Featured Stories: October 29, 2012
Your home and garden can help protect San Francisco Bay by minimizing pollution from storm water during rainy winter months.
The rainy season brings a surge of pollution into the Bay. During storms, roofs, paved driveways, sidewalks, roads, and parking lots send rainwater rushing into gutters and...
Blog Post: October 17, 2012
Note: The comment period for this Action Alert is closed. Thank you to everyone who sent a message! There are more than 1,300 industrial facilities in the Bay Area, and Baykeeper’s analysis of recent data shows that ninety-five percent are contaminating San Francisco Bay or its tributaries with...
Blog Post: October 16, 2012
San Francisco Baykeeper is urging the State Lands Commission not to approve a large increase in sand mining in San Francisco Bay. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey have found that sand mining contributes to the erosion of Ocean Beach, and increased sand mining would exacerbate the problem....
E News: October 16, 2012
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Monthly Update for October 2012
Take Action to Clean Up Industrial Pollution
Congratulations, Swim for the Bay Swimmers!
Cleanup of the Ghost Fleet Is Ahead of Schedule
Clean Water Act Turns 40 on October 18
Thanks, Coastal Cleanup Day Volunteers!
Oddball Creatures of San Francisco Bay...
Featured Stories: October 15, 2012
October 18 is the 40th anniversary of the federal Clean Water Act. The landmark law has been a powerful tool for cleaning up waterways, but it has also repeatedly come under attack from polluters.
When Congress passed the law in 1972, U.S. water quality was at an all-time low. A symbol of the...
Blog Post: October 2, 2012
Twenty-six swimmers made a 9-mile crossing of San Francisco Bay on Sunday, September 30 in San Francisco Baykeeper’s annual Swim for the Bay. We’re so proud of their accomplishment, and honored that they swam to support Baykeeper’s work for a clean and healthy Bay. See photos of Swim for the Bay by...
Monthly Column: October 1, 2012
Every drop of rain in the Bay Area eventually flows to San Francisco Bay. Throughout history, that hasn’t been a problem. Most rain soaked into the ground and made its way gradually into creeks that emptied into the Bay.
But with so many roads, driveways, sidewalks and roofs in our urban area, rain...
Featured Stories: September 26, 2012
The Ghost Fleet—57 decaying military ships that poisoned the San Francisco Bay ecosystem for 40 years—is being cleaned up ahead of schedule.
In 2010, Baykeeper successfully reached a settlement agreement with the federal government that required a speedy cleanup of the rusting ships. The Ghost...
BK In The News: September 18, 2012
Bay Area residents have had options for getting rid of old pills piling up in their medicine cabinets. But the "No Drugs Down the Drain" campaign launched Monday wants to make sure consumers take their leftover pharmaceuticals to local law enforcement agencies, pharmacies, hospitals and other...
Blog Post: September 17, 2012
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:283:height=363,width=246]]On Saturday, close to 40 Baykeeper volunteers took part in California's annual Coastal Cleanup Day at India Basin Shoreline Park. Volunteers cleaned up nearly 400 pounds of trash from the park, ranging from entire bags of household trash, to wings...
