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Defending San Francisco Bay & holding polluters accountable since 1989 baykeeper.org
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San Francisco Baykeeper
Kate Golden
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Hey there kid, need some good news? Here ya go.
@baynature.org
baynature.org/2026/05/19/c...
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Bay Area on Track to Meet Ambitious 50x50 Conservation Goal
“There’s a story behind each and every property. There are the wins, the losses, there are the struggles,” one conservationist says. “And it’s not over.”
https://baynature.org/2026/05/19/conservation/bay-area-on-track-to-meet-ambitious-50x50-conservation-goal/
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City of Berkeley
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🌊🚰✨Berkeleyans can take personal steps to prevent debris and pollutants flowing into the San Francisco Bay: -Volunteer to keep your local storm drain clear of debris -Properly dispose of toxic liquids and pet waste -Use City services to dispose of bulky or excess waste
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Apply for grant, volunteer to help reduce trash in the Bay | City of Berkeley
Apply by May 4 to win a grant up to $6,000. Volunteer to protect our wildlife. Properly dispose of waste by using City and County resources. Berkeleyans can volunteer or take personal steps to prevent debris and pollutants flowing into the San Francisco Bay, while local nonprofits can also apply for grants to expand such efforts through community-based projects. Cigarette butts, plastic fragments, pet waste, and other debris can be quickly carried by rain into creeks and the Bay – where they can harm wildlife, sicken people, clog drains, and create flooding.
https://berkeleyca.gov/community-recreation/news/apply-grant-volunteer-help-reduce-trash-bay
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San Francisco Baykeeper
StoneyCase
13 days ago
This one too! West Coast, let’s boost these hard working folks. Keep the Bay clean for all
#sf
#thecity
#greenteam
#cleanwater
#phish
#nba
#nfl
#livemusic
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KneeDeep Times Magazine
14 days ago
Two new projects could transform an old horse racetrack and an industrial storage lot into public parks on the
#EastBay
shoreline.
#PublicParks
#GoldenGateFields
buff.ly/aVdid4u
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East Bay Shoreline Could Gain 168 Acres of Waterfront Parks
New plans could transform Golden Gate Fields and an Oakland industrial lot into public parks, with sea-level rise resilience built in.
https://www.kneedeeptimes.org/new-shoreline-projects-could-add-168-acres-of-parks-to-the-east-bay/
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Come celebrate the Bay & the power of our community on May 9! 🥳 Gather with us at the Dolphin Club in San Francisco to enjoy sustainable seafood, great company, beautiful Bay views--and a chance to celebrate everything we've achieved for the Bay 🌊 Register here:
baykeeper.org/bay-celebrat...
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Baykeeper’s 2026 Bay Celebration - San Francisco Baykeeper
Come Celebrate San Francisco Bay and the Power of Our community! Join us for the 2026 Bay Celebration as we gather to honor everything we’ve achieved together for San Francisco Bay. Enjoy an outdoor r...
https://baykeeper.org/bay-celebration/
20 days ago
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Restore the Delta
26 days ago
🚨 BREAKING: Delta Stewardship Council approves Certification of Consistency for Delta Conveyance Project Tribes and other environmental groups say it threatens Tribal cultural sites, Delta communities, and the health of the ecosystem. 🔗 Read more:
bit.ly/4mNwjB6
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City of Berkeley
28 days ago
Berkeleyans can volunteer or take personal steps to prevent debris and pollutants flowing into the San Francisco Bay, while local nonprofits can also apply for grants to expand such efforts through community-based projects. Learn how you can help our creeks and the Bay:
berkeleyca.gov/commu...
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Apply for grant, volunteer to help reduce trash in the Bay | City of Berkeley
Apply by May 4 to win a grant up to $6,000. Volunteer to protect our wildlife. Properly dispose of waste by using City and County resources. Berkeleyans can volunteer or take personal steps to prevent debris and pollutants flowing into the San Francisco Bay, while local nonprofits can also apply for grants to expand such efforts through community-based projects. Cigarette butts, plastic fragments, pet waste, and other debris can be quickly carried by rain into creeks and the Bay – where they can harm wildlife, sicken people, clog drains, and create flooding.
https://berkeleyca.gov/community-recreation/news/apply-grant-volunteer-help-reduce-trash-bay
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Kate Marvel
28 days ago
In honor of Earth Day: a thread of environmental wins
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What does it mean to be a "keeper"? Check out the latest podcast episode of ONCE UPON A BAY, about Baykeeper's scrappy beginnings to a formidable force defending the Bay 🌊 Listen to the full episode here:
www.onceuponabay.org/episodes-lau...
