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Good News for Salmon Leaving Coastal Streams Entering the Ocean 
According to a story in NW News Network the NOAA Fisheries are reporting some of the best conditions for young salmon leaving coastal rivers and streams and entering the Pacific Ocean. That’s because of a strong upwelling bringing nutrients up from the deeper parts of the Ocean and making nutrients available for the organisms young salmon eat....
Posted: Tue, Jan 11, 2022 8:00am PST
Salmon Reach Old Spawning Grounds In Heavy Rains For First Time In Years 
The heavy rains of December and January have brought endangered coho salmon up into the small tributaries of the San Geronimo Valley for the first time in years, as did the early rains of October, which brought Chinook salmon in Woodacre Creek for the first time ever documented....
Posted: Sat, Jan 8, 2022 1:08pm PST
Turtle Island Restoration Network Salmon Tours Featured on San Francisco Chronicle Page 1 
On January 4th 2022, the San Francisco Chronicle published a Page 1 story on Turtle Island Restoration Network’s (TIRN/SPAWN) Salmon Tours in Marin County, titled, “A good year’ to see coho salmon make their annual return to Marin creek’s." when Chronicle reporter Tara Duggan joined a TIRN/SPAWN public tour in Samuel P. Taylor State Park....
Posted: Thu, Jan 6, 2022 4:15pm PST
SPAWN Announces New Residential Internship Opportunities in Marin County, CA Redwoods 
Marin County-- SPAWN announces new residential internship opportunities for recent college graduates to gain training and opportunities in habitat restoration, salmon biological monitoring, native plant propagation, and effective environmental advocacy....
Posted: Tue, Jan 4, 2022 8:03am PST
Four California Frog Populations Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection 
SACRAMENTO, December 27, 2021 — In response to a Center for Biological Diversity petition and lawsuit, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed Endangered Species Act protection for four populations of foothill yellow-legged frogs in the Sierra Nevada and central and Southern California. This stream-dwelling frog species has disappeared from more than 50% of its historic habitat in the state....
Posted: Mon, Dec 27, 2021 3:11pm PST
Deaths of Tule Elk by Ranching on Public Lands at Point Reyes Protested 
Pollution by 5000 cows and 400 miles of barbed wire fencing are destroying native species...
Posted: Sun, Dec 5, 2021 10:20am PST
California’s Epic Traveling Wolf OR-93 is Dead After Vehicle Strike Along I-5 
SACRAMENTO, Calif., November 24, 2021 — State wildlife agency officials announced today that OR-93, a radio-collared male wolf from Oregon who first entered California on Jan. 30, has died after being struck by a vehicle along Interstate 5 in Kern County....
Posted: Wed, Nov 24, 2021 12:42pm PST
California Supreme Court Review Sought for Oil, Gas Protections in Monterey County 
Local Ordinance Restricting Oil Extraction, Pollution Hangs in Balance...
Posted: Fri, Nov 19, 2021 1:10pm PST
Challenging Colonialism s01e02: The Matter of Shellmounds (audio/mpeg 59.4MB) This episode examines the San Francisco Bay Area mounded monuments known today as the Shellmounds. These sacred sites have long histories stretching back thousands of years, but are under threat by ongoing development projects. This episode explores the history and significance of these monuments, as well as the Indigenous-led fight to protect them....
Posted: Sun, Nov 14, 2021 5:30pm PST
Richmond to Phase Out Handling of Coal and Petcoke 
Settlement establishes end date for scourge of coal and petcoke dust, and will include interim health protections for Richmond residents for the next five years...
Posted: Sat, Nov 13, 2021 10:45am PST
Extinction Rebellion March Repudiates COP26 "Blah, Blah, Blah" 
March from SF Embarcadero to Aquatic Park with drums and large displays demands environmental action from world leaders...
Posted: Fri, Nov 12, 2021 9:16am PST
Bay Area March for COP 26 
Young and old march from Sproul Plaza to MLK Civic Center...
Posted: Sun, Nov 7, 2021 5:39pm PST
A Peoples Park Garden Gathering 
2556 Haste St, Berkeley CA, 94704
South of the garden area next to the Free Speech Stage...
Event Date: Thu, Nov 18, 2021 5:00pm PST
Posted: Tue, Nov 2, 2021 7:56pm PDT
California Delays Some Dungeness Crab Fishing to Protect Whales Announcement Comes After Humpback Entanglement in Crab Gear...
Posted: Tue, Nov 2, 2021 11:03am PDT
Big Money Behind Greenway's Effort to Block Passenger Rail in Santa Cruz County 
The 'Yes Greenway' campaign took $56,876.47 in contributions between July 26 and September 30, according to financial documents filed today, November 1 with the County of Santa Cruz (see attached PDF file). The 'Yes Greenway' campaign committee has been collecting signatures, and officially soliciting donations, since July of this year to put an initiative on the 2022 ballot that would block the establishment of clean, electric passenger rail service along the Coastal Rail Corridor in Santa C...
Posted: Mon, Nov 1, 2021 6:01pm PDT
SF Protest Against BlackRock & The Destruction of The Climate By Corporations & Government 
Healthcare workers, teachers, students and community activists protested against BlackRock in San Francisco because of their investments in fossil fuels. Many painted murals on the streets surrounding the $8 trillion hedge fund....
Posted: Sat, Oct 30, 2021 1:59pm PDT
Nightmare on PG&E Street: Rally to Save California Solar PG&E San Francisco Headquarters, 77 Beale St, San Francisco, CA 94105...
Event Date: Mon, Nov 1, 2021 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2021 9:07pm PDT
Climate Walkout Strike in Santa Cruz 
Converge at Well's Fargo, River St., Santa Cruz at 2pm...
Event Date: Fri, Oct 29, 2021 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Oct 22, 2021 4:05pm PDT
Early signs of hope as monarch butterflies return to California overwintering sites Western monarchs are showing up along the California coast in greater numbers than last year’s historic low....
Posted: Thu, Oct 21, 2021 10:20pm PDT
Bay Area COP26 Rebellion: March & Rally to Demand Climate Emergency Action Now! 
San Francisco Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA 94111; Peaceful protest
Wear a Mask. Please follow current COVID guidelines: https://covid19.ca.gov/safely-reopening/...
Event Date: Thu, Nov 11, 2021 12:00pm PST
Posted: Thu, Oct 21, 2021 6:58pm PDT