www.savesfbay.org
Organization Type:
Non-Profit
Mission:
Save The Bay is the oldest and largest membership organization working exclusively to protect, restore and celebrate San Francisco Bay. As the Bay’s leading champion, Save The Bay is committed to making the Bay cleaner and healthier and connecting residents to it. Save The Bay wages and wins effective advocacy campaigns to increase public access to the Bay, establish 100,000 acres of healthy wetlands around the Bay and protect the Bay from today’s greatest threats: urban sprawl and pollution. This year, we will educate 10,000 students and adults on the Bay and engage thousands of volunteers to improve habitat for fish and wildlife.
Contact:
David Lewis, Executive Director
Save The Bay
350 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 900
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: (510) 452-9261
Fax: (510) 452-9266
savebay@savesfbay.org
Geographical Focus:
Regional
Counties Served:
Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma
Activities:
Education, Conservation, Recreation, Restoration, Water Pollution Prevention
Topic:
Wetlands, Wildlife, Watershed Hydrology, Habitat Restoration, Endangered Species, Water Quality/Storm Water Runoff, Bay & Estuary Habitats
Educational Resources:
Curriculum, On-Site Programs, Field Trips, Newsletter, Website
Education Programs:
- Save The Bay’s San Francisco Bay Watershed Curriculum - An exciting, low-cost tool designed specifically to meet the needs of Bay Area science and environmental educators. Contains over thirty activities, complete with teacher and student pages.
- Canoes in Sloughs - Canoes in Sloughs is an innovative environmental education program of Save The Bay. Canoes in Sloughs put 6th through 12th grade students directly on the water in canoes to explore the San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary ecosystem in all its diversity.
- Protecting Local Wetlands: A Toolbox for Your Community - Save The Bay’s handbook on how agencies, local governments and community members can protect wetlands in their community.
- Watershed - The Save The Bay newsletter
Target Audiences:
7th-12th Grades, Teacher, General Public
Group Size Accommodated:
Up to 30
Other Languages:
Written materials available in Spanish.
In-Service Training:
Teachers:
Save The Bay's Teacher Institutes, Week-long training institutes for teachers or other educators interested in expanding their current knowledge about the Bay and Bay-related Service Learning projects
Volunteer Opportunities