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…
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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…
By Stella Little, TIRN Communications Intern This past month, fifty 5th graders from Mark Day School in southern Marin were welcomed to the SPAWN headquarters for a day of exploration…
In this in-depth article by Jessica Zimmer, published on SPAWN, you’ll learn how staff, volunteers, interns and partners are restoring floodplains, installing innovative woody debris structures, working with landowners and...
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The power of excluding cattle and restoring creeks, mixed with the tincture of time, creates native habitat refuge for wildlife and cleanses the water of excessive sediment, pathogens and nutrients….
SPAWN, the Marin Monarch Working Group (MMWG), and the West Marin Monarch Sanctuary are hard at work restoring habitat for the Western Monarch butterfly through enhancing habitat at an overwintering…
Hopeful news for monarch butterflies! The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reopened the public comment period on its proposal to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under...
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Today is California's Western Monarch Day, and what better way to celebrate the iconic butterfly species by using your voice to ensure their Endangered Species Act protection?! SPAWN is on...
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