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Founded | 1961[1][2] |
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Founder | Kay Kerr, Sylvia McLaughlin and Esther Gulick[1][2] |
Type | Non-profit 501(c)(3) |
Focus | Open space preservation, Natural habitat restoration, Environmental justice |
Location | |
Area served | San Francisco Bay Area |
Members | 25,000[2] |
Key people | Executive Director David Lewis[3] |
Website | savesfbay |
Formerly called | Save San Francisco Bay Association |
Save The Bay is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving San Francisco Bay and related estuarine habitat areas. It was founded by Catherine Kerr, Sylvia McLaughlin, and Esther Gulick in 1961.
The organization aims to protect the bay from development and land reclamation by encouraging restoration to a natural state, allowing habitats such as salt flats to reform.[4]