(Nov 29, 2023) North America’s largest and oldest fish are declining fast, as more threats loom.
Today, San Francisco Baykeeper, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, the Bay Institute, and Restore the Delta petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission to list the California white sturgeon as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act. Separately,...
(Oct 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 agency proposed listing the SF Bay-Delta population of longfin smelt as an endangered...
(Sep 26, 2023) Today SF Baykeeper, Sierra Club, Public Justice, and several other environmental and public health organizations filed a petition for rulemaking with the EPA, calling upon the agency to stop harmful coal pollution from open-top trains carrying coal by requiring coal train operators to obtain a permit for their water pollution.
Under the Clean Water Act, EPA has the authority to...
(Sep 25, 2023) Oakland—In order to ensure the health of San Francisco Bay, its wildlife, and local residents, it's critical to protect the entire Bay watershed, which depends on fresh water flowing into the Bay from the Central Valley tributary rivers. Historically, these waters created the largest inland estuary on the Pacific Coast and supported vast wildlife populations, commercial and...
(Sep 8, 2023) Water Quality Is Essential to Tribes, Communities, and the Environment
Stockton, CA – On September 13, 2023, California tribal governments and environmental advocacy
organizations will hold an online seminar to explore how Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) impact
communities, tribes, and fish species that depend on clean, flowing rivers and healthy estuaries. The
seminar will focus on...
(Aug 24, 2023) Oakland, CA—The music video release of Grammy-nominated artist RyanNicole’s “Small but Mighty” is the result of an innovative collaboration between two Bay Area nonprofits. SF Baykeeper, the Oakland-based non-profit legal watchdog organization that confronts corporate polluters, and the Oakland-based social justice–infused arts education org Hip Hop for Change, Inc (HH4C). The two...
(Aug 7, 2023) Health of South Bay Rivers, Creeks at Risk
What: The Santa Clara Valley Water Board votes to approve controversial EIR
When: 1 pm, Tuesday, August 8
Where: Agenda and live viewing links are here.
The Santa Clara Valley Water District’s Board of Directors is voting tomorrow on whether to approve the environmental impact report for its Fish and Aquatic Habitat Collaborative...
(Jul 31, 2023) SF Baykeeper Suspects Same Red Tide Algae as Last Year
Oakland, CA—San Francisco Baykeeper's field science team investigated reports to the organization's pollution hotline and confirmed reddish brown (“tea colored”) waters in the Berkeley marina, and subsequently along the shores of Emeryville, Berkeley, and Albany. Following preliminary analyses, Baykeeper scientists suspect this...
(Jul 5, 2023) PRESS RELEASE for July 5, 2023
For more information, contact:
Brian Smith, (415) 320-9384, brian@bpspr.com
Regina Chichizola, Save California Salmon (541) 951-0126, regina@californiasalmon.org
Fiona Baker, San Francisco Baykeeper, (510) 671-5705, fiona@baykeeper.org
Sacramento, CA – California tribes, fishing, conservation, and environmental justice organizations rallied at the...
(Jun 20, 2023) Sacramento, CA – On July 5th, 2023, California tribal governments, fishing, and environmental justice organizations will descend on Sacramento for a Day of Action on behalf of communities, fish, tribes, and everyone who depends on waters.
WHO:
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Hoopa Valley Tribe, Karuk Tribe, Round Valley Indian Tribes, Pit River Tribe,...