SPAWN - The Salmon Protection And Watershed Network

		2013
June 19, 2013		Stream Conservation Ordinance Goes Back to the Drawing Board Moratorium of Development in San Geronimo Valley Remains In Place
May 30, 2013		ENDANGERED SALMON MONITORING EQUIPMENT STOLEN & VANDALIZED CAPTURED ON VIDEO Reward Offered for Information Leading to Conviction
May 24, 2013		COUNTY OF MARIN FAILING TO PROTECT CRITICAL HABITAT FOR ENDANGERED COHO SALMON Leading Aquatic Scientists Call on Marin Supervisors to Eliminate Loopholes in Draft Coho Stream Protection Ordinance
January 16, 2013		New Plan to Save Marin's Coho Salmon
January 11, 2013		SPAWN Receives Land Parcel Inside Stream Conservation Area in San Geronimo Valley
		2012
November 14, 2012		New Report Identifies California Coho as species Facing Extinction as a Result of Mismanagement of Water & Watersheds
September 13, 2012		Superior Court Judge Hands Down Final Judgment on Streamside Development to Protect Endangered Coho Salmon in Marin County's San Geronimo Valley
July 3, 2012		SPAWN Launches New UC Collaborative California Naturalist Training West Marin is focus of state-wide Naturalist skills training course
January 27, 2012		NBC Bay Area News Interview with SPAWN Executive Director - January 24, 2012
January 23, 2012		CBS Channel 5 Interview with SPAWN Executive Director
		2011
December 15, 2011		SPAWN on ABC Channel 7 News
August 10, 2011		Superior Court Rules Against Disgruntled Residents Attempt to Have Salmon Lawsuit Thrown Out of Court
May 25, 2011		SPAWN's FREE Summer Salmon Institute for Teachers Highlights the Connection of Local Watersheds to Ocean Health A continuing professional development program in environmental education for teachers
May 18, 2011		SPAWN Partners with COHO Wines Your Purchase of Fine Wine Can Help SPAWN Save Salmon!
May 16, 2011		10,000 Rain Gardens Project Final Report Now Available SPAWN and MMWD Project Issues Future Recommendations
March 31, 2011		Salmon Protection and Watershed Network Partners with Marin-Based Firm SPAWN Will Receive Donations for Salmon Protection through Home Transactions
		2010
September 15, 2010		Marin County Officials Fail to Protect Endangered Coho Salmon SPAWN asks Court to Intervene
September 9, 2010		"One, Two, Three, Save Some For Me" Youth-Based Watershed Conservation SPAWN's Roots & Shoots Program Launches in Marin County with an Art Challenge in the Classrooms!
September 6, 2010		COUNTY OF MARIN FAILS TO PROTECT CRITICAL HABITAT FOR ENDANGERED COHO SALMON Leading Aquatic Scientists Call on Supervisors to End Delays for Coho Stream Protections
August 25, 2010		Landowners in the San Geronimo Valley Receive Financial Help from Salmon Restorationists Six Non-County Maintained' Dirt Roads To Be Improved To Reduce Stream Sedimentaton & Road Failures
July 27, 2010		It's Now Or Never for Critically Endangered Coho Salmon in Marin County Marin Supervisors Need to Take Action
		2009
December 3, 2009		New Water Conservation Partnership Between SPAWN and MMWD Will Promote Rainwater Harvesting in Marin SPAWN Launches 10,000 Raingardens Project
October 7, 2009		The Salmon Enhancement Plan: Why San Geronimo Valley Salmon Need Our Support
September 29, 2009		SPAWN reports indicate coho salmon populations in Marin survive driest conditions on record! Valley produces 40% of smolts in <10% of watershed area.
September 21, 2009		Community Tours to Prepare Bay Area Residents to Harvest the Rains
August 15, 2009		California's Lost Salmon by QUEST SPAWN's efforts for Lagunita coho featured on KQED
		2008
August 13, 2008		San Geronimo Valley Listed as a Priority Conservation Area By Association of Bay Area Governments
July 24, 2008		Water Conservation Initiative Protects Against Drought, Fight Global Warming & Helps Protect Salmon Streams
July 24, 2008		Oysters vs. Wilderness in Point Reyes National Seashore A Dissection of the Department of Interior's Investigator's Report
July 5, 2008		SPAWN Receives 2nd Environmental Award in as Many 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
April 25, 2008		SPAWN Receives Marin Conservation League's 2008 Ted Wellman Award
February 5, 2008		MARIN SALMON POPULATIONS PLUMMET Worst Spawning Numbers in 12 Years Raise Fears for Recovery
January 29, 2008		Oil Spill Impact Assessment for Redwood Creek Coho Salmon Letter submitted to NOAA and CA DFG.
		2007
September 9, 2007		LEADING SCIENTISTS CRITICIZE MARIN SUPERVISORS OVER LACK OF PROTECTIONS FOR ENDANGERED SALMON Hundreds of Scientists and Thousands of Residents Call on Supervisors to Enact Stronger Creek Protections
August 17, 2007		San Geronimo Valley Nominated as Priority Conservation Area
August 2, 2007		Will coho salmon survive us?
		2006
November 20, 2006		Harvesting Stormwater, Saving our Endangered Salmon and Creeks.
July 8, 2006		New Consumer Pesticide Warnings Will Protect Salmon Thousands Of Home And Garden Stores To Carry
		2005
June 18, 2005		Bay Area Coho Salmon Listing Changed to Endangered
February 8, 2005		County of Marin Denied Rehearing on its Violations of CEQA California Court of Appeals Consents to Conservationists Request to Publish Important Decision
		2004
December 20, 2004		County of Marin in Violation of CEQA Ruling by California Court of Appeals Requires CEQA Review for New House in Sensitive Creekside Habitat
April 26, 2004		Another Non-Native Species Found in West Marin's Creeks Spiny Softshell Turtle, native to the Midwest Could Spell Trouble for Native Salmon and Trout
April 18, 2004		U.S. District Court Keeps No-Spray Pesticide Buffers in Place to Protect Salmon Ruling Protects Bay Area Salmon Populations
		2003
November 7, 2003		County of Marin Found to Be in Violation of CEQA in Approving New House on Sensitive Creekside Habitat Marin Superior Court Judge Stops Creekside Development Along San Geronimo Creek in West Marin
May 29, 2003		Salmon Info, Activities and Gifts Surfaces at Lagunitas Deli Store Provides Space to Publicize Volunteer Opportunities and to Sell "Fishy" Books, Pins, t-shirts and other gift items to benefit SPAWN
		2002
December 12, 2002		New Brochure and Map Detailing Where to See Salmon in Marin Now Available Fish Protectors Include Tips on How to View Salmon Without Disturbing Them
December 3, 2002		Sea Turtle Swims into and Haulsout on Tomales Bay, Ca, Beach Extremely Unusual Occurrence Possibly Related to El Nino
November 26, 2002		Barriers to Salmon Migration Prioritized for Repair New Report Identifies 53 Barriers in Marin County's Lagunitas Watershed

		COUNTY OF MARIN FAILS TO PROTECT CRITICAL HABITAT FOR ENDANGERED COHO SALMON Leading Aquatic Scientists Call on Supervisors to End Delays for Coho Stream Protections

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