For Immediate Release, July 15, 2026 Contacts: Beth Martin, Environment Texas (Houston), 512-731-1272, bmartin@environmenttexas.org Brittany McWhorter, Turtle Island Restoration Network (Galveston), 409-795-8426, brittany@tirn.net Environmental Advocates, Rice University Students to Hold…
For Immediate Release, July 8, 2026 Contacts: Joanie Steinhaus, Ocean Program Director, joanie@seaturtles.org Brittany McWhorter, Gulf Environmental Program Coordinator, brittany@seaturtles.org Sarah Burgess, Surfrider Galveston Chair, chair@galveston.surfrider.org Turtle Island Restoration…
We’d like to extend our sincere thanks to The Revelator (a news and ideas initiative of the Center for Biological Diversity) for publishing our Executive Director Ken Bouley’s recent feature…
Header photo of a Thick-legged Hover Fly, Syritta pipiens (family Syrphidae) is foraging on a flower of California Buckwheat. Photo credit: May Chen’s Pollinator Posts. Article written by SPAWN’s Nursery Manager, Kristen…
Join the “Oceans Three” – Elizabeth Purcell (Environmental Policy Coordinator), Joanie Steinhaus (Ocean Program Director) and Brittany McWhorter (Gulf of Mexico Program Coordinator) – for an in-depth look at the…
Galveston ghost wolves play with a soccer ball after dark by Nicolas Ledesma-Lubertino. A 351-acre real estate development, known as “Discovery Sands”, has been proposed next to Jamaica Beach in…
Today is World Oceans Day, and it comes at a pivotal moment for ocean wildlife. The deep blue produces every other breath we take, supports countless species and connects communities across…
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…
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…
