Cargill: Don't Fill San Francisco Bay!

Cargill: Don’t Fill San Francisco Bay!

Minnesota-based agribusiness giant Cargill Inc. is threatening to fill in and build on more than 1,400 acres of Bayfront salt ponds in Redwood City. Save The Bay has written to Cargill’s CEO to tell him that San Francisco Bay cannot be sacrificed for profit. If these former tidal wetlands are no longer needed for salt production, the site should be restored instead.

Former Bay wetlands are no place to build a massive development. Urban sprawl, massive Bay fill and diking have already reduced the Bay’s size by one-third. The project could be ten times larger than any Bay fill project since the State began regulating shoreline development in the 1960s!

Save The Bay is telling Cargill to sell or transfer the property to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to be included in the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge and restored. Restoring these salt ponds is necessary to provide critical habitat for endangered species, improve water quality and flood protection, combat global warming and enhance recreation and open space for the region’s residents.

Your voice will help Save The Bay to fight Cargill and preserve this threatened former tidal wetland site.

Please join Save The Bay today to help us win this urgent battle for the future of our Bay.

Take action now to help stop Cargill from filling in and paving San Francisco Bay!

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Gregory R. Page - Chairman, CEO & President

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Dear (recipient name),

On behalf of generations of Bay Area residents who have fought to protect San Francisco Bay, I urge you to immediately halt plans to develop over 1,400 acres of restorable Bay wetlands Cargill owns in Redwood City, California.

Former Bay wetlands are no place to build a massive development. Instead, you should sell or transfer the property to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – to be included in the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge and restored.  Restoring these salt ponds is necessary to provide critical habitat for endangered species, improve water quality and flood protection, combat global warming, and enhance recreation and open space for the region’s residents.

Urban sprawl, massive Bay fill and diking have already reduced the Bay’s size by one-third. Cargill’s development would be ten times larger than any Bay fill project since the State began regulating shoreline development in the 1960s!

Now that Cargill is finished producing salt in Redwood City, you should ensure that Cargill’s lasting legacy is one of restoring the Bay, not filling it.

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