For Immediate Release January 23, 2020 Contacts: Annalisa Tuel, atuel@seaturtles.org, 408-621-8113 Ayano Hayes, ahayes@seaturtles.org, 916-216-8355 Trump Administration Slashes Protections for Bay Area Streams WASHINGTON — On Jan. 23 the Trump…
By Bryce King, Habitat Restoration Intern The Salmon Protection And Watershed Network, or SPAWN, is conducting substrate classification, embeddedness, and scour chain studies to gauge the current redd habitat value…
For Immediate Release January 15, 2020 Contact Harry McGrath, (415) 254-7185, hmcgrath@seaturtles.org SPAWN to Offer California Naturalist Training This Winter OLEMA, Calif. — The Salmon Protection And Watershed Network (SPAWN)…
For Immediate Release January 10, 2020 Contacts: Todd Steiner, tsteiner@seaturtles.org, 415-488-7652 Preston Brown, preston@seaturtles.org, 303-877-0880 Ayano Hayes, ahayes@seaturtles.org, 916-216-8355 California’s Coho Salmon Spawning Numbers Plummet Marin County Spawning Population Lowest…
For Immediate Release January 9, 2020 Contact Annalisa Batanides Tuel, (408) 621-8113, atuel@seaturtles.org Lawsuit Challenges Loopholes in Obama-era Rule Exempting Wetlands and Streams from Clean Water Act Protections OAKLAND, Calif….
Each winter, SPAWN offers the Bay Area community the chance to experience one of Marin County’s most magnificent natural phenomenon: the local population of endangered coho salmon returning from the…
In late October, SPAWN used visual observation and underwater cameras to record endangered California freshwater shrimp using habitats specifically designed for them, which could be the first time! California freshwater…
In October, SPAWN completed the second phase of our floodplain and riparian restoration project at the ghost town of Jewell in Northern California, re-creating floodplain wetlands along Lagunitas Creek to…
Coho salmon are an anadromous species, meaning they migrate from the ocean to their freshwater natal streams to spawn, or build nests (called redds). The anadromous life history of salmon…
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…