Save The Bay Blog

Check out this week’s Weekly Roundup for breaking news affecting San Francisco Bay. CNN 4/22/13 7 stunning U.S. spots for wildlife Naturalist Beth Pratt has been exploring and celebrating wildlife since she was a child, whether discovering the great whales of Cape Cod with her parents or creating a special luxury habitat for her backyard [...]

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 [...]

by Stephen Knight, Political Director As our readers know, Cargill and DMB recently submitted an application to Redwood City, proposing to build up to 12,000 housing units on retired salt ponds that should be restored to natural wetlands. Before reviewing Cargill’s development proposal, the Redwood City Council is working to finalize a new general plan. [...]

by Amy Alton, Communications and Policy Associate If not for recent and shocking reports of pirates capturing large vessels on the high seas, I would not have believed that pirates truly existed. Honestly, until a little over a year ago, I was naïve enough to think that pirates were the stuff of movies and amusement [...]

by Bree Candiloro, Nursery Manager Originally posted on September 12, 2008 Connections. Connectivity. We need it; humans, plants and animals alike. Connectivity is in high demand for animals like mountain lions that need 200 square miles of appropriate habitat and connection to other populations of mountain lions so that they will remain healthy. Connection in [...]