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Enjoy San Francisco Bay’s Shoreline Parks
With long summer days upon us, it’s a perfect time to visit a San Francisco Bay shoreline park. Park activities include wildlife viewing, swimming, windsurfing, kiteboarding, kayaking, hiking,...
Baykeeper Supports Alameda County Fee to Keep Toxics Out of Bay
Update: The Alameda County fee for safe disposal of household hazardous waste was passed by the Stopwaste Board late last month. Baykeeper is glad that this program will continue to help keep toxic...
Google Grant to Fund New Visual Shoreline Map
Baykeeper will soon launch a new project to document and photograph the San Francisco Bay shoreline by boat. Our goal is to provide information that can be used to improve protection for the Bay from...
Lawsuit Challenges Regulation of Industrial Pollution to San Francisco Bay, State Waters
California Coastkeeper Alliance (CCKA), a coalition of 12 Waterkeeper organizations including San Francisco Baykeeper, has filed a lawsuit against the State Water Board for failing to adopt a...
Helping Avert Harm to the Bay from Nutrient Pollution
Baykeeper recently helped improve new regulations to protect San Francisco Bay from an emerging pollution threat: excess nutrients. Nutrients are substances such as nitrogen or phosphorus that...
Golden State Warriors Decide Not to Build Arena on Bay Piers
In response to advocacy from neighborhood and environmental groups, including San Francisco Baykeeper, the Golden State Warriors basketball team will not build a giant basketball arena on the...
Baykeeper Helps Re-Open Point Molate Beach Park
When Point Molate Beach Park in Richmond reopened officially on April 19, Baykeeper received a big thanks for removing 96 tons of toxic debris from the beach last year. Our cleanup helped make the...
Pleasanton Concrete Manufacturer Agrees to Protect Bay from Toxic Runoff
Oldcastle Precast, a manufacturer of concrete products, recently agreed to install pollution controls to protect San Francisco Bay from contaminated runoff from its Pleasanton facility. The agreement...
Court Rules Against Unsustainable Bay-Delta Water Supply Contracts
On April 16, a federal appeals court ruled that federal contracts to supply water from the San Francisco Bay-Delta ecosystem, which promised more water than exists in an average year, were renewed...
Baykeeper Volunteer Helen Dickson Helps Find Industrial Polluters
When Helen Dickson moved to the Bay Area a year ago, one of the first things she did was to contact Baykeeper and offer to be a Volunteer Pollution Investigator. Since then, she has not only tracked...
25th Anniversary Flash from the Past—Jail Terms for Bay Polluters
By Mike Herz, Baykeeper Founder Just a few months after Baykeeper’s founding in 1989, we received an anonymous tip about illegal dredging that led to a covert investigation, media scandal,...
Warm Weather Tips for a Healthy Bay and a Healthy You
As the warm-weather recreation season continues, Baykeeper presents tips to protect both your health and the health of San Francisco Bay. When You’re Along or On the Bay Use mineral sunscreens...