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Banner year for local salmon
Thanks to protections over the last couple years that rebuilt the stock as well as the right ocean conditions, wild California salmon are reaching the highest ...
San Geronimo Creek Habitat Restoration
Help salmon and other native wildlife! Join SPAWN as we plant native species along the banks of San Geronimo Creek.
Aquatic Inverte-greats!
We stomp on them, feed them to our pet frogs, and scream when we see them, but they’re an integral part of river ecology. Bugs—aquatic macro invertebrates—are ...
Petaluma's Teenage Fish Force
At first glance the tan building blends into the rest of Petaluma's Casa Grande High School. It's nondescript from the outside, but it houses a rare kind of ...
SPAWN: Time to Get Ready for Salmon!
With last year's wet winter and this fall's early rains in October, time is short for the staff and volunteers of the Salmon Protection and Restoration Network ...
California Water: Plight of the Chinook Salmon
Years later and many millions of dollars invested, the endangered Chinook population is not recovering in ways hoped.
Petaluma's Unique Student-Run Fish Hatchery
Audio Slideshow: A senior from the United Anglers of Casa Grande High School walks us through their amazing conservation fish hatchery, run entirely by ...
Around the Bend
Put your boat or raft in the river above Healdsburg and follow a wild, green thread flowing through an altered landscape.
Riparian woods along the Russian River
Mountain lion caught by strobe camera
Gravel mining along the Russian River
Steelhead in Russian River watershed
Kayaker paddling the Russian River at high water
sunning western pond turtles
Russian River Watershed Map
Give a Hand for the Salmon
The arrival of the rains each fall kicks off spawning season for coho salmon. The rains also mark the end of this season's work on the Redwood Creek ...
Habitat Restoration and Salmon Education!
Habitat Restoration and Salmon Education at San Geronimo Golf Course near Roy's Pools.
United Anglers of Casa Grande High School
Since 1983, the United Anglers of Casa Grande High School have worked to restore fish habitat along Adobe Creek and the students run a full-fledged fish ...
Watershed Education Program: Logistics and Training
Learn to inspire students in an exciting watershed field study program that introduces them to the life cycle of salmon and attributes of a healthy watershed.
Fairfax EcoFest and Parade
Saturday June 11th is the Fairfax Parade and EcoFest!
Taking Care of Baby Salmon
Proponents of the Yolo Bypass Floodplain Fishery Enhancement Project are starting small but thinking big. During the first year of the pilot project, ...
Juvenile salmon on cooler lid
California Coho Salmon In Dire Straits
The collapse of Central California Coast coho salmon population is imminent, according to a report by the National Marine Fisheries in late December 2009. ...
Creekside Planting and Restoration
Join SPAWN at our Olema headquarters to help restore and revegetate the Lagunitas Creek floodplain. Native plants help provide clean water, shade, and stable ...
Summer Salmon Institute
This program is a five-day series of hands-on workshops, field experiences, and guest lecturers discussing the critical connection that salmon represent ...

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