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California

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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SPAWN’s Chicken Ranch Beach Efforts Contributing to Improving Populations of Listed Endangered Species

By 2026, California, Coho Salmon, Conservation, Endangered/Threatened Species, Habitat Restoration, Habitat Restoration & Landowner Assistance, Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Internships, Native Plant Nursery, Nursery, Salmon, Wildlife Monitoring

By Sierra LeTourneau, SPAWN Salmonid Monitoring Intern Header photo of a happy SPAWN Nursery-grown lupine at Chicken Ranch Beach in Tomales Bay, California. In honor of Endangered Species day, which…

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Rising Pacific Ocean Temperatures Trigger Legal Requirement to Protect Loggerhead Sea Turtles from Driftnets

By 2026, California, Conservation, Driftnets, Endangered/Threatened Species, Entanglement, Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Lawsuits, Longlines, News, Sea Turtle, Sea Turtles

Rising Pacific Ocean temperatures are triggering a federal legal requirement, triggered by litigation by Turtle Island (TIRN) and Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) to close a large stretch of Southern…

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Exploring Coexistence for Coyote Awareness Week

By 2026, Bay Area, California, Conservation, Current Action, Education & Outreach, Endangered/Threatened Species, Gulf Education & Outreach, Gulf of Mexico, Human-Wildlife Conflicts, News, Other Locations, Pledge, PSA

Photo of Galveston’s ghost wolves play with a soccer ball after dark by Nicolas Ledesma-Lubertino. You may be wondering why a largely ocean-focused organization is highlighting Coyote Awareness Week. Coyotes…

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Action Alert: Oppose Restarting Sable Offshore’s Pipeline that Caused Devastating 2015 Oil Spill

By 2026, Bay Area, California, Conservation, Current Action, Endangered/Threatened Species, Headquarters, Human-Wildlife Conflicts, LNG, Marine Biodiversity, Marine Mammals & Seabirds, News, Pledge, PSA, Santa Barbara

On Friday, March 13th, President Trump signed an executive order expanding the use of the Defense Production Act (DPA), a rarely used Cold-War Era law, in an attempt to allow the…

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Next TIRN Membership Webinar, “Point Reyes National Seashore: From Ranching to Restoration” on March 19

By 2026, Bay Area, California, Conservation, Habitat Restoration, Headquarters, Human-Wildlife Conflicts, News, TIRN, Upcoming Events

Join us for an encompassing conversation about Point Reyes National Seashore in our TIRN member exclusive webinar series – Point Reyes National Seashore: The Transition from Ranching to Restoration – on Thursday,…

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