- New Dams? Bad Idea
- Preventing Harmful Algae Blooms
- Stopping Chevron’s Selenium Pollution
- This Saturday! Join Us for Coastal Cleanup Day
- Baykeeper Gets the Top Score on Charity Navigator
New Dams? Bad Idea
Multiple California fish species are teetering on the brink of extinction, and now, a proposed water diversion 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 more water from our over-tapped rivers, reducing fresh water flowing to San Francisco Bay and putting endangered species like spring-run Chinook salmon, and valuable fisheries, at risk.
Pictured, above: Baykeeper drone still of the area proposed for construction of the Sites project
Preventing Harmful Algae Blooms
Recently, more than 650 of you signed letters urging agencies to prevent harmful algae blooms in the Bay.
Last week, Baykeeper’s science director, Jon Rosenfield, submitted your letters to the Regional Water Board. Along with our partners at Sierra Club, we coordinated a dozen public speakers who advocated for a stronger permit to reduce algae-causing pollution and called out the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission for lagging behind other water agencies.
Photo: a red tide in Mission Creek in 2022 submitted to our pollution hotline by Benjamin Feingold
Stopping Chevron’s Selenium Pollution
All around the North Bay, oil refineries discharge selenium with few restrictions. Selenium can accumulate up the food chain to toxic levels. And recently, scientists found that the pollutant is already harming fish, particularly near these refineries.
But the Regional Water Board hasn’t required refineries to reduce selenium discharges in over a decade.
That’s why, last week, Baykeeper urged the Board to set science-based limits on selenium for Chevron in Richmond, and for all refineries across the Bay.
Learn more about our recent actions to stop refinery selenium pollution here.
Photo: Robb Most
The annual worldwide volunteer cleanup event, Coastal Cleanup Day, is coming up this Saturday, September 23.
And you’re welcome to join us for our cleanup at India Basin Shoreline Park in San Francisco from 9am to 12pm. Spots are going quickly, so sign up fast!
Click here to register to help protect San Francisco Bay from trash! [Note: registration for this event is now closed.]
Baykeeper Gets the Top Score on Charity Navigator
After reviewing Baykeeper’s multi-year records in finance, accountability, leadership, and culture, Charity Navigator has awarded Baykeeper a top-four-star-rating, after we earned a near-perfect score of 99.2 percent!
This means that you can make gifts to Baykeeper knowing we’ll effectively and efficiently make the most impact. Celebrate the honor with us – make a gift today to defend San Francisco Bay!
Photo of the Baykeeper team by Robb Most