The Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) requested emergency state approval in September to reduce dam water releases into Lagunitas Creek this winter, which will take water away from critically endangered…
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SPAWN recently harvested 1,000+ willow cuttings to help stabilize creek channels at our Roy’s restoration site. Willow poles are used to build a brush mattress, which is a bank stabilization…
SPAWN Nursery is now fully open to the public for volunteer events each Tuesday and Friday from 10 AM–2 PM! Each week, we gather to work on propagating plants, transplanting…
During each six month internship period, SPAWN interns join the volunteers of Broom Service, the local Scotch and French broom removal group, at least one time to help with the…
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…
Each winter, small populations of monarch butterflies overwinter in Bolinas, California. With only 1,194 monarchs recorded overwintering on the coast this past winter, the number of Western Monarch butterflies overwintering…
Written by Eleanor Clark, SPAWN’s native plant nursery intern We live in a country where 30-40 percent of food produced a year is wasted, excessive amounts of resources are spent…
Use the artwork of Turtle Island Restoration Network to show your support for a national, grassroots campaign to save the endemic tule elk of Point Reyes National Seashore from being…
If you’ve visited SPAWN’s native plant nursery it’s going to look a lot different when we are able to welcome visitors again—pandemic permitting. Over the past year our volunteers, staff…