With the sun shining and the creek trickling by, myself and 11 other SPAWN volunteers worked shoulder to shoulder along Roy’s Pools to clear out an area of invasive blackberry that had…
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The lack of rain this winter has contributed to what fisheries biologists say is, so far, the worst return of coho salmon in the recorded history of Marin County’s Lagunitas…
It’s been a slow start for the return of coho salmon in Marin’s creeks this winter, raising concerns among biologists that it could be a second consecutive poor year for…
Lagunitas watershed, which holds the largest remaining Central Californian Coast coho salmon population in the state, was one of the few bright spots in a report released last week that…
LAGUNITAS CREEK, CA (KGO) — A startling new report issued by an environmental advocacy group finds California’s fish are in crisis. It predicts nearly two-thirds of the state’s native salmon, steelhead…
The Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN), with funding from the Marin Community Foundation, has launched its Stormwater Catchment and Water Conservation Initiative for Marin County residences and businesses. The…
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The high powered PR firm hired by the oyster company operating inside one of the Bay Area’s prized jewels, Point Reyes National Seashore, has made quite an effort in the last few days to generate alarming news headlines by twisting the facts in the 50 page Inspector General’s (IG) report for its paying client, Drakes Bay Oyster Company.
The Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN), with funding from the Marin Community Foundation, has launched its Stormwater Catchment & Water Conservation Initiative for Marin County residences and businesses.
The simple idea behind the program is to collect and store rainwater in the wet winter months and use it for irrigating gardens, lawns and landscaping in the dry spring and summer months.
Staff Biologists Receive Peter Behar Memorial Award from the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin and Marin Conservation League’s 2008 Ted Wellman Award Presented to Organization