Save The Bay Blog

Here at Save The Bay, we have been excitedly planning our clean-up at Damon Slough this Saturday. Located in Oakland’s Martin Luther King Jr. Shoreline, Damon Slough was the winner of our annual Bay Trash Hot Spots contest in 2011, beating out other trash-clogged waterways like San Jose’s Guadalupe River and Pulgas Creek in San [...]

May 19th is National Rivers Day, and this year Save The Bay is celebrating by hosting a clean-up at Damon Slough. This marsh along Oakland’s Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline won our 2011 Adopt-A-Hot-Spot contest thanks to all your votes, and Save The Bay has committed to hosting two clean-ups at this location in [...]

If you are reading this, you already know that trash is a serious pollution threat to people and wildlife in San Francisco Bay. This year, Save The Bay’s annual Bay Trash Hot Spots lists 225 creeks and shoreline areas identified by the cities themselves as having high levels of plastic bags, cigarette butts, fast food [...]

By Amy Ricard, Communications and Policy Associate Last week Save The Bay launched its 4th annual list of Bay Trash Hot Spots in anticipation of Coastal Cleanup Day to raise awareness about the trash problem in the Bay and to recruit volunteers to Coastal Cleanup events throughout the region. This year, we put the spotlight [...]

Have you checked out our Bay Trash Hot Spots yet? Click on the link below to see our interactive map, watch our clever two-minute video, take action and sign up to volunteer! http://farm.sproutbuilder.com/load/9wBK8TP2GCAp6b3n.swf?v=1252960637