San Francisco Baykeeper

🚨 Urgent Action Alert: Speak out against the Delta Tunnel!

Join us with San Francisco Baykeeper on February 19 for our public comment training. Learn how to participate in the upcoming DSC meeting and how you can speak out against the Delta Tunnel!

🔗Click to RSVP: bit.ly/4cnPXR2

Take Me Out For a Trawl Day There are way more fishes in the Bay than you think.

Many thanks to @baynature.org for highlighting the fish and fish habitat monitoring team of the SF Estuary Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program! The article captures the essence of what it's like to be out on the water with @jimhobbsphd.bsky.social and co. all day: baynature.org/2026/02/11/s...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: State water officials are faced with a once-in-a-generation chance to save California’s salmon By Alastair Bland Negotiations over how to manage the Delta’s water and fish species hit a boiling point in late January, when hundreds of members of the public, environmental groups, and Tribes plead...

State officials have a once-in-a-generation chance to save California salmon—and they're failing.

As our lead scientist @jarosenfield.bsky.social stresses in this article from @mavensnotebook.com, the state's plan would drive native fishes to extinction mavensnotebook.com/2026/02/12/n...

State of the Bay 2026 - San Francisco Baykeeper You're Invited to Baykeeper's State of the Bay 2026 Get insider updates on the major threats to San Francisco Bay + learn how YOU are protecting the Bay Area. Across the Bay Area, fossil fuel companie...

State of the Bay is back 🌊
Join @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social for a clear-eyed look at what’s helping—and hurting—San Francisco Bay, plus what comes next. Free. Online. Data, accountability, and paths to action. Register now.
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Bluish-gray clouds and pink streaks of sky over San Francisco. Part of a building to the right and branches on pine tree to the left. Reflections of light over silver colored water.

Sunset last night over San Francisco skyline and Treasure Island. Taken from Emeryville, California.

Agreed!

"The voluntary agreements are an extinction plan," as our lead scientist @jarosenfield.bsky.social describes the state's new Bay Delta Plan.

Endangered species will continue to plummet, more fisheries will shutter, and Tribes & Delta communities will continue to suffer with worse water quality.

True, True

Aerial view of spiralling waterways along a wetland area

A footbridge and doorway leading to a marshy area

A bright sunset over Bay wetlands

Rainbow over marshlands reflected in the Bay

Appreciating the Bay's stunning wetlands on this #WorldWetlandsDay

📷 Robb Most and @lighthawk-org.bsky.social and CalWhiz/Flickr

Heated debate over California water plan as environmentalists warn of ‘ecosystem collapse’ California regulators will soon decide on a water plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Environmental advocates warn that the proposal on the table will harm the ecosystem.

Environmental advocates say the proposal would take too much water out of the Delta, threatening fish from the finger-sized smelt to the giant white sturgeon.

"What we are witnessing can only accurately be described as ecosystem collapse." www.latimes.com/environment/...

Image of Ocean Beach in San Francisco with text: "Tell State Officials: Stop Selling the Bay’s Sand for Concrete. One of the biggest threats to California’s coast and shorelines happens out of sight along the Bay’s floor, where private companies have been mining sand for over a century. The companies then sell the sand for profit—mostly to be turned into concrete and asphalt. Continued unsustainable sand mining will harm native wildlife and lead to greater vulnerability to sea level rise."

One of the biggest threats to California's coast & shorelines happens out of sight along the Bay's floor, where private companies mine sand for profit -- harming wildlife & eroding our beaches.

Learn more and take action: baykeeper.org/take-action-...

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🚨 Ahead of Bay-Delta Hearings this week, Tribes and Environmental Groups Call for Equitable Alternatives

Today, Environmental advocates and Tribal leaders spoke out against the inequitable and misleading Voluntary Agreements within the latest Bay-Delta Plan update

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4tbd2N5

Tonight at 6:30pm!

🚨 THIS WEEK: Use your voice and Oppose the Bay-Delta Plan!

Restore the Delta, alongside Tribes, environmental advocates, and environmental justice organizations, are asking you to speak out against harmful updates to the Bay-Delta Plan!

🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/4riIEi4

#baydelta #california #salmon

Attention, Richmond! The final United Heckathorn Superfund site community meeting is coming up on Wed 1/28.

