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Save the Bay
Nonprofit organization in California, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Founded | 1961 (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 |
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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 |
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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]
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