San Francisco Baykeeper

For 30 years, Baykeeper has worked to stop pollution and other threats to San Francisco Bay and its tributaries throughout the Bay Area. We're the only nonprofit with a patrol boat that regularly monitors and investigates pollution and harmful activities in the Bay. Our vision for the next 30 years is a San Francisco Bay environment where the water... is clean, the ecosystem is healthy, recreation is safe, and wildlife can thrive. Were working toward a Bay that is: Free from pollutionso communities and wildlife arent threatened by toxics, trash, or oil spills. Safe for recreationwhere swimmers, surfers, boaters, and beach-goers can enjoy the water without fear of contamination. With healthy beachesprotected from erosion caused by sand mining and dredging. Ready for the futurewith shorelines and wetlands that can withstand sea level rise, and where our communities make the most of scarce water resources. San Francisco Bay is a treasure of the Bay Area, and the heart of our landscape, communities, and economy. Yet San Francisco Bays health is threatened by polluted runoff, sewage spills, oil spills, sand removal, and the increasing pressure of drought and sea level rise. Far too often, clean water laws arent enforced, so that pollution and harmful activities continue unchecked. That's why Baykeeper exists. For 30 years, we have been the Bays most effective advocate and its strongest defender. Using water quality monitoring, science, and on-the-water patrols, Baykeeper identifies the greatest threats to the health of the Bays ecosystem. Then we strategically use advocacy, public education, and legal action to secure smart solutions that stop pollution and restore water quality and boost the Bay's resilience. We have a staff of twelve with scientific and legal expertise, a board of directors with a breadth of experience with the Bay, an expert advisory board, twelve volunteer boat skippers, and the only pollution patrol boat monitoring and investigating pollution and other harmful activities in the Bay. Our focus ...Read More