Blog Post: May 14, 2014
Baykeeper recently helped improve new regulations to protect San Francisco Bay from an emerging pollution threat: excess nutrients.
Nutrients are substances such as nitrogen or phosphorus that enter the Bay via treated wastewater discharged into the Bay from the region’s sewage plants. Rain also...
E News: May 6, 2014
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Welcome to San Francisco Baykeeper's May E-News.
Monthly Update for May 2014
Golden State Warriors Decide Not to Build Arena on Bay Piers
Kayak, Swim, SUP, Sail, or Row in the Bay Parade on June 14
You're Invited to Baykeeper's 25th Anniversary Party on May 15
Pleasanton...
Monthly Column: May 2, 2014
With sunnier days and warmer weather, it’s a perfect time to visit a San Francisco Bay shoreline park. Park activities include wildlife viewing, swimming, windsurfing, kiteboarding, kayaking, hiking, bicycling, picnicking, camping, fishing and hanging out amid the beauty of the Bay. Here’s a...
Blog Post: April 23, 2014
In response to advocacy from neighborhood and environmental groups, including San Francisco Baykeeper, the Golden State Warriors basketball team will not build a giant basketball arena on the waterfront of the San Francisco Embarcadero. Baykeeper is pleased that precious open-water views of the Bay...
Blog Post: April 23, 2014
When Point Molate Beach Park in Richmond reopened officially on April 19, Baykeeper received a big thanks for removing 96 tons of toxic debris from the beach last year. Our cleanup helped make the reopening possible. Next month, Baykeeper and volunteers will return to the park to remove more debris...
Blog Post: April 22, 2014
Oldcastle Precast, a manufacturer of concrete products, recently agreed to install pollution controls to protect San Francisco Bay from contaminated runoff from its Pleasanton facility. The agreement came in response to Baykeeper’s Clean Water Act lawsuit and will protect the Bay from pollutants...
Blog Post: April 18, 2014
On April 16, a federal appeals court ruled that federal contracts to supply water from the San Francisco Bay-Delta ecosystem, which promised more water than exists in an average year, were renewed illegally. In a unanimous ruling, an eleven-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals...
E News: April 10, 2014
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Monthly Update for April 2014
You're Invited to Baykeeper's 25th Anniversary Party on May 15
Swim, Kayak, Row, SUP, or Sail in the Bay Parade on June 14
Spring Tips for a Healthy Bay and Healthy You
Meet Baykeeper Volunteer Pollution Investigator Helen Dickson
25th Anniversary Flash from...
Blog Post: April 9, 2014
When Helen Dickson moved to the Bay Area a year ago, one of the first things she did was to contact Baykeeper and offer to be a Volunteer Pollution Investigator. Since then, she has not only tracked down potential industrial polluters, she’s also helped Baykeeper coordinate our volunteer...
Blog Post: April 9, 2014
By Mike Herz, Baykeeper Founder
Just a few months after Baykeeper’s founding in 1989, we received an anonymous tip about illegal dredging that led to a covert investigation, media scandal, retaliatory damage to the Baykeeper boat, a criminal investigation, and finally, jail time for the offenders....
