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March 2009

Bay Crossings is pleased to announce that our website now features an interactive map of the San Francisco Bay ferry routes and schedules. More...

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Community Art Program is presenting After Dark, Photos by Tom Paiva, through April 30th at the LunchStop Café at the Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter, located at 101 Eighth Street in Oakland just across from the Lake Merritt BART Station. More...

The Crissy Field Center—located in the heart of the Presidio—will host its 7th Annual EcoCareer Day on Saturday, March 21, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. allowing hundreds of Bay Area high school students to meet professional activists, educators, scientists, and business leaders and learn about a wide range of environmental jobs. More...

Hero Arts, an international craft stamp manufacturing company, has found a new home inside the recently renovated Historic Cannery Building on Harbour Way in Richmond’s Marina district. More...

Since its creation in 2001, the San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance has been advocating for the asphalt playgrounds at the city’s elementary schools to be put to smarter and healthier use. More...

Last month, the Greenbelt Alliance released a list of some of the 3.5 million acres of undeveloped land that it believes needs to be protected from urban sprawl. More...

Covering 740 acres and rising to a height of almost 800 feet, Angel Island is the second-largest island in San Francisco Bay—only Alameda is larger. More...

Pupping season is a time to be especially aware of your marine environment, because inadvertent human interference can literally be fatal to harbor seals. By learning more about the process, we can respect and protect these precious creatures. More...

The San Francisco Bay defines much of the lifestyle of the Bay Area. The Bay is an avenue for worldwide commerce and local transportation, an arena for outdoor sports and recreation and a breathtaking local attraction that draws residents and visitors alike. More...

Learn some stuff and have some fun! Enjoy nautically themed seminars and entertainment along with other like minded sailor folks! More...

Commercial revenues and freight volumes are down everywhere in the San Francisco Bay, with all port authorities saying that business has never been worse. More...

Harbor seals have an almost feline appearance: rounded head, flat muzzle, long whiskers, and large dark eyes. They’re comparatively small—only about 250 pounds, with an average length of 5 feet. Like all true seals, they lack external ears, and cannot rotate their hind flippers around to move on land; instead, they inchworm their way across the sand, blubber quivering. Their color can range from nearly all white with a few dark markings to nearly all black with white markings. Photo courtesy Farallones Sanctuary/Jamie Hall. More...