MEDIA CENTER

Media Center

Baykeeper Media Center

Baykeeper's scientists, lawyers, and policy advocates can be reached anytime to speak about the threats to San Francisco Bay and how we hold polluters accountable.

Members of the media may also request to join a pollution patrol to see firsthand how Baykeeper works to defend the Bay.

Press Contact

Mark Westlund, Communications Director: 510-841-8329

Press Releases

RALLY FOR THE RIVER! A DIVERSE COALITION WILL PROTEST SFPUC WATER POLICIES THAT HARM THE ENVIRONMENT, FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES, TRIBES, COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN AND RATEPAYERS. Tuolumne River Trust, Save...

State and federal agencies must take immediate action to stop the unauthorized killing of thousands of Chinook salmon and steelhead at state and federal water export pumps in the Sacramento-San...

NEW DEVELOPMENT, MAY 1, 2024 United States and State of California join effort to hold San Francisco Accountable for sewage pollution and Clean Water Act violations...

Governor Newsom Doubles Down on Controversial Delta Tunnel  California's Chinook Salmon One Step Closer to Extinction Governor Newsom’s Water Resources Department applied for a...

Governor Newsom's "Salmon Strategy" will Accelerate Decline of Central Valley Salmon Runs San Francisco Baykeeper Issues Statement   Governor Newsom today announced a plan to support...

Developers May Proceed with Plans for Controversial Oakland Coal Terminal   Community and environmental groups remain committed to stopping the project   OAKLAND, Calif. —...

In the News

Baykeeper's scientists, attorneys, and advocates are regularly featured as subject matter experts on San Francisco Bay pollution prevention, environmental justice, natural areas, endangered species, and more.  

SFGate

The federal government and the state of California sued the city of San Francisco on Wednesday over the city’s aging combined stormwater-sewer systems, which they allege can release raw...

San Francisco Chronicle

The federal and state governments accused San Francisco on Wednesday of discharging huge amounts of untreated wastewater and sewage into the bay and the ocean for many years, violating environmental...

Politico

California had (is still having, amazingly) a really good water year. But all the rain and snow is doing almost nothing to lubricate the state’s perpetual conflicts between fish and farms. Neither...

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