BK In The News: April 1, 2022
It’s a major source of California’s water supply and a vital habitat for fish, migratory birds and other species.
But the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta watershed is also a fragile ecosystem in decline, with human demands for water taking a harsh toll on the environment.
With a third year of...
BK In The News: July 21, 2021
So many salmon once spawned each year in the Central Valley that humans all but lived on them, and chemical traces of the fish are still detectable in the soil, where the scavenged carcasses fertilized riparian vegetation.
“It was a salmon-based ecosystem,” said Peter Drekmeier, the policy director...
Press Release: February 26, 2021
The EPA today abandoned a Trump-era attempt to remove federal Clean Water Act protections from the South Bay salt ponds, which would have facilitated property owner Cargill selling off the wetlands to be paved over and developed.
Trump's EPA had determined that the ponds were land and not protected...
BK In The News: December 29, 2020
A controversial development plan roughly 30 years in the making to build 469 large homes on the edge of Newark’s wetlands can proceed, a judge has decided. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch on Dec. 24 rejected a lawsuit filed against the city of Newark by two environmental groups...
Page: December 3, 2020
With the closing of schools and offices across the Bay Area, many of us are spending lots of time at home with some very energetic kids.
So Dilon Chugh, unofficial junior Baykeeper and son of Executive Director Sejal Choksi-Chugh, created three Bay-themed activities for you and your kids to play...
Featured Stories: October 5, 2020
Baykeeper v. US EPA: A legal victory for the Bay… and for common sense
You read in our recent updates that Trump's EPA was bizarrely trying to claim that ponds aren't really water. Specifically, the EPA declared that the South Bay salt ponds are in fact dry land and don't deserve protection under...
Blog Post: July 10, 2020
Crab fishing gear can be deadly. In increasing numbers, whales and sea turtles are being ensnared and injured in crab lines and drowning. The National Marine Fisheries Service has recorded deaths involving crabbing gear of creatures protected under the Endangered Species Act, including humpback...
Blog Post: May 14, 2020
Late Monday, a federal judge in Fresno temporarily stopped the Trump administration from further hurting the Bay's endangered fish. Trump's plan weakens Delta water export rules to send even more water to industrial agriculture in the Central Valley. But after an emergency hearing the judge...
Blog Post: May 8, 2020
Richmond’s Point Molate has been called "the crown jewel” of the East Bay shoreline. It sits under the shadow of one of the region’s biggest polluters, the Chevron oil refinery—and now, Point Molate is the target of a new development plan that would be disastrous both for the Bay and Richmond...
Column: April 25, 2020
I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling a little disappointed that the 50th Earth Day came and went, and it didn't get nearly the fanfare it deserved. Especially at a time when environmental rollbacks are being snuck under the cover of COVID-19, polluters are feeling emboldened to skirt the law,...