No one agency is tasked with protecting us from marine algal blooms. So here’s a map worth checking before you go out on the waters of San Francisco Bay.
Paddling
Largest Tidal Restoration Project in California Will Make Way for Wildlife & Mitigate Floods
August 16, 2022 •
Two landscapes stand divided by the hundred-year-old Yolo Bypass West Levee in Solano County. To the south of the levee’s U shape, canals tangle toward the sprawling Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, which teems with wildlife. North of the levee, former … Read more
Explore the Bay Water Trail
October 8, 2021 •
The San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail is the public resource that will get you out on the Bay.
San Francisco Opens a New Campground at Sunrise Point
March 20, 2019 •
Residents and advocates turn to the challenge of keeping it welcome.
Birding By Kayak at Big Break Regional Shoreline in the East Bay
January 2, 2018 •
Big Break, near the confluence of the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers, is a hotspot for birds. A great way to see them is by kayak.
Summer Algal Bloom and Aquatic Grass Growth Forces Boats Off the Water in Berkeley’s Aquatic Park
July 27, 2017 •
A yellow-brown blanket covers the Berkeley Aquatic Park lagoon.
San Francisco Joins the Water Trail
February 1, 2016 •
Islais Creek Park is the first official San Francisco site on the San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail.
San Pablo Bay Restoration Means New Kayaking Destinations
January 4, 2016 •
A kayaker explores the newly restored and now-open tidal marsh at Cullinan Ranch in the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
Clear Lake, a Destination for Kayaking and Birding
April 8, 2013 •
We’ve thought about doing a piece on Clear Lake for a long time: It’s a wildlife magnet just over two hours from our office in Berkeley, and yet relatively few Bay Area nature lovers ever visit. You might imagine that … Read more
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Paddling to the sea
May 14, 2012 •
Jessie Raeder was an energetic high school student when a bitter dispute erupted over the use of chemicals to eradicate pike in Lake Davis in favor of native trout. Nowadays she’s director of Paddle to the Sea, a month long “paddle-a-thon” that begins in June and runs the 241-mile length the Tuolumne River from the Sierras to the San Francisco Bay. The goal: raise awareness and money for the river’s benefactor, the Tuolumne River Trust.