy for Southern…

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A Look Into Protecting Western Monarch Overwintering Sites

By 2026, Bay Area, Butterflies, California, Comment, Conservation, Current Action, Endangered/Threatened Species, Habitat Restoration, Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Nursery, Spawn Bay Area Monarch Resources

By Jessica Garces, SPAWN Habitat Restoration Intern Historically in West Marin, “monarch butterflies have been noted in huge beautiful numbers at “butterfly trees” in Bolinas and Stinson Beach since the…

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