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.
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
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
229 Courtright Rd.
San Rafael, CA 94901
Bay Area Audubon Council/Marin Audubon
PO Box 559
Mill Valley, CA 94942-0559
(415) 892-0643
3876 Fruitvale Ave.
Oakland, CA 94602
(510) 482-3748
Two Roundhouse Plaza. 10 Lombard St, Ste. 408
San Francisco, CA 94111-6205
(415) 397-2293
PO Box 2050
Oakland, CA 94604
(510) 464-7935
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
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
P.O. Box 524
Newark, CA 94560
(510) 792-0222
3074 Gold Canal Drive
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
(800) 45-DUCKS
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
3921 E. Bayshore Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94303-4326
environmental education
nonprofit
(650) 961-0545
PO Box 2737
Oakland, CA 94602
restoration
nonprofit
(510) 912-7792
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
One Hallidie Plaza, Suite 760
San Francisco, CA 94102
advocacy
nonprofit
(415) 248-5010
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
1623-A Fifth Ave.
San Rafael, CA 94901
restoration, advocacy
nonprofit
(415) 485-6257
Marin Headlands, 1065 Fort Cronkhite
Sausalito, CA 94965
rehabilitation, public education, research
nonprofit
(415) 289-SEAL
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
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
4990 Shoreline Hwy.
Stinson Beach, CA 94970
environmental education, research, policy
nonprofit
(415) 868-1221 ext. 320
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
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
22221 McClellan Rd.
Cupertino, CA 95014
avocacy, restoration, public education
nonprofit
(408) 252-3747
1600 Broadway, Suite 300
Oakland, CA 94612
advocacy, public education, restoration, recreation
nonprofit
(510) 452-9261 ext.109
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
500 Palm Drive, Ste. 200
Novato, CA 94949
policy, advocacy, public education, restoration
nonprofit
(415) 506-0150
2100 Bridgeway
Sausalito, CA 94965
environmental education
nonprofit
(415) 332-1851
2530 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702
public education
nonprofit
(510) 548-2220 ext.233
345 Middlefield Rd.
Menlo Park, CA 94025
research
federal agency
(650) 853-8300
1250 Addison St., #107-C
Berkeley, CA 94702
restoration
nonprofit
(510) 540-6669
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
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