When funding shortfalls and staffing cuts caused by the Trump administration threatened to derail a vital habitat restoration project in Muir Woods National Monument earlier this year, SPAWN stepped in…
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For Immediate Release, November 3, 2025 Contacts: Joanie Steinhaus, Ocean Program Director, joanie@seaturtles.org Ty Gribble, Environment Texas Policy Associate, tgribble@environmenttexas.org Environmental Advocates and University Students to Host Texas Statewide…
For Immediate Release, October 14, 2025. Breaking news press release originally distributed by Sierra Club: Joanie Steinhaus, joanie@tirn.net, Turtle Island Restoration Network Anne Rolfes, anne@labucketbrigade.org, Louisiana Bucket Brigade Andy Li, andy.li@sierraclub.org,…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has rejected BP’s proposal for its first new Gulf of Mexico oilfield since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, citing serious flaws in the company’s…
Today, four major environmental organizations (TIRN, Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the Earth) filed a federal lawsuit challenging the latest failure to protect endangered species in...
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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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For Immediate Release, January 9, 2025 Contact: Ken Bouley, kbouley@tirn.net TULE ELK TO ROAM FREE: COMMERCIAL CATTLE RANCHING TO LEAVE POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE CALIFORNIA — After a decade…
For Immediate Release, November 23, 2024 Contact: Todd Steiner, 415-488-7652, tsteiner@tirn.net Ayano Hayes, ahayes@tirn.net Coho and Chinook Salmon Spawning in Marin County Recent Atmospheric River Rain-Storm Bring Endangered Salmon Back…
For Immediate Release: December 28, 2023 Contact: Todd Steiner, (415) 488-7652, tsteiner@tirn.net Fishery’s Expansion Threatens Endangered Leatherback Habitat Off California SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity and Turtle Island…
When returning adult coho salmon started dying before spawning in the Seattle area, scientists went into action. Polluted road run-off was the suspected culprit, but discovering what of the thousands…