The functionally extinct delta smelt entered national politics in 2009, when Sean Hannity made it a symbol of ...

The longfin smelt, a species that once was abundant, was listed as endangered last year under the federal Endangered Species Act. Longfin smelt have suffered major declines in the San Francisco ...

Jennifer Pierre, general manager of the State Water Contractors—which relays Delta water to 27 million Californians and 750,000 acres of farmland—pointed out that longfin smelt was federally listed as ...

Jennifer Pierre, general manager of the State Water Contractors — which relays Delta water to 27 million Californians and 750,000 acres of farmland — pointed out that longfin smelt was ...

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to designate critical habitat for the San Francisco Bay-Delta distinct population segment (DPS) of the longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys) ...

For example, in 2009, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife designated the longfin smelt as “threatened” under the state’s Endangered Species Act. The measures implemented by the ...

More importantly, decades of pumping and diverting water have changed the levels, temperature, and salinity of the water, dramatically altering the habitat to which smelt ... Chinook salmon and the ...

whether or not that habitat is currently occupied. The areas to be protected for longfin smelt include waters of San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. These ...

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to designate critical habitat for the San Francisco Bay-Delta distinct population segment (DPS) of the longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys) ...