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Monterey Coastkeeper Takes Action to Protect Salinas River Flows

Monterey Coastkeeper – also called The Otter Project – delivered a “Sixty-Day Notice of Intent to Sue for Endangered Species Act and Clean Water Act Violations in Relation to the Salinas… Read More…


Clean River Alliance aligns with Russian Riverkeeper

Marking its one-year anniversary, the Clean River Alliance is proud to announce that Russian Riverkeeper, the nonprofit river steward group for more than 28 years, is now the fiscal sponsor… Read More…


City of San Jose and Baykeeper Reach Agreement to Reduce Pollution in SF Bay

Today, San Francisco Baykeeper and the City of San José announced a legal agreement to make the Bay Area’s largest city a greener one. As part of the agreement, San… Read More…


San Diego’s Areas of Special Concern

While clean water is a necessary component of healthy oceans, water quality is constantly under attack from a variety of pollution sources, including discharge of wastewater and pollutants, litter and… Read More…


Does San Diego have Aquaculture?

San Diego has aquaculture projects of various sizes and purposes in San Diego County. Each is a different form of aquaculture–which means they are in the business of fish production…. Read More…


There is a cheaper, better way to manage our water supply

Despite December’s onslaught of El Niño rains, the vast majority of our region’s water suppliers missed state-mandated conservation targets–for a second month in a row. In this new year, still firmly… Read More…


Wanted! The Whereabouts of Sargassum horneri

In 2003, an unexpected stowaway on a container ship found its way into the Port of Long Beach and was introduced into our nearshore ocean. If you have been strolling… Read More…


What’s in the Water? What’s in a word?

Waterkeeper Alliance featured San Diego Coastkeeper in its Winter 2016 magazine: In the increasingly thirsty San Diego area, San Diego Coastkeeper crafted the vision and the words to offer a solution… Read More…


McKinleyville Ace Hardware Illegally Fills, Drains Seasonal Wetland

During the summer of 2015, owners of the new McKinleyville Ace Hardware on Central Avenue illegally filled wetlands with gravel for a parking lot in violation of the Clean Water… Read More…


New Dioxin Data

Since Baykeeper’s 2006 success in getting Humboldt Bay designated as impaired by dioxin, sampling for this long-lasting contaminant has become common for dredging, restoration, and development projects. One recent study… Read More…


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