Sea turtles, whales, and other marine wildlife are at risk of becoming entangled in commercial fishing gear off the west coast of the United States, with numbers increasing in recent…
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For Immediate Release, September 16, 2021 Contact: Todd Steiner, Executive Director, tsteiner@seaturtles.org, 415-488-7652 Sea Turtles, Sharks, Dolphins One Step Closer to Protection from Drift Gillnets Senate Passes Bipartisan Bill to…
For Immediate Release, September 13, 2021 Contact: Scott Webb, Policy & Advocacy Manager, swebb@seaturtles.org, 707-921-8211 Feds Approve Controversial Ranching Plan for Point Reyes National Seashore POINT REYES STATION, Calif. —…
Leatherback sea turtle nesting season is just around the corner! Turtle Island Restoration Network is working with two grassroots partners in Costa Rica—Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund and biologist Luis…
Leer en español. For Immediate Release, September 10, 2021 Contact: Mariano Castro, Turtle Island Restoration Network, mcastro@seaturtles.org ‘New York Times’ Ad Urges Costa Rica and Ecuador Presidents to Protect Endangered…
For Immediate Release, August 31, 2021 Contacts: Elizabeth Purcell, Turtle Island Restoration Network, elizabeth@seaturtles.org Gayathra Bandara, Earthlanka, gayathracharukabandara.aldeniyagodagedara@ugent.be Sudarsha De Silva, Earthlanka, sudarsha30384@gmail.com Sri Lankan Nonprofit Awarded Funding to Protect…
On August 25, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality finalized the adoption of Alternative Language Notice in the public input process for air, water, and waste permits. The new rule…
SPAWN Nursery is now fully open to the public for volunteer events each Tuesday and Friday from 10 AM–2 PM! Each week, we gather to work on propagating plants, transplanting…
During each six month internship period, SPAWN interns join the volunteers of Broom Service, the local Scotch and French broom removal group, at least one time to help with the…
In August SPAWN began the final phase of Roy’s Riffles, our largest salmon habitat restoration project yet. Last summer we removed a 100-year-old dam, known as Roy’s Dam, from a…