The discussion will focus on long-term cleanup plans & climate vulnerability. Come with questions for the experts!

Learn more & register: usepa.zoomgov.com/meeting/regi...

Ocean Hoptimism 2026 is stacked: giant kelp forest restoration, oysters, ocean + SF Bay swimmers, sustainable seafood, 30x30, and a recycled/upcycled ocean plastics fashion show… and that’s just the first half of the year. 🍻🌊 Grab a pint & join the crew—community is the point.

Water ‘Bankruptcy’ Era Has Begun for Billions, Scientists Say Stress and scarcity aren’t strong enough terms to capture the water crisis facing much of the world, according to a new UN report.

An era of 'global water bankruptcy' has begun, says a new UN report. Humans are squandering and mismanaging freshwater resources -- even as climate change drives up demand and makes the availability of fresh water less predictable. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

YouTube video by KRON 4 Lawsuit filed against Newark housing project over flooding concerns

New reporting from @kron4-news.bsky.social about our case over a planned development in a flood-prone, environmentally sensitive shoreline area in Newark:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDBF...

As a supporting organization of the Save Newark Wetlands initiative, we thank @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social and Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge for challenging the reckless approval of this development proposal.

California's Delta waters are in poor ecological health, scientists warn A new scientific assessment finds California's Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is in poor ecological health, and that a big reason is the amount of water being pumped out.

Latest report card for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta concludes the estuary is "mostly in poor condition and declining." www.latimes.com/environment/... via @ianjames.bsky.social

New Lawsuit Challenges Newark’s Approval of Housing Project in Flood Zone - San Francisco Baykeeper Media Contacts: Fiona Baker, Associate Communications Director, San Francisco Baykeeper, (510) 671-5705, fiona@baykeeper.org Environmental groups raise concerns that the “Mowry Village” project would ...

Why is Newark planning to build in a flood zone?

The city has approved a proposal to build in an environmentally sensitive area that regularly floods--putting people & wildlife at risk.

So we're taking action with Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge:
baykeeper.org/press_releas...

Flyer announcing Bay Area People's Hearing to Stop Offshore Oil Drilling

Join us on Friday 1/16 for the Bay Area People's Hearing to protect California from new offshore oil & gas development hosted by our friends at @surfrider.org!

Register: volunteer.surfrider.org/timeslots/It...

Just a few inches of sea level rise can throw off tide predictions and exacerbate flooding--something we just experienced with the King Tides.

Great article from @taraduggan.bsky.social 🌊

A flooded road in Alameda

Cars driving down a flooded road in Alameda

The #KingTides are out in force this week! Stay safe, everyone ☔

Locals found a creative way to navigate through the King Tide today in Sausalito @sfchronicle.com

Why this weekend’s king tides could cause coastal flooding in the Bay Area Forecasters said a rare alignment of astronomical tides and gusty winds could send seawater into streets, parks and other low-lying areas — especially during peak tides Friday and Saturday.

The National Weather Service warns that the tidal level in Monterey could threaten record levels this weekend as king tides, storm surge and waves push up water levels in the Central Coast and Bay Area. Friday and Saturday are forecast to be the most impactful days for coastal flooding. #CAwx

A woman on the Baykeeper boat with binoculars with Coit Tower in background

Help keep Baykeeper on patrol, finding and stopping the biggest threats to the Bay in 2026--and beyond!

Together we'll hold polluters accountable, defend fish and wildlife, and secure a climate resilient future for Bay Area communities: baykeeper.org/defend-sfbay...

With a target on their bellies, can California’s sturgeon survive? Following up on a tip to the state’s poaching hotline, game wardens in California rushed to a popular fishing spot, Clifton Court Forebay, in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. They’d received a…

California’s green and white sturgeon face mounting threats from dams, algal blooms and overfishing.

White sturgeon, prized for caviar, have declined so sharply they’re now being considered for state endangered status.

Poaching persists, with some cases tied to organized criminal networks.

Sunset over South Bay wetlands

The end of the year is a great moment to pause & reflect. While it hasn't been an easy year for the environment, there are still bright moments worth celebrating 🌊

Read more from our executive director about fighting the good fight and looking ahead to 2026: baykeeper.org/column/fight...

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