Bay Related Organizations

There are many local organizations working to protect, restore, explore, and educate about San Francisco Bay. Many of them welcome volunteers and new members. We found close to one hundred of these organizations in our search, but there are undoubtedly some that were inadvertently left off the following list.

Acterra

3921 East Bayshore Rd.

Palo Alto, CA 94303-4303

(650) 962-9876 ext. 305

 

Alliance for a Clean Waterfront

41 Sutter Street, PMB 1364

San Francisco, CA 94104

(415) 369-9160 ext. 311

 

The Watershed Project

1327 South 46th Street # 155

Richmond, CA 94804

(510) 231-5655

Audubon SF Bay Restoration Program

131 Steuart St, Ste. 200,

San Francisco, CA 94105

(415) 947-0331

BASK-Bay Area Sea Kayakers

229 Courtright Rd.

San Rafael, CA 94901

 

Bay Area Audubon Council/Marin Audubon

PO Box 559

Mill Valley, CA 94942-0559

(415) 892-0643

Bay Area CREEC Network

3876 Fruitvale Ave.

Oakland, CA 94602

(510) 482-3748

Bay Planning Coalition

Two Roundhouse Plaza. 10 Lombard St, Ste. 408

San Francisco, CA 94111-6205

(415) 397-2293

Bay Trail Project

PO Box 2050

Oakland, CA 94604

(510) 464-7935

Bay Water Trail / Bay Access

 

Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC)

50 California Street, Suite 2600

San Francisco, CA 94111

(415) 352-3600

Berkeley Marina Experience Program

160 University Ave.

Berkeley, CA 94710

(510) 644-8623

Bluewater Network

311 California, Suite 510

San Francisco, CA 94104

(415) 544-0790

California Academy of Sciences

Golden Gate Park

San Francisco, CA 94118

(415) 750-7487

California State Coastal Conservancy

1330 Broadway, Suite 1100

Oakland, CA 94612-2530

(510) 286-0313

Center for Habitat Restoration

City College of San Francisco

50 Phelan Avenue, Box S3, Office S304

San Francisco, CA 94112

(415) 239.3022

Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge

453 Tennessee Lane

Palo Alto, CA 94306

(650) 493-5540

Clean Water Action/Clean Water Fund

111 New Montgomery St., Suite 600

San Francisco, CA 94105

(415) 369-9160

Communities for a Better Environment

1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 450

Oakland, CA 94612

(510) 302-0430

Community Water Rights Project (Ecology Center)

2530 San Pablo Avenue,

Berkeley, CA 94702

(510) 548-2220

Don Edwards SFNWR

P.O. Box 524

Newark, CA 94560

(510) 792-0222

Ducks Unlimited

3074 Gold Canal Drive

Rancho Cordova, CA 95670

(800) 45-DUCKS

Earth Team Network

P.O. Box 4686

Walnut Creek, CA 94596

(925) 274-3669

Environmental Education Council of Marin

883 Fourth Street

San Rafael, CA 94901

environmental education

nonprofit

(415) 485-4908

Environmental Justice Coalition for Water

760 N. First Street

San Jose, CA 95112

public education

nonprofit

(408) 287-6707 x311

Environmental Volunteers

3921 E. Bayshore Rd.

Palo Alto, CA 94303-4326

environmental education

nonprofit

(650) 961-0545

Friends of Sausal Creek

PO Box 2737

Oakland, CA 94602

restoration

nonprofit

(510) 912-7792

Golden Gate Audubon Society

2530 San Pablo Ave, Suite G

Berkeley, CA 94702-2047

advocacy, public education, restoration

nonprofit

(510) 843-2222

Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Crissy Field Center,

PO Box 29410

San Francisco, CA 94129

environmental education

federal agency

(415) 561-7752

Green Action

One Hallidie Plaza, Suite 760

San Francisco, CA 94102

advocacy

nonprofit

(415) 248-5010

Kids for the Bay

1771 Alcatraz Ave.

Berkeley, CA 94703

environmental education

nonprofit

(510) 985-1602

Literacy for Environmental Justice

6220 Third Street

San Francisco, CA 94124

restoration, environmental education

nonprofit

(415) 508-0575

Marin Conservation League

1623-A Fifth Ave.

