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
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...
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...
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...
Press Release: December 8, 2023
Newsom Administration Releases Environmental Report for Delta Tunnel
New Water Diversion Would Doom Salmon, Sturgeon, Steelhead, Smelt
The California Department of Water Resources today released the final environmental impact report for its proposed Delta Conveyance project. The Delta...
Press Release: November 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...