Organizations
San Francisco Bay Area
2150 Allston Way, Suite 320, Berkeley, CA 94704, phone 510-809-8009
The Bay Area Open Space Council is a collaborative of over fifty-five member organizations actively involved in permanently protecting and stewarding important parks, trails and agricultural lands in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.
Bay Area Open Space Council
Produced by the Association of Bay Area Government’s (ABAG) Water/Land Use & Coastal Studies Program, Bay Area Vision is a collection of news and data of interest to Bay Area communities and organizations.
Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County
820 Bay Avenue, Suite 128, Capitola, CA 95010 phone 831-464-2950 fax 831-475-3215 general inquiries email
The Santa Cruz RCD, in conjunction with Sonoma County's Brock Dolman of Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, has developed a fantastic resource for stormwater runoff. Covered topics include capturing roof rainwater, walkways and driveways, landscapes, and do-it-yourself stormwater runoff evaluation. Here's the link to a somewhat large PDF file, Slow it. Spread it. Sink it! - A Homeowner's Guide to Greening Stormwater Runoff
San Francisco Estuary Institute(SFEI)
7770 Pardee Lane, Oakland, CA 94621-1424 phone 510-746-SFEI (7334), fax 510-746-7300, general email webfeedback
sfei.org
SFEI’s work is relevant to the primary issues currently facing the ecosystem, including industrial and municipal discharge, non-point source pollution, biological invasions, and watershed and wetlands restoration.