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The panel affirmed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the agencies on NRDC’s fourth claim of relief, which alleged that FWS conducted an inadequate consultation on the effects of the Contract renewals on delta smelt and its critical habitat. The panel rejected NRDC’s arguments that (1) FWS erred in relying on a 2008 OCAP
24 cze 2019 · Delta smelt are small free-swimming fish that are exceptionally vulnerable to environmental change. These fish are unable to swim against the currents of the pumping plants, easily subjected to the competition of invasive species, and commonly preyed upon by larger fish.
23 maj 2024 · Federal agencies properly upheld their duties when considering what effects government water supply contracts could have on endangered delta smelt and other fish, the Ninth Circuit found.
The U.S. Supreme Court has left in place limits on water exports from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to protect the Delta smelt. The justices on Monday rejected appeals from San Joaquin Valley farmers and urban water districts that had challenged water-pumping restrictions put in place by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2008 to protect ...
13 lut 2019 · Earthjustice litigation has protected the smelt under the Endangered Species Act, aiding not only smelt, but salmon and rivers as a whole. Delta smelt are an indicator of the health of the Bay-Delta ecosystem, and are representative of a much larger decline in Delta fisheries, including striped bass, longfin smelt, threadfin shad and others.
4 lis 2011 · On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court handed conservationists a victory and some good news for endangered wildlife. The court denied a request by an anti-wildlife right-wing group to strip federal Endangered Species Act protections from a rare species – a California fish called the delta smelt.
12 sty 2015 · FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — California farmers struggling with drought say a U.S. Supreme Court decision issued Monday that keeps strict water restrictions in place to protect a tiny, threatened...
