Save The Bay Blog

Pavan Raj Gowda was recently honored with the President’s Environmental Youth award for his environmental stewardship work engaging children with environmental issues.  Caring for the environment has always been part of who I am. At age 8, I expressed my thoughts openly about how a community needs to come together to care for the environment [...]

Beardless Wildrye, Elymus triticoides, (formerly of the genus Leymus), is a beautiful and highly adaptable grass species that historically occupied large swathes of lowlands and floodplains throughout the salt marsh transition zone throughout the Bay Area.  Its range extends from California to Washington, and inland to Montana and West Texas.  It is found in meadow [...]

On May 2nd, 150 Googlers provided Save The Bay with 10% of the native plants needed for an entire winter planting season. The day started at Garfield Park with an introduction from Save The Bay’s Executive Director, David Lewis, and then we got to work. Save The Bay sowed the seeds we collected last spring, [...]

Suresh Raman has been volunteering with Save The Bay since 2005. He supports Save The Bay’s work not only by getting his hands dirty out on the shoreline with us, but also by being a dedicated donor.  Suresh has increased his impact through eBay’s matching gifts program and by nominating Save The Bay to be [...]

Save The Bay works with Bay Area cities and counties to create strong policies to keep plastic bags, Styrofoam, and other trash out of the bay. This Earth Day, we celebrate the implementation of plastic bag bans throughout San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. This truly regional effort has been led by San Mateo County [...]