SPAWN trail cam shows the progression of scavengers who come to pick over a dead deer.
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Data from SPAWN’s five trail cameras reflect when our local fauna are most active. Time of concentrated activity provides information about species’ behavior. Additionally, it may help us identify unknown…
A recently released video produced by Lori Eanes Photography highlights Turtle Island Restoration Network's California-based initiative, the Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN), and their project to restore a half-mile stretch of...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 30, 2019 Press Contacts: Todd Steiner, Turtle Island Restoration Network, (415) 488-7652 Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear, (301) 523-0201 Deborah Sivas, Stanford Environmental Law Clinic, (650) 723-0325…
In April 2019, a crew of volunteer divers, marine biologists, scientists, and dive masters joined Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN) on one of the organization’s yearly research expeditions to Cocos Island National…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2019 Press Contacts: Preston Brown, Watershed Conservation Director, (303) 877-0880, preston@seaturtles.org Audrey Fusco, Native Plant Nursery Manager, (415) 845-4790, audrey@seaturtles.org Todd Steiner, Executive Director, (415)…
LAGUNITAS CREEK–Last winter, SPAWN began regularly releasing footage from our motion- and temperature-activated cameras as part of a fun weekend celebration. Now, as trail cameras reveal data spanning multiple seasons,…
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…
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…