Header photo of a Thick-legged Hover Fly, Syritta pipiens (family Syrphidae) is foraging on a flower of California Buckwheat. Photo credit: May Chen’s Pollinator Posts. Article written by SPAWN’s Nursery Manager, Kristen…
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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…
By Stella Little, TIRN Communications Intern This past month, fifty 5th graders from Mark Day School in southern Marin were welcomed to the SPAWN headquarters for a day of exploration…
Western monarchs once filled California’s coastal groves by the millions. Today, they’re hanging on by a thread. Last winter’s Western Monarch Count recorded just 9,119 overwintering butterflies — the second-lowest…
The power of excluding cattle and restoring creeks, mixed with the tincture of time, creates native habitat refuge for wildlife and cleanses the water of excessive sediment, pathogens and nutrients….
For Immediate Release, May 19, 2025 Contact: Ayano Hayes, Watershed Conservation Manager, ahayes@tirn.net Habitat Restoration Field Showcase (New Date!): Sediment Load Reduction Project in the Lagunitas Creek Watershed MARIN COUNTY,…
We are incredibly grateful to the Christian Science Monitor for their thoughtful and inspiring coverage of the restoration work happening here in San Geronimo, California. Their recent article beautifully captures…
SPAWN, the Marin Monarch Working Group (MMWG), and the West Marin Monarch Sanctuary are hard at work restoring habitat for the Western Monarch butterfly through enhancing habitat at an overwintering…
Double the Monarchs, Double the Message: Support Pollinators with Our Limited-Edition Earth Week Design Just in time for Earth Week, Float.org has launched a stunning, limited-edition apparel design celebrating one...
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Hopeful news for monarch butterflies! The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reopened the public comment period on its proposal to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under...
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