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People are often surprised to find that sand mining is happening right here in SF Bay - with the blessing of the State of California, which has been selling millions of tons of Bay sand to make concrete & asphalt.
But sand isn’t just sand, as our executive director Sejal Choksi-Chugh writes in her latest column.
Read more to find out what you can do to help!
https://baykeeper.org/column/the-bays-sand-belongs-to-you-and-me/
Most people don't know this but the state is selling the Bay's dwindling sand -- so that for-profit companies can turn it into concrete.
Bay sand not only provides habitat for countless creatures, but literally shores up the shoreline. We *need* that sand to stave of erosion and sea level rise.
So we're suing.
Learn more: https://baykeeper.org/press_release/baykeeper-challenges-unlawful-sand-mining-leases-for-sf-bay/
Pictured: A sand miner on the Bay by Roger Cunningham
#sanfranciscobay #sfbay #bayarea #sand #sandmining #sealevelrise
Jennifer Gollan: ‘This was forged’: Residents deny sending emails pushing Bay Area air policy change.
#California #SFBay #Bayarea #Speak4 #fraud #cleanair #environment
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/air-district-policy-change-21955027.php
Nami Sumida & Brooke Park: Trapped by freeways and sprawl, mountain lions have ‘no way to leave’ Bay Area habitat.
#wildlife #pumas #California #SFBay
www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2026/mountain-lion-bay-area-maps/
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