Marin County violated environmental law when it waited to adopt a stream conservation ordinance in the San Geronimo Valley, a judge ruled on April 9. Marin was sued by the Salmon Protection and Watershed Network, or SPAWN, for delaying protections of coho salmon. A judge agreed that the county had no basis to defer those protections, but he declined to impose legal remedies. The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to conduct hearings on the ordinance…