Volunteer to restore your local nature
Habitat Restoration Work-parties Citywide
Candlestick Native Plant Nursery - "Plants Gone Wild" with LEJ
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
Golden Gate National Recreation Area (Fort Funston, Ocean Beach, Land's End, Presidio)
Green City Calendar
Heron's Head Park - with LEJ
Lake Merced
McLaren Park Volunteer Groups
Mt.
Sutro Open Space Preserve
Natural
Areas Program
Oil Spill Updates
Pacifica Environmental Family
Presidio
Trust
San Bruno Mountain Stewardship
San Bruno Mountain Watch
Oil Spill Updates
Volunteer Trainings
All volunteer trainings have finished at this time.
For more volunteer opportunities go to
one of the websites listed below.
Volunteer Opportunities
All official beach cleanups have finished at this time.
For more information, check the listed websites below.
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City of Berkeley
Golden Gate Audubon
Zuna Surf
Surfrider
Save the Bay
Baykeeper
Marine Mammal Center
GGNRA
Kill the Spill
International Bird Rescue and
Research Center
The Volunteer Center
Wildcare
News
March 3, 2008 - An insurance agent for the owners of the container ship that crashed into the Bay Bridge last year and caused a 54,000-gallon oil spill will pay San Francisco $2 million for cleanup costs the city incurred in the wake of the disaster, city officials said Sunday...
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera called it an initial payment.
To read the full story, go to the San Francisco Chronicle.
January 29, 2008 - US Coast Guard commissioned analysis report now available on the cleanup efforts
of the Cosco Busan oil spill. 137 page analysis report created by a team consisting of SF Baykeeper,
California Coastal Alliance, NOAA, the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, SF Department
of Environmental Management, California Office of Spill Prevention and Response, Pacific States/
British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force, as well as members of the Coast Guard.
You can view the full report here. Highlights of the report can be viewed at Baykeeper's website.
ALL BEACHES NOW OPEN
THE FISHING BAN HAS BEEN LIFTED
If oil does wash up onto open beaches, avoid contact. Do not walk or handle contaminated objects. If skin does contact with oil, wash immediately with soap and water or a non-solvent skin cleanser. In the case of eye contact, flush with plenty of water for 15 minutes or until irritation subsides. If irritation persists, seek medical attention. Avoid tracking oil into your vehicle, home or other such areas. Children may also be exposed by playing in contaminated sand or soil. It is strongly suggested to keep pets out of the water to protect them from contact with contaminated water.
Water along the beaches remains affected by the spill.
Dolphins swimming throught the oil.
Website for live coverage from the air.
From the Chief of Natural Resources:
"No one
should be picking up live or dead oiled birds, but rather report them
to the 877 number
(especially the live ones). It is not safe for
people to come in contact with the oil andthere are large
numbers
of trained teams in the field retrieving them, following chain of custody requirements for
evidence."
From Dan Murphy, SF Conservation Committee, Golden Gate Audubon:
This was forwarded to me from Audubon Canyon Ranch.
If you're out, do document any impacts you observe and forward them to NOAA and Save the Bay.
“Our contacts at NOAA and other agencies are working to gather any damage information people
are seeing on the ground- and get any info documented with photos and video. They are concerned
about oyster and eelgrass impacts in addition to other fish and wildlife impacts. Please contact
Natalie Cosentino-Manning at the NOAA Restoration Center if you have information or pictures-
Natalie.c-manning@noaa.gov, please cc mlatta@savesfbay.org.”
