🚨 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

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...

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...

State of the Bay is back 🌊 Join @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social for a clear-eyed look at what’s helping—and hurting—San Francisco Bay, plus what comes next. Free. Online. Data, accountability, and paths to action. Register now. 👇

Sunset last night over San Francisco skyline and Treasure Island. Taken from Emeryville, California.

"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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Appreciating the Bay's stunning wetlands on this #WorldWetlandsDay 📷 Robb Most and @lighthawk-org.bsky.social and CalWhiz/Flickr

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/...

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

🚨 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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🚨 THIS WEEK: Use your voice and Oppose the Bay-Delta Plan! Restore the Delta, alongside Tribes, environmental advocates, and environmental justice organizations, are asking you to speak out against harmful updates to the Bay-Delta Plan! 🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/4riIEi4 #baydelta #california #salmon

Attention, Richmond! The final United Heckathorn Superfund site community meeting is coming up on Wed 1/28. The discussion will focus on long-term cleanup plans & climate vulnerability. Come with questions for the experts! Learn more & register: usepa.zoomgov.com/meeting/regi...

Ocean Hoptimism 2026 is stacked: giant kelp forest restoration, oysters, ocean + SF Bay swimmers, sustainable seafood, 30x30, and a recycled/upcycled ocean plastics fashion show… and that’s just the first half of the year. 🍻🌊 Grab a pint & join the crew—community is the point.

An era of 'global water bankruptcy' has begun, says a new UN report. Humans are squandering and mismanaging freshwater resources -- even as climate change drives up demand and makes the availability of fresh water less predictable. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

New reporting from @kron4-news.bsky.social about our case over a planned development in a flood-prone, environmentally sensitive shoreline area in Newark: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDBF...

As a supporting organization of the Save Newark Wetlands initiative, we thank @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social and Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge for challenging the reckless approval of this development proposal.

Latest report card for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta concludes the estuary is "mostly in poor condition and declining." www.latimes.com/environment/... via @ianjames.bsky.social

Why is Newark planning to build in a flood zone? The city has approved a proposal to build in an environmentally sensitive area that regularly floods--putting people & wildlife at risk. So we're taking action with Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge: baykeeper.org/press_releas...

Join us on Friday 1/16 for the Bay Area People's Hearing to protect California from new offshore oil & gas development hosted by our friends at @surfrider.org! Register: volunteer.surfrider.org/timeslots/It...

Just a few inches of sea level rise can throw off tide predictions and exacerbate flooding--something we just experienced with the King Tides. Great article from @taraduggan.bsky.social 🌊

The #KingTides are out in force this week! Stay safe, everyone ☔

Locals found a creative way to navigate through the King Tide today in Sausalito @sfchronicle.com

The National Weather Service warns that the tidal level in Monterey could threaten record levels this weekend as king tides, storm surge and waves push up water levels in the Central Coast and Bay Area. Friday and Saturday are forecast to be the most impactful days for coastal flooding. #CAwx

Help keep Baykeeper on patrol, finding and stopping the biggest threats to the Bay in 2026--and beyond! Together we'll hold polluters accountable, defend fish and wildlife, and secure a climate resilient future for Bay Area communities: baykeeper.org/defend-sfbay...

California’s green and white sturgeon face mounting threats from dams, algal blooms and overfishing. White sturgeon, prized for caviar, have declined so sharply they’re now being considered for state endangered status. Poaching persists, with some cases tied to organized criminal networks.

The end of the year is a great moment to pause & reflect. While it hasn't been an easy year for the environment, there are still bright moments worth celebrating 🌊 Read more from our executive director about fighting the good fight and looking ahead to 2026: baykeeper.org/column/fight... 📸 CalWhiz

Great Egret at Berkeley Aquatic Part this morning. Berkeley, California. #birds #nature #eastcoastkin

California is selling SF Bay’s sand for concrete—over 5,000 Olympic pools’ worth—damaging habitats and weakening shorelines as seas rise. @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social is asking you to take action and make your voice heard. Tell the State Lands Commission to stop. #ProtectTheBay #NoSandMining 🌊

CA cities are paying a lot for water, while ag is paying relatively little--and sometimes nothing at all! Great reporting from @ra-becks.bsky.social & Natasha Uzcátegui-Liggett @calmatters.org calmatters.org/environment/...

