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Tears of the Tides: How Federal Law Shaped California’s Oceans, What It Saved & What Comes Next

By 2026, Bay Area, California, Conservation, Endangered/Threatened Species, Headquarters, Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Marine Biodiversity, Marine Mammals & Seabirds, News, PSA, TIRN
Evan Luo, a student at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, recently completed his internship with us as part of our “Resistance Office” program. Check out Evan’s excellent and...
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Don’t Scapegoat Sea Lions for Human-Caused Salmon Declines

By 2025, California, Conservation, Endangered/Threatened Species, Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Marine Mammals & Seabirds, News, PSA, Salmon, Salmon Population Monitoring, Wildlife Monitoring
Don't Scapegoat Sea Lions for Human-caused Salmon Declines At the Salmon Protection And Watershed Network (SPAWN), we have spent decades doing the hard, unglamorous work of saving salmon—restoring streams, protecting...
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NBC Bay Area Coverage of the Muir Woods Habitat Restoration Project

By 2025, Action Center, Bay Area, California, Coho Salmon, Conservation, Endangered/Threatened Species, Habitat Restoration, Headquarters, Human-Wildlife Conflicts, News, Redwood Resources, Redwoods, Resources for the Media, Salmon, TIRN

When funding shortfalls and staffing cuts caused by the Trump administration threatened to derail a vital habitat restoration project in Muir Woods National Monument earlier this year, SPAWN stepped in…

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SPAWN Partners with Muir Woods National Monument Restoring Coho Salmon Habitat in Redwood Creek

By 2025, Bay Area, California, Conservation, Endangered/Threatened Species, Habitat Restoration, Headquarters, Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Redwood Resources, Salmon, TIRN
When funding shortfalls and staffing cuts caused by the Trump administration threatened to derail a vital restoration project in Muir Woods National Monument earlier this year, SPAWN stepped in to...
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Our Ocean Parks, Our Shared Legacy: Celebrating National Marine Sanctuary Day

By 2025, Bay Area, California, Conservation, Eastern Tropical Pacific, Endangered/Threatened Species, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Marine Biodiversity, Marine Mammals & Seabirds, Other Locations, Santa Barbara

Photo of the Flower Gardens Bank by Greg McFall.  Beneath the surface of our nation’s waters lies a living network of stories, species and heritage – all safeguarded by America’s…

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Finally, the End of Drift and Set Gillnet Fishing in California is in Sight!

By 2025, California, Conservation, Driftnets, Driftnets Action, Endangered/Threatened Species, Entanglement, Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Marine Biodiversity, Marine Mammals & Seabirds, News, Santa Barbara, Sea Turtles, Set Gillnet Fishery, Sharks, Turtles

California’s coastal waters may soon be free of two of the most destructive fishing methods ever deployed… set gillnets and drift gillnets, thanks to new laws that will finally phase…

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