Save The Bay Blog

Sharks are top predators whose numbers are declining but great white sharks off the coast of California might be getting a break. The California Fish and Game Commission has voted to consider adding great white sharks to the state’s endangered species list, which would partially close a loophole that allows for incidental killing of great [...]

It was a big week for watery sanctuaries. California’s new Marine Protected Areas along the north coast went into effect on December 19. Established under the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA), 1,027 square miles off the coast of California are now off limits to fishing to protect fragile habitats and provide sanctuary for declining fish [...]

Santa Clara voters passed Save The Bay-endorsed Measure B on Tuesday, which will speed restoration of the San Francisco Bay shoreline and provide money for flood control and water improvements for another 15 years. In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, the East Coast is looking into ways to protect itself from future events. From giant [...]

As part of the South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration Project, Save The Bay is working to restore more than 600 acres of tidal wetlands at Eden Landing Ecological Reserve on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in Hayward. This effort, part of Save The Bay’s partnership with the California Department of Fish and Game [...]

By Chiara Swartout, Canoes In Sloughs Field Educator It’s mid-afternoon at Bothin Marsh and we are approaching the turnaround point of our canoe adventure. It is at this moment that I realize I should have checked the tides more carefully, because I have no memory of this marsh ever coming even close to draining as [...]