Turtle Island Restoration Network submitted comments in November to voice our support of federal rules that would restrict fishing around coral reefs in the Gulf of Mexico. Deep sea corals…
Read More
In early October, Turtle Island Restoration Network coordinated the rescue of a critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle that was found hooked and entangled in a mixture of fishing line,…
Pacific Leatherback Conservation Day falls on October 15 and this year, environmental activists are taking to social media to raise awareness of the rapidly declining species. Less than 50 years…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 8, 2019 Contact: Catherine Kilduff, Center for Biological Diversity, (202) 780-8862, ckilduff@biologicaldiversity.org Todd Steiner, Turtle Island Restoration Network, (415) 488-7652, tsteiner@seaturtles.org Alicia Cordero, Wishtoyo Foundation, (805)…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 26, 2019 Contacts:        Todd Steiner, SPAWN, (415) 488-7652, tsteiner@seaturtles.org Preston Brown, SPAWN, (303) 877-0880, preston@seaturtles.org Peter Broderick, Center for Biological Diversity, (971) 717-6421, pbroderick@biologialdiversity.org  County of…
Congress introduced critical legislation this month to repeal new regulations that dramatically weaken the Endangered Species Act, or ESA. Introduced by House Natural Resources Chairman Raul Grijalva (AZ) and Senator…
Turtle Island Restoration Network will join millions across the world Friday in kicking off what could be the largest global mobilization against climate breakdown. On Sept. 20, three days before…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 5, 2019 Press Contact: Joanie Steinhaus joanie@seaturtles.org (512) 417-7741 New Sea Turtle Statues Announced at Galveston Gala GALVESTON—Turtle Island Restoration Network and Clay Cup Studios are…
MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Preston Brown (303) 877-0880 preston@seaturtles.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Massive Lagunitas Creek restoration to benefit endangered salmon underway (West Marin): The Salmon Protection And Watershed Network (SPAWN), a…
A total of 18 species of shark and ray, at risk due to the scale of international trade in their fins and meat, have today been awarded key Appendix II…