It’s time to protect California White Sturgeon under the ESA & CESA CA’s White Sturgeon populations have been in decline for 70 years. The state’s sturgeon coordinator, says this population “may be the lowest it has ever been, based on recent data.” @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social @mongabay.com

Our infrastructure isn’t ready for what’s coming.

It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.

"It's no secret that the Trump administration prioritizes handing out California's water to powerful water districts that support the administration," as SF Baykeeper science director @jarosenfield.bsky.social told @kurtisalexander.bsky.social

🌊King Tides to Flood Bay Area Shorelines This Week. Here's Where and When to Safely See Them Beachgoers are in for some of the highest tides of the year. Tidepoolers can expect some of the lowest tides of the year. @kqedscience.bsky.social @kqednews.kqed.org www.kqed.org/science/1999...

Ok, the 3 local National Wildlife Refuges I knew were: * Don Edwards San Francisco Bay * San Pablo Bay * Farallon Islands The 4 I missed: * Salinas River * Ellicott Slough * Marin Islands * Antioch Dunes All are part of the San Francisco Bay NWR Complex. Links at the bottom of this page:

When we enjoy local Dungeness, we're tasting the North Bay, the Central Bay & the Pacific Ocean in each bite. But today, these remarkable creatures face mounting threats 🦀 Read more in our director Sejal Choksi-Chugh's latest column: baykeeper.org/column/shell... Image: Fiorella Ikeue

A federal judge in Kentucky ruled a bankruptcy court’s judgment, which could have put the city on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars, was improper.

Spread some holiday cheer and protect SF Bay! Grab these special greeting cards (illustrated by Bay Area artists) benefiting our friends at @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social —100% of proceeds support their work defending the Bay. A little card, a lot of impact. 🎁 cardsagainstclimatechange.org/shop-to-donate

Hundreds of CA & Bay Area Hazardous Sites Could Face Future Flooding Power plants. Sewage plants. Fossil fuel ports. Radioactively contaminated sites. These are a few of the 249 sites across the Bay Area that could flood. @kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social www.kqed.org/science/1999...

🚨 Tribal and Environmental Advocates Challenge Certification of Consistency of the Delta Conveyance Project The groups argue that the project ignores state law, threatens important Tribal cultural sites and the health of the Delta ecosystem. 🔗 Read: bit.ly/49wm3ZI

"We can't protect the Bay's ecosystem and clean water if the law no longer recognizes the wetlands that make it possible," as our scientist Ian Wren said in a statement about the Trump admin's new #WOTUS proposal rolling back the #CleanWaterAct Read more: baykeeper.org/press_releas...

Busted! The Trump Admin just got hit with a legal notice for killing endangered species in violation of the law. Environmental groups aren’t letting it slide. When leaders fail, our friends at @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social @biologicaldiversity.org & @friendsoftheriver.bsky.social step up. #OceanHoptimism

You’ve probably heard this claim: Climate’s always changing! It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason. Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥 Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️

🚨 Environmental Groups Send Trump Administration Legal Notice for Killing Endangered Species Today, @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social, @biologicaldiversity.org, and @friendsoftheriver.bsky.social, issued a legal notice of intent to the Trump Administration. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/444xSm9

BREAKING: We're putting the Trump administration on legal notice for killing and harming winter-run Chinook Salmon, Steelhead & Green Sturgeon in the Bay-Delta. Thanks to our great coalition partners @biologicaldiversity.org @friendsoftheriver.bsky.social Read more: baykeeper.org/press_releas...

As our staff scientist Ian Wren indicates in this article, desal byproducts could affect water quality: "You're going to get more nutrients concentrated, more heavy metals, maybe even selenium." Thanks for the great reporting on this issue @itsmagalig.bsky.social @kneedeeptimes.bsky.social

The Northern Lights made a surprise appearance over the Bay last night 💫 Who else caught it? 📷: Pankaj Bhargava