Courthouse News Service24d
US Fish and Wildlife to seek critical habitat status for Bay-Delta longfin smelt
A longfin smelt in the San Francisco Bay area is measured during population surveys. (Jacob Staff/USFWS via Courthouse News) (CN) — Federal officials this week will start the process of designating ...
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Feds propose critical habitat for another California smelt
At issue is the longfin smelt, whose better-known relative, the delta smelt, has long been at the heart of high-profile habitat battles. The Fish and Wildlife Service proposed designating 91,630 ...
Center for Biological Diversity24d
Critical Habitat Proposed to Protect Rare Fish in San Francisco Bay-Delta
SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to designate 91,630 acres of critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act for the critically imperiled San Francisco Bay ...
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SAVING LONGFIN SMELT
In 2025 the Service proposed to designate 91,630 acres of critical habitat for the San Francisco Bay population of longfin smelt in San Pablo and Suisun bays and the Delta. Unsustainable water ...
Sacramento Bee10y
Delta fish species plunge amid drought
Others in steep decline include longfin smelt, American shad ... they depend on ample freshwater outflow to support their habitat, and such flows decline during drought. The fish have long ...
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Imperiled Delta Smelt gain 3,400 acres of habitat in largest ever tidal restoration project
With a dramatic scoop of an excavator, water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta surged onto a 3,400-acre stretch of land this week for the the first time in a century. This ceremonial ...
Courthouse News Service24d
U.S. Fish and Wildlife to seek critical habitat status for Bay-Delta longfin smelt
A longfin smelt in the San Francisco Bay area is measured during population surveys. (Jacob Staff/USFWS via Courthouse News) (CN) — Federal officials this week will start the process of designating ...