BAYKEEPER IN THE NEWS
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Here's what this means: Thousands of dead fish wash ashore around Bay Area due to toxic algae

KGO-ABC7

Baykeeper senior scientist Jon Rosenfield says nutrients released into the water from the 40 waste water treatment plants around the Bay Area are super charging the algae to reproduce in huge...

Thousands of fish killed by Lake Merritt algae bloom producing ‘pungent’ scent

San Francisco Chronicle

Thousands of dead fish are piling up around Lake Merritt in Oakland due to a harmful algae bloom impacting the San Francisco Bay. Topsmelt, bass and bat rays were among the dead fish that appeared...

Toxic algae bloom killing fish in San Francisco Bay

KRON4 News

FOSTER CITY, Calif. (KRON) – An alarming number of fish have been seen floating belly up all around the bay, including the waters along the Peninsula. It’s all due to a harmful algae bloom spreading...

Dead fish are being found at Lake Merritt and throughout Bay Area

KTVU

Experts say this algal bloom is happening because the bay is chronically enriched with excessive nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus that come from forty wastewater treatment plants around the bay...

Dead Fish Are Piling Up Across Shores of San Francisco Bay, Lake Merritt, as Algal Bloom Grows

KQED

Thousands of dead fish are piling up across the Bay Area. From the concrete outer edges of Oakland's Lake Merritt to the sandy beaches of San Francisco's Fort Funston, and the pebbled banks of...

Algae bloom in San Francisco Bay kills fish, threatens swimmers

San Francisco Chronicle

Alarmingly large numbers of fish have been sighted floating belly up all around San Francisco Bay, prompting environmental groups to suggest that people and their pets stay out of the water to avoid...

Environmental Group Reports ‘Unprecedented' Algae Bloom, Fish Dying Across SF Bay

NBC Bay Area

Environmental nonprofit San Francisco Baykeeper is reporting that an algae bloom is happening across the San Francisco Bay, something they believe is unprecedented in the history of the bay....

‘We’re dwindling like the salmon’: the Indigenous nations fighting for water rights

The Guardian

“There couldn’t be a more glaring example of systemic racism than that water rights – the senior ones – could only be planted by white people,” said Jon Rosenfield, a senior scientist at San...

Fish-killing ‘red tide’ algae bloom in San Francisco Bay turns the water brown

Washington Times

A toxic algae called “Heterosigma akashiwo” is blooming in San Francisco Bay, causing the water to look murky and brown and posing a danger to local marine life.

Harmful S.F. Bay algal bloom bigger than expected and growing

San Francisco Examiner

Sometimes, water issues are best seen from the sky. Thirsty riverbeds. Flooded neighborhoods. And this week, a harmful algal bloom overtaking San Francisco Bay. That’s why David Houghton, a...

Scientists Say to Keep Out of Brown Algae Water

KCBS

Scientsts say to keep out of the brown algae water in the East Bay. Audio only.

Algal bloom fills San Francisco Bay with swirls of brown water

San Francisco Chronicle

  A potentially harmful algal bloom is spreading through San Francisco Bay, adding swirls of dark brown and maroon to the blue-green waters and foaming up near ferry landings and waterways in...

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