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 seeds and all supplies that the students need to grow the milkweed. With visits to...
Turtle Island Restoration Network recently joined with numerous organizations in sending a letter to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in urging the adoption of the Oil Well Ordinance. Adopting the ordinance would be the first of many steps Los Angeles County must take to...
In a plan that can only be described as an ecological disaster, a scheme to deepen and widen a 27-mile section of the Matagorda Bay, TX shipping channel—through a Superfund Site full of toxic mercury—has been been put on hold for now. Turtle Island, San Antonio...
A recently shared picture of a green sea turtle in Australia’s K’gari (Fraser Island) Great Sandy National Park garnered attention on the internet, with the devastating image showcasing the impact of crab traps on marine life. The image shows the endangered turtle after it had...
In an announcement of good news, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers again delayed its timing to seek bids to dredge the Matagorda Bay shipping channel through an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund site. The bids would vastly expand exports from an oil export terminal...
A recent study of shark meat and fins being sold highlighted the dangers that come with the practice and consumption of these products. A team of scientists from the United States and Hong Kong assessed the risks of shark products, and most of the products...
For Immediate Release: September 1, 2022 Contacts: Scott Webb, Turtle Island Restoration Network, (707) 921-8211, swebb@seaturtles.org Laura Cunningham, Western Watersheds Project, (775) 513-1280, lcunningham@westernwatersheds.org Chance Cutrano, Resource Renewal Institute, (415) 928-3774, ccutrano@rri.org Jeff Miller, Center for Biological Diversity, (510) 499-9185, jmiller@biologicaldiversity.org Jack Gescheidt, In Defense of Animals, (415) 948-0057, jackg@idausa.org Rigorous New...
Urgent! Tell the California Coastal Commission that chronic water pollution caused by private ranching operations in the only National Seashore on the West Coast is unacceptable....
Some of the recent work SPAWN has been involved with was highlighted in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ News and Information Hub. The work done at the former San Geronimo course was mentioned, where SPAWN helped create water-receiving floodplains and side channels benefitting wildlife. The...
