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…
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By Sierra LeTourneau and John Weber Coho salmon inherently prefer to travel all the way up the watershed into tributaries, small head water streams to spawn. This can be difficult…
Don't Scapegoat Sea Lions for Human-caused Salmon Declines At the Salmon Protection And Watershed Network (SPAWN), we have spent decades doing the hard, unglamorous work of saving salmon—restoring streams, protecting...
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Rain and spawning salmon go together, and the winter season of 2024-25 had a plethora of both! Getting to see these fish, some reaching more than 3 feet in length…
By Ayano Hayes, Watershed Conservation Manager As spring gives way to summer, we’re excited to share early insights from the 2025 salmon smolt outmigration season in the Lagunitas Creek watershed….
I have always had a passion for animals, nature, and particularly the ocean, which led to attending college and earning my degree in Marine Biology. During undergrad, I got the…
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…
Since mid-March 2022, SPAWN has been monitoring a smolt trap on San Geronimo Creek (SGC) to gauge the endangered coho salmon population within the Lagunitas Watershed. These young coho salmon…
For Immediate Release, December 8, 2021 Contact: Ayano Hayes, ahayes@tirn.net, 916-216-8355 Creekwalk Tours Are Back SAN RAFAEL, Calif.—After a year hiatus, Creekwalk Tours are back! Don’t miss the opportunity to…
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…