MEDIA CENTER

Media Center

Baykeeper Media Center

Baykeeper's scientists, lawyers, and policy advocates can be reached anytime to speak about the threats to San Francisco Bay and how we hold polluters accountable.

Members of the media may also request to join a pollution patrol to see firsthand how Baykeeper works to defend the Bay.

Press Contact

Mark Westlund, Communications Director: 510-841-8329

Press Releases

Newsom Administration Releases Environmental Report for Delta Tunnel  New Water Diversion Would Doom Salmon, Sturgeon, Steelhead, Smelt The California Department of Water Resources today...

North America’s largest and oldest fish are declining fast, as more threats loom.                       Today,...

Fish and Wildlife Missed Congressional Deadline to Protect Longfin Smelt    Oakland, California—San Francisco Baykeeper today put the US Fish and Wildlife Service on notice that the...

Today SF Baykeeper, Sierra Club, Public Justice, and several other environmental and public health organizations filed a petition for rulemaking with the EPA, calling upon the agency to...

Oakland—In order to ensure the health of San Francisco Bay, its wildlife, and local residents, it's critical to protect the entire Bay watershed, which depends on fresh water flowing into the Bay...

Water Quality Is Essential to Tribes, Communities, and the Environment   Stockton, CA – On September 13, 2023, California tribal governments and environmental advocacy organizations will hold...

In the News

Baykeeper's scientists, attorneys, and advocates are regularly featured as subject matter experts on San Francisco Bay pollution prevention, environmental justice, natural areas, endangered species, and more.  

Daily Republic

Environmental and sporting groups that have not always lined up on the same side of issues have found a common cause. The San Francisco Baykeeper, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance...

KQED

The Rintaro restaurant staff was preparing osechi — a traditional meal to celebrate Japanese New Year. They’d been working on it all week, and on Dec. 31, 2022, they were just putting on the...

KQED

Climate activists are pushing back on a contentious shoreline housing project in the South Bay city of Newark. By building there, the activists believe, the city will miss an opportunity to restore...

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