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28 days ago
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It's
#EarthDay
! Wondering what you can do locally to protect the Bay? Throughout Earth Month, you can join us for our Clean Bay Challenge. Baykeeper will provide the tools + tips you need to lead a safe and effective cleanup right where you live. Details at link below!
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Protect the Bay, right where you live! - San Francisco Baykeeper
This Earth Month, join San Francisco Baykeeper for the Clean Bay Challenge and take local action to protect San Francisco Bay. Trash flows into the Bay in many ways. It blows off streets and sidewalks...
https://baykeeper.org/cleanups
28 days ago
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“As soon as it stops raining or snowing, we’re going to be back in the same situation with the salmon season closing,” said
@jarosenfield.bsky.social
, science director at San Francisco Baykeeper. “If we don’t protect river flows and cold water storage, then we’re not protecting salmon.”
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about 1 month ago
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San Francisco Baykeeper
Anthony Edwards
about 1 month ago
Still can’t believe these epic skies over San Francisco during today’s thunderstorms 😍
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In a major win for the South Bay, a federal judge has ruled that Mountain View & Sunnyvale violated the Clean Water Act by allowing raw sewage to flow into Stevens and Calabazas creeks--and that they must take steps to fix the problem:
www.nbcbayarea.com/video/news/l...
@nbcbayarea.com
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South Bay cities fined over raw sewage seeping into creeks
Mountain View and Sunnyvale are facing more than $1 million in fines after sewage was found in some local creeks.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/news/local/south-bay-cities-fined-raw-sewage-creeks/4065217/
about 1 month ago
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San Francisco Baykeeper
Anthony Edwards
about 1 month ago
The
@noaa.gov
data is in. March 2026 was 9.35 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th century normal across the U.S., the warmest March in more than 130 years of records. California, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas were all record warm.
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San Francisco Baykeeper
betsy cooley
about 1 month ago
Sky after sunset last night with San Francisco skyline in the background. From Emeryville, California. (This was about 10 minutes after the fluorescent red clouds that I posted last night. The red disappeared and left bits of gray.)
#sunset
#nature
#eck
#eastcoastkin
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San Francisco Baykeeper
Maven's Notebook
about 2 months ago
San Francisco Baykeeper prevails over the cities of Sunnyvale and Mountain View in a longstanding Clean Water Act lawsuit.
#cawater
mavensnotebook.com/2026/04/02/s...
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https://mavensnotebook.com/2026/04/02/sf-baykeeper-court-rules-that-cities-pollution-of-local-creeks-violated-clean-water-act/
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BREAKING: After a multi-year court battle, we've won a major case over bacteria pollution in the South Bay! A court ruled that Sunnyvale and Mountain View are responsible for over 1,200 Clean Water Act violations--and must stop pollution from reaching local creeks:
baykeeper.org/press_releas...
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Court Rules That Cities’ Pollution of Local Creeks Violated Clean Water Act - San Francisco Baykeeper
San Francisco Baykeeper Wins Cleanup of Local Creeks After Multi-Year Court Battle Media Contact: Fiona Baker,
[email protected]
, (510) 671-5705 San Jose, CA—On March 31, San Francisco Baykeeper won...
https://baykeeper.org/press_release/court-rules-that-cities-pollution-of-local-creeks-violated-clean-water-act/
about 2 months ago
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San Francisco Baykeeper
betsy cooley
about 2 months ago
Gift article. Bay Area peeps, great news about Golden Gate Fields potentially becoming a 161-acre waterfront park. It's right next to the Albany Bulb and Mudflats.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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Golden Gate Fields could become a vast bayfront public park in $175M deal
The shuttered racetrack along San Francisco Bay could be transformed into a 161-acre waterfront park linking Albany, Berkeley and miles of East Bay shoreline, in a deal announced Tuesday.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/golden-gate-fields-park-deal-22162191.php?utm_content=cta&sid=5c1927dccac67b1436530637&ss=A&st_rid=614a0e59-f4c5-4c45-a0f0-51f6c8e1d4e7&utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_term=alert&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2JheWFyZWEvYXJ0aWNsZS9nb2xkZW4tZ2F0ZS1maWVsZHMtcGFyay1kZWFsLTIyMTYyMTkxLnBocA%3D%3D&time=MTc3NDk5MzEzOTAxMw%3D%3D&rid=NjE0YTBlNTktZjRjNS00YzQ1LWEwZjAtNTFmNmM4ZTFkNGU3&sharecount=MQ%3D%3D
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People are often surprised to find that sand mining is happening right here in SF Bay - with the blessing of the state, which has been selling millions of tons of sand to make concrete & asphalt. But sand isn't just sand, as our director Sejal Choksi-Chugh writes:
baykeeper.org/column/the-b...
