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CalWatchdog Contributor Wayne Lusvardi explains how a recent Federal Court ruling and the Delta Smelt impacted water markets and water for central valley far...
Acting on the legal challenges to federal water-pumping restrictions that have crippled farms and communities in the name of protecting salmon and Delta smel...
4 kwi 2022 · The Delta smelt is an iridescent fish about the size of a finger. The fish is a bioindicator, often noted for its distinct smell of fresh cucumbers. Though small in size, it has an impact reaching beyond the Delta, all the way to Capitol Hill.
2 paź 2024 · California water managers decided to curtail extra water flows intended to support endangered delta smelt. The change has sparked debate over protections for fish.
25 paź 2024 · Delta smelt, once a common species, are now nearly extinct. The small, silvery fish only lives in the Delta, and it’s long been a potent figure in California’s water wars. Delta smelt swim in a tank at the UC Davis Fish Conservation and Culture Laboratory on July 19, 2022.
3 kwi 2015 · Living only in California, the delta smelt is a tiny, silvery blue fish that has been at the heart of a longtime war over the state's water.
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Map courtesy of USGS. Such was the case on a recent winter morning as some 25,000 Delta smelt made the 50-mile trip via tanker truck from the U.C. Davis Fish Conservation and Culture Laboratory near Tracy to the chilly, murky waters of the Sacramento River at Rio Vista.
