Baykeeper Updates Related to Fish and Marine Life

BK In The News: March 15, 2024
Ten years. That's how much time the Bay Area's 37 wastewater treatment plants will have to reduce fertilizer and sewage in their water by 40%. The estimated price tag for the facility upgrades is $11 billion. The San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board plans to adopt the change as part...
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: February 22, 2024
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 permit today, which would allow the agency to build the controversial Delta tunnel project. The tunnel would divert...
BK In The News: January 31, 2024
With salmon populations throughout California declining for decades and facing the threat of extinction, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday unveiled a state strategy aimed at protecting and restoring the iconic species “amidst hotter and drier weather exacerbated by climate change.” The blueprint calls...
BK In The News: January 31, 2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday he would support removing three California dams, a move that could be a boon to ailing salmon populations. Yet many environmental advocates considered it a hollow gesture given the governor’s farmer-friendly water policies. A salmon recovery plan released by the...
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."...
BK In The News: January 30, 2024
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pledging to fast-track more than half a dozen projects by the end of his term to remove or bypass dams that have blocked salmon from returning to the state’s chilly mountain streams and acting as the keystone of a complex ecosystem that sustains both economies and...
BK In The News: January 15, 2024
The life cycle of a salmon, so the story goes, is a heroic journey. The fish emerge from fertilized eggs in a river bed, swim to the ocean where they spend most of their lives and return to give birth in the exact place where they were born. The reality in California is more complicated. Many...
Press Release: December 26, 2023
Baykeeper Sues Federal Agency for Failing to  Meet Endangered Species Act Requirements   Fish and Wildlife Service Missed Congressional Deadlines to Protect Longfin Smelt    Oakland, California—San Francisco Baykeeper late last week filed a lawsuit against the US Fish and Wildlife Service for...
BK In The News: December 13, 2023
San Francisco Baykeeper and Bay Delta advocates are asking state and federal wildlife regulators to list the White Sturgeon as a threatened species. White Sturgeon are the largest freshwater fish in the nation and their population is in trouble. Excess water diversions, harmful algal blooms and...

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