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The Bay’s Sand Belongs to You and Me - San Francisco Baykeeper
When I mention sand mining to people, they usually imagine it happening in far-off places where environmental laws are weak or ignored. They're often surprised to learn it's happening right here in Sa...
https://baykeeper.org/column/the-bays-sand-belongs-to-you-and-me/
about 2 months ago
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San Francisco Baykeeper
Brian Smith
about 2 months ago
#Scape
to the weekend, and a
#BayScape
or
#CityScape
- San Francisco skyline seen just over Angel Island and the Tiburon Peninsula. Taken from the China Camp trails at around 1000ft near the summit of San Pedro Mountain.
#ECK
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San Francisco Baykeeper
Ezra David Romero
about 2 months ago
🏝️The Bay Area's most populous island, Alameda, is among the most vulnerable to flooding (a risk that is growing worse because of human-caused climate change)🌊🌧️🚰 It's cool to know that leaders are taking a proactive role to protect the island. Here's a 🧵
@kqedscience.bsky.social
@kqednews.kqed.org
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Coming up tomorrow, 3/24! Join us & our partners to fight for stronger guardrails on fugitive dust: the harmful particles released from industrial facilities across the Bay Area into the air & SF Bay. Register:
earthjustice-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@earthjustice.org
@woeip.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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San Francisco Baykeeper
Anthony Edwards
2 months ago
San Francisco is at 86°F at 1pm. On the way to shattering the March temperature record of 87°F (2005).
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San Francisco Baykeeper
The Oaklandside
2 months ago
San Francisco Baykeeper is suing the State Lands Commission over a deal allowing the removal of 1.7 million cubic yards of sand each year from the bottom of the San Francisco Bay.
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Sand removal in the Bay threatens species and worsens coastal erosion, lawsuit claims
San Francisco Baykeeper is suing the State Lands Commission over a deal allowing the removal of 1.7 million cubic yards of sand each year from the bottom of the San Francisco Bay.
https://oaklandside.org/2026/03/16/san-francisco-bay-sand-mining-lawsuit/
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Most people don't know this but the state is selling SF Bay's dwindling sand so that for-profit companies can turn it into concrete. Bay sand provides habitat for countless creatures and literally shores up the shoreline. We *need* that sand. So we're suing:
baykeeper.org/press_releas...
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Baykeeper Challenges Unlawful Sand Mining Leases for SF Bay - San Francisco Baykeeper
The State Lands Commission relied on flawed data to mischaracterize the impact of sand mining leases, which pose a threat to Bay wildlife and shorelines Media Contact: Fiona Baker,
[email protected]
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https://baykeeper.org/press_release/baykeeper-challenges-unlawful-sand-mining-leases-for-sf-bay/
2 months ago
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We and our partners at
@biologicaldiversity.org
are taking action to hold the Trump Administration accountable under the Endangered Species Act 🐟🐟🐟 Our scientist
@jarosenfield.bsky.social
explains the harms of excessive water diversions to
@abc7.bsky.social
:
abc7news.com/post/califor...
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Environmental groups sue to stop Trump's water diversions in California
Several Environmental groups, including San Francisco Baykeeper and the Center for Biological Diversity are now suing, claiming the Action 5 diversions violate the endangered species act and will harm...
https://abc7news.com/post/california-environmental-groups-sue-stop-trumps-water-diversions/18700426/
2 months ago
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San Francisco Baykeeper
Ocean Hoptimism
2 months ago
Two weeks until Ocean Hoptimism returns. This time: filmmaker Steve Peletz and the Lands End wild swimmers—people who greet 51° Pacific water like an old friend. Adventure, ocean love, and the surprising places a simple swim can lead. Faction Brewing • Alameda • 7PM 🌊🍺
#OceanHoptimism
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Lands-End-Trailer-250802
This is "Lands-End-Trailer-250802" by Steve Peletz on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
https://vimeo.com/1106738226
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Check out our 2026 STATE OF THE BAY for updates on everything from fossil fuel expansions, to the Trump Administration's environmental rollbacks, to sea level rise preparation 🌊 Plus, learn how people like you can help hold polluters & decision makers accountable 💪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=45CF...
