BK In The News: February 11, 2015
When several hundred surf scoters and other diving ducks wintering on San Francisco Bay were recently found to be coated with an unknown sticky substance (referred to as “mystery goo” by stumped investigators), San Francisco Baykeeper was one of the first organizations on the scene, helping with...
Blog Post: February 11, 2015
Deb Self, Executive Director, announces her departure from San Francisco Baykeeper.
I'm writing with a personal and organizational update about San Francisco Baykeeper’s executive leadership. After 11 years at the helm, I have decided to step down as of March 1 due to an illness in my family.
It...
Blog Post: February 11, 2015
Baykeeper is monitoring two fuel spills in the Bay today:
One is a diesel fuel spill near Alameda Marina that happened overnight, and the source and size are still unknown. The Coast Guard is responding. Oiled birds have been sighted.
To report oiled bird sightings, call 877-UCD-OWCN (877-823-6926...
Blog Post: February 9, 2015
Baykeeper reached an agreement with B2 Auto Dismantler, an autowrecking facility in San Jose, to clean up the company’s contaminated runoff to San Francisco Bay. B2 Auto Dismantler had been allowing rain to wash heavy metals off the site and into storm drains that lead to Guadalupe River and Coyote...
BK In The News: January 31, 2015
It has been more than two years since an empty oil tanker collided with a tower of the Bay Bridge in heavy fog. Coast Guard investigators blamed the accident in part on a broken broken radar beacon on the bridge. That piece of safety equipment was found to be broken again during a monthly...
E News: January 30, 2015
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Welcome to San Francisco Baykeeper's Special Edition January E-News.
Special Update for January 2015
Responding to Bay Birds Coated with Toxic Substance
Support Baykeeper by Eating Crab at Americano Restaurant
Baykeeper's Office Has Moved to Downtown Oakland
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BK In The News: January 30, 2015
Two years after a 752-foot-long oil tanker collided in heavy fog with the Bay Bridge -- an accident Coast Guard investigators blamed in part on a broken radar beacon on the bridge -- one of the bridge's three beacons is broken again. The beacon, which alerts sailors to the midpoint between bridge...
Blog Post: January 29, 2015
Last week Baykeeper helped coordinate a search and rescue effort for hundreds of birds injured or killed by an as-yet unidentified sticky substance spilled or dumped into San Francisco Bay. Baykeeper Executive Director Deb Self was on the East Bay shoreline for two days, locating injured birds. We...
BK In The News: January 22, 2015
California officials are baffled by a sticky mystery — more than 200 birds have been found dead and more rescued after they became covered in an unknown gray goo-like substance. . . . For now, wildlife volunteers are working to find and save as many birds as they can, said Deb Self, the executive...
BK In The News: January 22, 2015
The mysterious case of the bird-killing goo got a little more perplexing Wednesday when laboratory tests ruled out the prime suspect, a viscous compound blamed for sending thousands of birds in Europe to their graves. . . . Deb Self, executive director of Baykeeper, was on the shoreline Wednesday,...
