Delta smelt

Delta smelt

METROPOLITAN BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on California Water Fix, Tule Red Tidal Restoration Project

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

October 11, 2016

At the September meeting of the Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Delta, committee members were given an update...

DR. PETER MOYLE & DR JASON BAUMSTEIGER: Assessing extinction in freshwater fishes

Best of the Notebook Delta science Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

September 29, 2016

Drs. Moyle and Baumsteiger lay out a proposal for determining when to declare a species extinct The extinction of a...

Metropolitan’s Bay Delta Committee discusses California Water Fix and the state’s Delta smelt strategy

Delta Conveyance Project Ecosystems Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

August 3, 2016

Staff also presents an overview of Metropolitan’s science efforts in the Delta At the July meeting of Metropolitan’s Special Committee...

Delta smelt symposium, part 3: The path forward: Climate change, recovery planning, and restoration

Delta science Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

July 7, 2016

Presenters discuss climate change, extinction, artificial propagation and stocking, and tidal marsh restoration Coverage of the Delta and longfin smelt...

This just in … Groups Sue State Water Board to Prevent Fishery Extinctions

State Water Board

Water rights and water law

August 5, 2015

C-WIN, CSPA, and AquAlliance say the regulatory agency refuses to enforce and comply with laws protecting fisheries and water quality...

Managing fisheries during drought conditions: Maximizing the effectiveness of limited water supplies

Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

June 17, 2015

Fish and wildlife officials discuss the drought response actions being taken by federal, state, and local agencies to reduce the...

Managing turbidity for Delta smelt

Delta science Notebook News and Features

March 3, 2015

Metropolitan’s David Fullerton and Paul Hutton say there’s a relationship between turbidity and Delta smelt, and demonstrate that by cutting...

New report synthesizes what is known – and not known – about the life of a Delta smelt

Delta science Notebook News and Features

February 5, 2015

The Interagency Ecological Program releases the peer-reviewed report, An updated conceptual model of Delta smelt biology: our evolving understanding of...

Fall Midwater Trawl Index finds record low numbers of Delta smelt

Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

January 12, 2015

The annual survey conducted each fall since 1967 shows record low number for Delta smelt; longfin smelt is second lowest...

2014 Water Year in Review, Part 3: Groundwater, Delta smelt, and Sacramento’s response to the drought

Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

December 5, 2014

At the November meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, council members heard from numerous agency and water officials on how...

Legal update: Delta smelt and whooping crane cases show ‘increasing pressure mounting against the Endangered Species Act in the courts’

Policy and regulation

November 5, 2014

At the October 30th meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, legal intern Cody Phillips briefed the council members on recent...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service scheduled to continue special drought-related sampling for Delta smelt; Program providing water managers with real-time information on smelt movement

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Fish and wildlife

February 27, 2014

From the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed the first phase of...

Numbers remain low for Delta smelt, American shad and striped bass in Fall Midwater Trawl

Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

January 6, 2014

Just 18 Delta smelt were found in the Delta during the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Fall Midwater Trawl, making...

Fall Midwater Trawl Report for September-October: Second lowest counts for striped bass, American shad; third lowest for threadfin shad

Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

November 21, 2013

The Fall Midwater Trawl surveys, conducted in September and October, did not have positive results for the fish. It was...

Consolidated Delta smelt and salmonid cases update: Court grants a one-year extension on biological opinions

Water project operations

April 16, 2013

The Eastern District Court has granted the request of the water and federal fish agencies to extend the deadline for...

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