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Baykeeper's 2026 State of the Bay
YouTube video by San Francisco Baykeeper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45CFou6f7F4
2 months ago
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Native fish populations, including Chinook Salmon and Central Valley Steelhead, are declining at an alarming rate—meanwhile, state regulators have failed to act. So we're taking action to hold the State Water Board accountable:
baykeeper.org/press_releas...
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Baykeeper Pursues Appeal Against Water Board Amid Extinction Crisis - San Francisco Baykeeper
Native fish populations are declining at an alarming rate while state regulators have failed to act Media Contact: Eric Buescher,
[email protected]
, (510) 671-5402 Sacramento, CA — On March 2, 2026, ...
https://baykeeper.org/press_release/baykeeper-pursues-appeal-against-water-board-amid-extinction-crisis/
3 months ago
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San Francisco Baykeeper
Lila Seidman
3 months ago
Condors are believed to be nesting on California’s North Coast — a major milestone in the Yurok Tribe’s effort to return the endangered raptors to their ancestral homeland. Europeans settlers poisoned and shot the birds into oblivion in the region a century ago.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
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This condor couple may be tending to first egg in Northern California in a century
Two condors in far northwestern California appear to be caring for a recently laid egg, a historic moment in an effort to bring the massive raptors back to the Yurok Tribe's historic homeland.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-03-05/california-condor-nesting-northern-california-yurok-tribe
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In this debut episode of ONCE UPON A BAY, hosts Kate Josephs & SF Baykeeper founder Mike Herz share the story of how their lives—and their love—became entwined with San Francisco Bay 🌊
rss.com/podcasts/onc...
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Once Upon A Bay | Podcast on RSS.com
Former Baykeeper Michael Herz loves San Francisco Bay and spent decades defending it from polluters. Kate Josephs learned to love it from 3,000 miles away, as Mike told her story after story during a ...
https://rss.com/podcasts/once-upon-a-bay/#episodes
3 months ago
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San Francisco Baykeeper
David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈
3 months ago
“Fish” can be both singular (one individual) and plural (multiple individuals of the same species.) “Fishes” is multiple species. 🐠 Fish 🐠🐠🐠 Fish 🐠🐡🐟 Fishes Now you know. And knowing is half the battle.
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We just sued to challenge the Trump Admin's dangerous water grab—and its devastating effects on Central Valley Steelhead, Green Sturgeon & Chinook Salmon—in partnership with
@biologicaldiversity.org
and
@friendsoftheriver.bsky.social
learn more:
baykeeper.org/press_releas...
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Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Dangerous Water Grab in California - San Francisco Baykeeper
Bureau of Reclamation’s Excessive Pumping Violates Endangered Species Act Media Contacts: Harrison Beck, Center for Biological Diversity, (617) 694-5128,
[email protected]
Fiona Baker, San...
https://baykeeper.org/press_release/lawsuit-challenges-trumps-dangerous-water-grab-in-california/
3 months ago
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San Francisco Baykeeper
Join us for the 2026 State of the Bay on March 4! 🌊 Get insider updates on the major threats to SF Bay + learn how YOU can protect the Bay Area. Coming up on 3/4 at 5:30pm. Registration is free:
baykeeper.org/state-of-the...
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State of the Bay 2026 - San Francisco Baykeeper
You're Invited to Baykeeper's State of the Bay 2026 Get insider updates on the major threats to San Francisco Bay + learn how YOU are protecting the Bay Area. Across the Bay Area, fossil fuel companie...
https://baykeeper.org/state-of-the-bay/
3 months ago
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The Dept of Water Resources has failed to show that the Delta Tunnel plan would create a reliable water supply while protecting & restoring the Delta ecosystem - and at the extraordinary cost of *over $20 billion*
www.courthousenews.com/delta-convey...
@ariquelmy.bsky.social
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Delta Conveyance Project opponents say plan would hurt environment, tourism, farming
The California Department of Water Resources says the project is needed to combat a changing climate and future water needs.
https://www.courthousenews.com/delta-conveyance-project-opponents-say-plan-would-hurt-environment-tourism-farming/
3 months ago
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San Francisco Baykeeper
Restore the Delta
3 months ago
🚨 San Francisco Baykeeper Managing Attorney highlights the numerous failures of the Department of Water Resources in their attempts to push forward the Delta Tunnel.
