For Immediate Release: June 30, 2022 Contact: Preston Brown, (303) 877-0880, preston@tirn.net Olema, Calif. (June 30, 2022) – Following the second phase of creek restoration at the former San Geronimo Golf Course, the Salmon Protection And Watershed Network (SPAWN) has completed the Roy’s Riffles Restoration Project. This project marks...
For Immediate Release: June 27, 2022 Contacts: Gail Seymour, Board Secretary, Turtle Island Restoration Network, (707) 320-8083, gyseymour@gmail.com Turtle Island Restoration Network’s Board Issues Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade OLEMA, CA — The Supreme Court’s Decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is an affront...
According to a recent study, marine wildlife is at risk from the way the planet is trending. The animals that call the planet’s oceans home are facing increasing perils, due to warmer temperatures. The study warns of species loss that would stem from the increased...
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 have spent a year and a half in the freshwater creek and are enroute to...
Over the last several weeks, the floodplains and graded slopes that were shaped and sculpted just last fall are now alive with thick native grasses, flowers, and understory shrubs. Trees located in protective tree cadging have a lot of new growth and many of the...
For Immediate Release: May 16, 2022 Contacts: Emily Jeffers, (408) 348-6958, ejeffers@biologicaldiversity.org, Center for Biological Diversity Scott Artis, (925) 550-9208, sartis@seaturtles.org, Turtle Island Restoration Network Biden Administration Required to Release Long-Overdue Population Reports for Manatees, Sea Otters and Walruses WASHINGTON— In response to a lawsuit filed by the Center for...
For Immediate Release: May 16, 2022 Contact: Scott Webb, (707) 921-8211, swebb@tirn.net, Turtle Island Restoration Network Preston Brown, (303) 877-0880, preston@tirn.net, Turtle Island Restoration Network Peter J. Broderick, (503) 283-5474 x421, pbroderick@biologicaldiversity.org, Center for Biological Diversity Marin County Poised to Adopt Overdue Stream Conservation Ordinance FOREST KNOLLS, CA- A 15-year court...
SPAWN is pursuing a sediment reduction project on GGNRA ranch lands to upgrade roads and improve road drainage networks. This will result in better watershed hydrology, reduction in sediment, removal of road stream crossings, and improved riparian habitat across one mile of existing road networks...
The National Park Service (NPS) is accepting public comments for the management plan of Tomales Point in Point Reyes National Seashore, where wildlife, such as the native Tule Elk are fenced off from access to enough food or water to survive. Even though Point Reyes...
Thanks to the work of our partners in Costa Rica, we have some exciting images to share: baby leatherbacks! These were pictures taken as they began to emerge in Playa Naranjo. Photo credit: Pablo Aguilar ...
