For Immediate Release, July 24, 2020 Contact: Annalisa Batanides Tuel, Turtle Island Restoration Network, atuel@seaturtles.org Senate Passes Bill to Protect Sea Turtles, Whales, Dolphins from Drift Gillnets Bans large mesh…
After years of unnecessary deaths, California has finally proposed rules for the state’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery that would lessen the entanglement risk for whales and sea turtles. In a…
The Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN) recently completed our Year 1 Post-Construction Monitoring Report for the Lagunitas Floodplain Restoration Phase I. The Lagunitas Creek Floodplain and Riparian Restoration Project…
Douglas iris (Iris douglasiana) is a perennial spring-blooming wildflower that is common in Marin County and is found throughout coastal areas in northern and central California. This iris is naturally…
SPAWN would like to send a big thank you to volunteers Al Lubow and Mel Wright for all of the hard work they have put into building 12 new tables for our…
For Immediate Release, June 18, 2020 Contact: Todd Steiner, Turtle Island Restoration Network, (415) 488-8752, TSteiner@SeaTurtles.org Catherine Kilduff, Center for Biological Diversity, (202) 780-8862, CKilduff@BiologicalDiversity.org California Agency: Protection for Leatherback…
For Immediate Release, June 2, 2020 Contact: Todd Steiner, Executive Director, (415) 488-7652, tsteiner@seaturtles.org Preston Brown, Director of Watershed Conservation, (303) 877-0880, preston@seaturtles.org Marin County Board of Supervisors Block Appeal…
Written by Ayano Hayes, SPAWN’s Watershed Biologist The 2020 coho salmon smolt year in Marin County’s San Geronimo Creek is off to a big start! When coho salmon are born…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2020 Contact: Todd Steiner, (415) 488-7652, tsteiner@seaturtles.org Preston Brown, (303) 877-0880, preston@seaturtles.org Turtle Island Restoration Network Purchases Four-Acre Property on San Geronimo Creek for Salmon Protection…