Legislation would phase out last remaining drift gillnet fishery in the United States WASHINGTON—Congress reintroduced a pair of bipartisan bills recently that would phase out the use of harmful large…
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Press Contact: Todd Steiner, Executive Director. tsteiner@seaturtles.org. (415) 488-7652 WASHINGTON—Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) reintroduced a bipartisan bill this week that will phase out the use…
HONOLULU—The National Marine Fisheries Service has immediately closed the Hawai’i-based shallow-set longline fishery for the rest of 2019 to protect endangered loggerhead sea turtles. It is the second year in…
OLEMA—Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN) has awarded a scholarship to a graduate student who will help TIRN study, tag, and track sharks and sea turtles with leading environmentalists during their…
The confirmation hearing for Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is fast-approaching, and we cannot let a long-time fossil fuel lobbyist continue to mismanage our nation’s precious natural resources and public…
This month, Turtle Island Restoration Network is Stream2Sea’s featured nonprofit, which means they will donate an additional percent of purchase proceeds to the organization. When someone uses code SEATURTLE at…
1 1 OLEMA—After just 10 weeks, a half-mile stretch of Lagunitas Creek on Golden Gate National Recreation Area lands has been transformed from...
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For Immediate Release: February 5, 2019 OLEMA—The Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN) recently won a pair of state grants to help restore streamside habitat in Marin County from erosion,…
For Immediate Release: January 29, 2019 SAN RAFAEL—Today the Marin County Board of Supervisors considered a petition for the San Geronimo Valley Golf Course property. The Salmon Protection and Watershed…
In early December, students in the 4th/5th combo class and the 7th grade class at Cascade Canyon Elementary School (Fairfax) joined the Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN) at Samuel…