Save The Bay Blog

For most of you, this week’s to do list includes buying chocolate, flowers, and cards for the mothers in your life.  After all, mothers deserve a special day of recognition for everything they do for us.  But what about Mother Nature? Mother Nature provides a myriad of incredible benefits that we all enjoy and usually [...]

Earlier this year, the San Francisco Bay/Estuary was named a “Wetland of International Importance” under the 1971 “Ramsar Convention.” The United States is one of 165 parties to the intergovernmental treaty which have committed to work towards the wise use of all their wetlands through national land-use planning, appropriate policies and legislation, and public education. [...]

Last week, we invited a handful of dedicated volunteers to spend a couple of hours in our office, making calls to Save The Bay supporters like you and I.  These great folks had conversations with hundreds of locals, sharing updates about the For The Bay initiative, and signing folks up to volunteer in the future. [...]

How well do you know the history of San Francisco Bay? Whether you are a long-time Bay lover or a newcomer, you will surely learn something from Saving the Bay. Ron Blatman’s powerful 4-part documentary airs on KQED starting this Thursday February 21st. Episode 4 tells the story of three women — Kay Kerr, Sylvia [...]

Due to the slow but steady nature of ocean expansion, sea level rise has a tendency to be dismissed as a far-off predicament, not as an immediate threat. But with seas expected to rise 16 inches in the Bay Area by 2050, flooding 180,000 acres of coastline, the issue is now at our doorstep. Literally. [...]