Weekly Round-Up November 8, 2013
Check out this week’s Weekly Roundup for breaking news affecting San Francisco Bay Napa Valley Register 11/3/13 County Pushes Fish and Wildlife to Help Improve Airport Safety Napa County is lobbying...
View ArticleGreenfest Reveals Next Generation of Inspiring Bay Savers
While tabling this past weekend at the Green Festival, I was surprised and inspired by the number of young activists who stopped to chat with us. Countless times I’d look out into the aisle to see some...
View ArticleWeekly Round-up November 22, 2013
Check out this week’s Weekly Roundup for breaking news affecting San Francisco Bay Gizmodo 11/19/13 How Living Infrastructure Will Save our Cities from Nature Super-typhoon Haiyan, the single most...
View ArticleSalt Marsh Harvest Mouse, the Tiniest Endangered Species
Most inhabitants of the Bay Area are aware of threatened species such as the sea otter and harbor porpoise, or even the endangered California clapper rail, but there’s a mammal that’s completely unique...
View ArticleTop 5 Posts of 2013
As the blog editor for Save The Bay, I am continually interested in learning which stories most excite readers and inspire them to share with their friends. In 2013, readers loved positive stories...
View ArticleMeet Local Hero Florence LaRiviere
Every section of the Bay shoreline has a story….A story of what could have been, a story of future potential, a story of conflict and inspiration. Behind many of these stories is a powerful 90-year-old...
View ArticleNotes from the Field | A dumpster full of weeds
What do we do with all these weeds at Ravenswood Pond?? Thanks to Budget Dumpster for helping us get rid of all those invasives. Over the past few months Save The Bay’s Habitat Restoration Team has had...
View ArticleApollo’s Mission to the Bay
The first time Gerry Martinez, a 12th-grader at Apollo High School in East San Jose, came out to the Bay shoreline he was surprised by the number of insects and animals he saw. Before he got up close...
View ArticleClimate Report Supports Wetland Restoration As Sea Level Rise Adaptation...
Healthy wetlands protect our communities from flooding by slowing down and soaking up runoff and tidal inflow.Photo credit: Dan Sullivan A scientific report released just weeks ago confirms that...
View ArticleHow Compost Captures Carbon and Helps Heal Rangelands and Wetlands
Marin rangeland and wetland, Inverness, CA. credit: Philippe Vieux-Jeanton Scientists are in agreement: Global warming is the result of human-caused emission of greenhouse gases, with carbon dioxide as...
View ArticleGov. Brown Restores Power to Coastal Cleanup
39 Environmental Organizations, including Save The Bay, formed a coalition to urge Governor Brown to reverse his decision to suspend the Coastal Act in response to the Santa Barbara Refugio Oil Spill....
View ArticleVolunteer Spotlight | Thomas Huffman
Thomas Huffman and his Beta Alpha Psi brother’s working hard to restore the MLK shoreline. Here at Save The Bay we rely on dedicated volunteers to accomplish big goals. Beta Alpha Psi, an academic...
View ArticleThe Value of Native Plants
Click to view slideshow. Native plants evolved to live with the local climate, soil types, and wildlife and are crucial to establishing and maintaining a healthy San Francisco Bay. Save The Bay’s...
View ArticleRestoring the Bay: Ecology + Advocacy
Climate Change Policy Campaign Manager Beckie Zisser (left) works with partners and policymakers to secure large-scale, sustainable funding for Bay restoration projects. Jon Backus (right) manages Save...
View ArticleNews Roundup: The Future of Restoring SF Bay
Point of contact: Tides rush in at Sears Point on October 25, 2015. (Photo Credit: Marc Holmes/The Bay Institute) After over 100 years, the Sonoma Land Trust achieved a major success in wetland...
View ArticleGuest Post | Eelgrass restoration
Crystal is researching eelgrass restoration in the San Francisco Bay. Crystal Weaver is a master’s student in the Boyer Lab at the Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies at SFSU. She has...
View ArticleMeasure AA for the Bay: Why Now?
On January 13, the SF Bay Restoration Authority voted to place a modest parcel tax on the June ballot that would bring dramatic benefits to the Bay Area. Over the past few months, my colleagues and I...
View ArticleA special message from Save The Day
After years of hard work, Save The Bay has decided to expand our mission beyond the scope of San Francisco Bay. With new threats to the Bay like climate change, urban pollution, and promise of an...
View Article100,000 plants and counting
It’s hard to visualize what over 100,000 California native plants looks like. But it’s exciting to think of the habitat they will create when fully established at our restoration sites around the San...
View ArticleIntroducing Bay Day: PG&E Supports Inaugural Event to Celebrate Region’s...
OAKLAND — Part of what people love about the San Francisco Bay is its beauty. For many, it’s what drew them to the area and keeps them from leaving. PG&E’s Vanessa Vergara, a gas mapping...
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