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Greenbelt Alliance expanded outside San Francisco with a field office in the South Bay in 1988. In 1995, East Bay and Sonoma-Marin field offices opened, and in 2001, a Solano-Napa office opened in response to growth along the Interstate 80 corridor between San Francisco and Sacramento.
Pages in category "Environmental organizations based in the San Francisco Bay Area" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Non-profit organizations based in San Francisco" The following 157 pages are in this category, out of 157 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
San Francisco Baykeeper is a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization that uses science and the law to protect, preserve, and enhance the health of the ecosystems and communities that depend upon the San Francisco Bay, the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary, and its watershed. SF Baykeeper is the only organization, governmental or non-profit ...
As of 2004, the refuge spanned 30,000 acres (120 km 2) of open bay, salt pond, salt marsh, mudflat, upland and vernal pool habitats located throughout south San Francisco Bay. About 9,000 acres (36 km 2 ) of salt ponds within the refuge are managed by Cargill Salt, which has perpetual salt-making rights.
The Golden Gate Biosphere network is a coalition with the goal of conserving the environment of the San Francisco Bay Area. It was recognized by UNESCO in 1988 for ecological and cultural diversity. In 2017, a periodic review brought renewed interest to the Golden Gate Biosphere Network and also expanded the boundaries of the GGB region by more ...
The organization was founded in 1961 as the Save San Francisco Bay Association by three women — Sylvia McLaughlin, Kay Kerr, and Esther Gulick — and originally began as a lobby group. In 1965, state legislation established the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission as a state agency , which the organization supported.
Plan Bay Area is the long-range Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.It is the Bay Area's implementation of the Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act of 2008, or SB 375, a California law that aims to integrate sustainable strategies to reduce transportation-related pollution and external greenhouse gas emissions.