@sfbaykeeper.bsky.social
🔗 Click to learn how you can use your voice this Friday, Feb 27:
bit.ly/476cEWs
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Join us for the 2026 State of the Bay on March 4! 🌊 Get insider updates on the major threats to SF Bay + learn how YOU can protect the Bay Area. Coming up on 3/4 at 5:30pm. Registration is free:
baykeeper.org/state-of-the...
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State of the Bay 2026 - San Francisco Baykeeper
You're Invited to Baykeeper's State of the Bay 2026 Get insider updates on the major threats to San Francisco Bay + learn how YOU are protecting the Bay Area. Across the Bay Area, fossil fuel companie...
https://baykeeper.org/state-of-the-bay/
3 months ago
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San Francisco Baykeeper
Ocean Hoptimism
3 months ago
We’re excited to welcome
@sfbaykeeper.bsky.social
back to Ocean Hoptimism next week—tabling at Restoring Abundance with the Wild Oyster Project. Two Bay-Area powerhouses, one shared vision: a healthier, safer, more abundant SF Bay. Community, science, advocacy, and action—together. 🌊
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San Francisco Baykeeper
Restore the Delta
3 months ago
🚨 Urgent Action Alert: Speak out against the Delta Tunnel! Join us with San Francisco Baykeeper on February 19 for our public comment training. Learn how to participate in the upcoming DSC meeting and how you can speak out against the Delta Tunnel! 🔗Click to RSVP:
bit.ly/4cnPXR2
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San Francisco Baykeeper
Christina Toms
3 months ago
Many thanks to
@baynature.org
for highlighting the fish and fish habitat monitoring team of the SF Estuary Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program! The article captures the essence of what it's like to be out on the water with
@jimhobbsphd.bsky.social
and co. all day:
baynature.org/2026/02/11/s...
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Take Me Out For a Trawl Day
There are way more fishes in the Bay than you think.
https://baynature.org/2026/02/11/science-nature/take-me-out-for-a-trawl-day/
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State officials have a once-in-a-generation chance to save California salmon—and they're failing. As our lead scientist
@jarosenfield.bsky.social
stresses in this article from
@mavensnotebook.com
, the state's plan would drive native fishes to extinction
mavensnotebook.com/2026/02/12/n...
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NOTEBOOK FEATURE: State water officials are faced with a once-in-a-generation chance to save California’s salmon
By Alastair Bland Negotiations over how to manage the Delta’s water and fish species hit a boiling point in late January, when hundreds of members of the public, environmental groups, and Tribes plead...
https://mavensnotebook.com/2026/02/12/notebook-feature-state-water-officials-are-faced-with-a-once-in-a-generation-chance-to-save-californias-salmon/
3 months ago
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San Francisco Baykeeper
betsy cooley
3 months ago
Sunset last night over San Francisco skyline and Treasure Island. Taken from Emeryville, California.
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"The voluntary agreements are an extinction plan," as our lead scientist
@jarosenfield.bsky.social
describes the state's new Bay Delta Plan. Endangered species will continue to plummet, more fisheries will shutter, and Tribes & Delta communities will continue to suffer with worse water quality.
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3 months ago
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San Francisco Baykeeper
Jason Dove Mark
4 months ago
True, True
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Appreciating the Bay's stunning wetlands on this
#WorldWetlandsDay
📷 Robb Most and
@lighthawk-org.bsky.social
and CalWhiz/Flickr
4 months ago
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San Francisco Baykeeper
Ian James
4 months ago
Environmental advocates say the proposal would take too much water out of the Delta, threatening fish from the finger-sized smelt to the giant white sturgeon. "What we are witnessing can only accurately be described as ecosystem collapse."
www.latimes.com/environment/...
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Heated debate over California water plan as environmentalists warn of ‘ecosystem collapse’
California regulators will soon decide on a water plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Environmental advocates warn that the proposal on the table will harm the ecosystem.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-01-29/california-delta-water-plan-debate
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One of the biggest threats to California's coast & shorelines happens out of sight along the Bay's floor, where private companies mine sand for profit -- harming wildlife & eroding our beaches. Learn more and take action:
baykeeper.org/take-action-...
@surfrider.org
4 months ago
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San Francisco Baykeeper
Restore the Delta
4 months ago
🚨 Ahead of Bay-Delta Hearings this week, Tribes and Environmental Groups Call for Equitable Alternatives Today, Environmental advocates and Tribal leaders spoke out against the inequitable and misleading Voluntary Agreements within the latest Bay-Delta Plan update 🔗 Read more:
bit.ly/4tbd2N5
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Tonight at 6:30pm!
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4 months ago
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