BK In The News: April 9, 2024
SELLING WATER: Gov. Gavin Newsom has a new sales pitch for a tunnel to move more water south from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta that past governors have tried and failed to build for five decades. “The Delta conveyance is an adaptation project,” he said last week in a snowy field in the...
Press Release: April 4, 2024
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 Joaquin River Delta (Delta), according to a coalition of environmental and fishing groups. Both fish are...
Blog Post: March 1, 2024
San Francisco Bay and the Delta are home to countless microorganisms that are invisible to the naked eye. At normal levels, microorganisms like algae and bacteria are the basis of a thriving food web. But when conditions are ripe, certain kinds of algae and bacteria can grow out of control, causing...
Press Release: January 30, 2024
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 California’s embattled salmon fishery, which he dubbed "California's Salmon Strategy for a Hotter, Drier Future."...
Press Release: October 11, 2023
Fish and Wildlife Missed Congressional Deadline to Protect Longfin Smelt
Oakland, California—San Francisco Baykeeper today put the US Fish and Wildlife Service on notice that the environmental advocacy organization intends to sue the agency for violating the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The...
Blog Post: September 21, 2023
As multiple California fish species teeter on the brink of extinction, and both commercial and recreational fisheries face imminent collapse, a new project threatens to push them over the edge.
The proposed Sites dams project—a series of diversions and dams in the Sacramento Valley—would divert...
Press Release: July 27, 2022
The California Department of Water Resources today released an environmental impact report for its proposed Delta tunnel project, which would divert water from the Sacramento River under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, denying critical flows to San Francisco Bay.
The Delta tunnel project is...
Press Release: June 21, 2022
San Francisco Baykeeper submitted a letter in support of a petition filed last month with the California Water Resources Control Board by the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Save California Salmon, Little Manila Rising, and Restore the Delta. The petitioners have asked...
Blog Post: January 12, 2022
Last year, the Sacramento River’s winter-run Chinook salmon were almost entirely killed off. How? California’s State Water Resources Control Board allowed water releases into the river that were too hot.
The salmon need the cold water stored behind Shasta Dam to survive. But the Newsom...
Column: September 20, 2021
By Joe Ilick from the Dolphin Club Log
From slate gray to earthy green to sky blue, the Bay comes in many colors. Its waters are constantly, beautifully, in flux.
But the color of the Bay may not be so pretty in the years ahead. Worrying developments this summer in the Delta foreshadow what may...