Contact: Joanie Steinhaus, Gulf Program Director, joanie@seaturtles.org City of Galveston Considers Banning Balloon Releases to Protect Wildlife GALVESTON, Texas — Galveston City Council is considering passing an ordinance that would…
Turtle Island Restoration Network joined over 500 climate, conservation, environmental justice, and indigenous groups in imploring the U.S. Department of the Interior to end the federal leasing programs and wind…
Turtle Island Restoration Network is excited to welcome two new faces to the team! Scott Webb joins us as Policy & Advocacy Manager to oversee the policy and legal aspects…
Turtle Island Restoration Network joined various organizations and non-profits to urge Congressional leadership to oppose subsidies for fossil fuels, plastics, and petrochemicals. The letter, sent to Rep. Marcy Kaptur and…
WASHINGTON—Turtle Island Restoration Network urged the National Marine Fisheries Service to immediately reinstate Spring Gulf of Mexico Gear-Restricted Areas (“GRAs”). These GRAs—bluefin tuna spawning hotspots closed to pelagic longlining during…
For Immediate Release, July 9, 2021 Contact: Audrey Fusco, Nursery Manager and Restoration Ecologist, audrey@seaturtles.org Volunteers Needed for Invasive Plant Removal Event LAGUNITAS, Calif. — The Salmon Protection and Watershed…
For Immediate Release, July 8, 2021 Contact: Todd Steiner, Executive Director, 415-488-7652, tsteiner@seaturtles.org California Driftnet Buy-Back Program Protects Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s budget will allocate $1.3…
A Mexican state-owned oil company’s undersea gas pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico suffered a rupture on July 3, resulting in flames boiling to the surface of the sea. Pemex,…
Salmon Habitat Restoration in the Face of Drought Written by Ayano Hayes, SPAWN Watershed Biologist We are approaching one year from the removal of Roy’s Dam on San Geronimo Creek,…
SPAWN is thrilled to announce we are able to reopen our volunteer days this month! Help us restore the most important habitat for the recovery of endangered coho salmon on the central…
