Save The Bay Blog

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. [...]

Check out this week’s Weekly Roundup for breaking news affecting San Francisco Bay. Palo Alto Patch 4/3/13 Save The Bay Welcomes Estuary Scientist Sam Luoma to Board of Directors Save The Bay, the largest regional organization working to protect and restore San Francisco Bay, announced today that Dr. Sam Luoma has joined its Board of [...]

A county-wide plastic bag ban went into effect in all 14 cities and unincorporated areas in Alameda County on January 1. Businesses and consumers alike took it all in stride. Meanwhile, Marin County looks back on its first year under a plastic bag ban and finds that the ban is working, with fewer plastic bags [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]