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Baykeeper Earns Charity Navigator’s Top 4-Star Rating
Charity Navigator, the nation’s leading evaluator of nonprofit organizations’ financial performance, has awarded San Francisco Baykeeper its top 4-star rating. This rating designates Baykeeper’s...
Baykeeper Launches Swim Guide App For Safe Recreation
San Francisco—Finding a Bay Area beach where the water is clean enough for swimming, surfing and other in-the-water recreation is going to be easier with San Francisco Baykeeper’s launch of the Swim...
Find a Clean Beach with Baykeeper’s Free Phone App
Finding a Bay Area beach with water clean enough for swimming, surfing and other in-the-water recreation is going to be easier with Baykeeper’s launch of the Swim Guide app. This new, free smart...
Summertime Water Mostly Clean at Bay Area Beaches
It’s safe to go in the water at Bay Area beaches during the summer, according to the Annual Beach Report Card released today. But during wet weather, sewage spills are still a threat to surfers,...
Baykeeper Sponsors Bill to Protect Wildlife from Oil Spills
Birds and other wildlife coated with oil during oil spills will be more likely to get rescue and care under Baykeeper-sponsored legislation being considered in the California Senate. Update: The...
Baykeeper Advisory Council Member Appointed to State Water Board
We would like to congratulate Baykeeper Advisory Council member Felicia Marcus on her appointment by Governor Jerry Brown to the State Water Resources Control Board.Baykeeper is very pleased to have...
Strengthening Long-Term Plans to Protect the Bay
Long-term plans for the future of San Francisco Bay shouldn’t make it easier to discharge pollution into the Bay and its tributaries, Baykeeper recently told the Bay Area’s primary water quality...
Watch the New Baykeeper Video
Our new 30-second video spot showcases Baykeeper’s work to protect San Francisco Bay from pollution and takes an inspiring look at the Bay. Baykeeper thanks the outstanding team who created...
$1.96 Million Payment for 2009 Bay Oil Spill
The owner and operator of the Dubai Star, a tanker that spilled 422 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay in 2009, will pay $1.96 million to settle violations of state clean water laws. The payment...
New Campaign to Curb Industrial Pollution in the Bay
Baykeeper is launching our new Bay-Safe Industry campaign to rein in widespread, illegal runoff into San Francisco Bay from industrial facilities.Industrial storm water runoff is a major source of...
Keeping Invasive Species Out of the Bay
New rules to keep invasive species out of San Francisco Bay are a big step forward, but should be even tighter, Baykeeper recently told regulators.Baykeeper urged the adoption of the proposed rules,...
Florence LaRiviere Receives National Wetlands Award
Florence LaRiviere, leader of San Francisco Bay’s Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge, this week won the 2012 National Wetlands Award. She was also named the Wetland Community Leader of the...