COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds get 9 months to determine if San Francisco Estuary white sturgeon is threatened Courthouse News Service Fish and wildlife September 4, 2025A magistrate judge rejected the agency’s argument that it needed until 2029 to complete an assessment that was due 12...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds must decide on protections for Chinook salmon Courthouse News Service Fish and wildlife June 30, 2025Under the terms of a settlement agreement, there could soon be new federal protections for the Chinook, the largest of...
THE CONVERSATION: How redefining just one word could strip the Endangered Species Act’s ability to protect vital habitat The Conversation EcosystemsPolicy and regulation May 14, 2025By Mariah Meek, Michigan State University and Karrigan Börk, University of California, Davis It wouldn’t make much sense to prohibit...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Interior Department proposal could end habitat protections for endangered species Courthouse News Service Policy and regulation April 16, 2025If approved, the proposal by the Trump administration would rescind the regulatory definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act...
SCIENCE IN SHORT: Longfin smelt, the little fish that gets around Ashleigh Papp Fish and wildlifeScience Podcasts March 5, 2025Near the bottom of the San Francisco Estuary’s food web is a small fish about the size of a herring...
SF BAYKEEPER: Coalition sues Trump administration to list white sturgeon under Endangered Species Act Conservation organizations & coalitions Fish and wildlife February 11, 2025Largest North American freshwater fish needs protection from state and federal mismanagement Press release San Francisco Baykeeper, California Sportfishing Protection...
AG ALERT: Agencies to consider species and habitat protection rules Ag Alert Policy and regulation February 10, 2025By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Actions are being taken on several proposed species listings and habitat designations under the U.S....
PRESS RELEASE: Critical habitat proposed to protect longfin smelt in San Francisco Bay-Delta Center for Biological Diversity Fish and wildlife January 15, 2025Press release from the Center for Biological Diversity: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to designate 91,630 acres...
NOAA FISHERIES: Four Pacific salmon and steelhead retain threatened status in reviews of recovery progress NOAA Fisheries Fish and wildlifePolicy and regulation December 12, 2024By NOAA Fisheries NOAA Fisheries has completed 5-year reviews of the recovery progress and prospects of four salmon and steelhead...
COMMENTARY: A call for balanced water management in California Ag Alert CommentaryPolicy and regulationWater project operations September 18, 2024By Mike Wade, California Farm Water Coalition The draft environmental impact statement for the long-term operation of the federal Central...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Judge erred in tossing challenge to California logging project, environmentalists tell Ninth Circuit Courthouse News Service Ecosystems September 13, 2024The environmental groups in 2020 sued a private company behind a logging project in the Gualala River watershed in Northern...
AG ALERT: Water stakeholders discuss regulatory woes at hearing Ag Alert Policy and regulation September 11, 2024By Christine Souza, Ag Alert California’s role in U.S. food security took center stage last week at a congressional field...
COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Bay-Delta longfin smelt wins Endangered Species Act protections Courthouse News Service Ecosystems July 30, 2024Longfin smelt were once abundant in the San Francisco Bay estuary, but populations have declined more than 99% from 1980s...
PRESS RELEASE: Federal government declares San Francisco Bay longfin smelt “endangered” San Francisco Baykeeper Fish and wildlife July 29, 2024Listing will require new safeguards for fish, SF Bay and Delta ecosystems Press release from the San Francisco Baykeeper The...
FEATURE: A bigger, older fish gasping for more water: White sturgeon slipping away Alastair Bland Delta scienceFish and wildlife July 11, 2024By Alastair Bland Another fish native to the San Francisco Bay estuary may be joining the queue filing toward extinction....
