At a recent volunteer event, the SPAWN nursery team was helped out by some amazing volunteers! Here are some wonderful pictures of the team in action. Each week, we gather…
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By: Audrey Fusco, SPAWN Nursery Manager and Restoration Ecologist The population of the Western monarch butterfly dropped to less than 2,000 individuals in 2020 and recovered to more than 247,000…
Marin County, CA—The gentle rains of the last week have brought endangered coho salmon back to Lagunitas Creek in west Marin County. Wild coho salmon return to their natal streams…
For Immediate Release: November 10, 2022 Contact: Ayano Hayes, Watershed Biologist, (916) 216-8355, ahayes@tirn.net Todd Steiner, Executive Director, (415) 488-7652, tsteiner@tirn.net Photo Credit: Bud Vieira Naturalist-led Creek Tours Being Offered…
This past week, The Salmon Protection And Watershed Network (SPAWN), joined CNN and their “Call to Earth Day” Initiative, along with WellKind, California high school students from Archie Williams High…
In a tentative ruling on September 16, 2022, CA Superior Court Judge Sweet ruled that the group that sued SPAWN and Marin County to prevent the restoration of San Geronimo…
Here is a short underwater video clip of a school of juvenile coho at our recent restoration site at San Geronimo (the former San Geronimo Golf Course)! Historically, this particular…
Watch some fascinating underwater footage that features three of the fish species found in San Geronimo Creek. This footage was taken along a property Turtle Island Restoration Network recently acquired…
On the first Friday of each month Audrey Fusco, SPAWN Nursery Manager, leads the nursery volunteer group on a seed collection hike from 2 PM to 4 PM. Seed collection…
Through our Tropical Milkweed Trade-Out Program, we are growing narrow-leaf milkweed with 4th graders at several elementary schools in Marin County. The Salmon Protection And Watershed Network (SPAWN) supplies milkweed…