
A Unique San Francisco Bay Marine Lab Faces Closure. It Has Days to Raise Millions
Katharyn Boyer, interim EOS executive director and professor of biology, looks into a seagrass nursery, at San Francisco State University’s Estuary and Ocean Science center, in Tiburon on April 23, 2025. SFSU, which operates the Estuary and Ocean Science Center, has said it can no longer afford to keep the doors open, but $10 million could avert its closure. (Gina Castro/KQED)

Only marine lab on San Francisco Bay to close amid budget shortfall
Lab coats hang in the hallway at San Francisco State’s Estuary and Ocean Science Center in Tiburon in 2023.
Felix Uribe/Special to The Chronicle

Researchers rush to save San Francisco Bay's only marine lab before it shuts down
Students plant eelgrass shoots at Marin Rod and Gun Club in San Rafael on July 19, 2012.
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