San Rafael, CA 94901

restoration, advocacy

nonprofit

(415) 485-6257

Marine Mammal Center

Marin Headlands, 1065 Fort Cronkhite

Sausalito, CA 94965

rehabilitation, public education, research

nonprofit

(415) 289-SEAL

Marine Science Institute

500 Discovery Parkway

Redwood City, CA 94063-4746

environmental education

nonprofit

(650) 364-2760

MCSTOPPP, Marin County Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program

P.O. Box 4186

San Rafael, CA 94913-4186

public education

county agency

(415) 499-6528

Merritt College Environmental Program

12500 Campus Drive

Oakland, CA 94619

environmental education

academic

(510) 434-3841

Natural Resource Defense Council

71 Stevenson St., #1825

San Francisco, CA 94105

policy, advocacy, research

nonprofit

(415) 777-0220

Ocean Conservancy

1725 DeSales Street NW, Suite 600

Washington DC, 20036

advocacy, policy, public education

nonprofit

(202) 429-5609

Palo Alto Baylands Nature Center

2775 Embarcadero Rd.

Palo Alto, CA 94303

environmental education

city program

(650) 329-2506

PRBO Conservation Science

4990 Shoreline Hwy.

Stinson Beach, CA 94970

environmental education, research, policy

nonprofit

(415) 868-1221 ext. 320

Romberg Tiburon Center

3152 Paradise Dr.

Tiburon, CA 94920

research, environmental education

research institution

(415) 338-6063

San Francisco Boardsailing Association

1592 Union Street, Box 301

San Francisco, CA 94123

recreation, advocacy

network

(510) 517-4422

San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

1290 Hope Street

Alviso, CA 95002

environmental education, research

nonprofit

(408) 946-6548

San Francisco Bay-Delta Science Consortium

research, public education

collaborative

San Francisco Bay Joint Venture

530 C Alameda del Prado #139

Novato, CA 94949

coordination, policy, restoration

collaborative

(415) 883-3854

San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board

1515 Clay St. Suite 1400

Oakland, CA 94612

regulation

state agency

(510) 622-5048

San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society

P.O. Box 234

Newark, CA 94560-0524

environmental education, restoration, coordination

nonprofit

(510) 792-0222

San Francisco Estuary Institute

7770 Pardee Lane, 2nd Floor

Oakland, CA 94621

research, public education

nonprofit

(510) 746-7372

San Francisco Estuary Project

1515 Clay St. Suite 1400

Oakland, CA 94612

public education, restoration, coordination

nonprofit

(510) 622-5048

San Francisquito Watershed Council

3921 East Bayshore Road

Palo Alto CA 94303-4303

public education, restoration

nonprofit

(650) 962-9876 ext.305

San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge

505 Azuar Drive; P.O. Box 2012

Vallejo, CA 94592

recreation, ecosystem management, environmental education

refuge

(707) 562-3000

Santa Clara Valley Audubon

22221 McClellan Rd.

Cupertino, CA 95014

avocacy, restoration, public education

nonprofit

(408) 252-3747

Save the Bay

1600 Broadway, Suite 300

Oakland, CA 94612

advocacy, public education, restoration, recreation

nonprofit

(510) 452-9261 ext.109

Sierra Club, SF Bay Chapter

2530 San Pablo Ave, Suite I

Berkeley, CA 94702-2000

advocacy, public education

nonprofit

(510) 848-0800

Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition

760 N. First Street

San Jose, CA 95112

research, advocacy

nonprofit

(408) 287-6707

The Bay Institute

500 Palm Drive, Ste. 200

Novato, CA 94949

policy, advocacy, public education, restoration

nonprofit

(415) 506-0150

The Bay Model Association

2100 Bridgeway

Sausalito, CA 94965

environmental education

nonprofit

(415) 332-1851

The Ecology Center

2530 San Pablo Avenue

Berkeley, CA 94702

public education

nonprofit

(510) 548-2220 ext.233

U.S. Geological Survey

345 Middlefield Rd.

Menlo Park, CA 94025

research

federal agency

(650) 853-8300

Urban Creeks Council

1250 Addison St., #107-C

Berkeley, CA 94702

restoration

nonprofit

(510) 540-6669

Water Education Foundation

717 K Street, Suite 317

Sacramento, CA 95814

environmental and public education

nonprofit

(916) 444-6240

Water Resources Center Archives

410 O’Brien Hall, Univerisity of California

Berkeley, CA 94720-1718

library

academic

(510) 642-2666

Waterkeepers, Northern California

55 Hawthorne Street, Ste. 550

San Francisco, CA 94105-3924

water quality, public education

nonprofit

(415) 856-0444

West County Toxics Coalition

1019 MacDonald Avenue

Richmond, CA 94801

advocacy

nonprofit

(510) 232-3427

Wildlife Stewards

6494 Bancroft Way

San Jose, CA 95129

environmental education

nonprofit

(408) 257-7599