Endangered Species Act

SF BAYKEEPER: Coalition sues Trump administration to list white sturgeon under Endangered Species Act

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Fish and wildlife

February 11, 2025

Largest 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, 2025

By 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, 2025

Press release from the Center for Biological Diversity: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to designate 91,630 acres...

CAL MATTERS: Biden, Newsom officials announce long-awaited new water delivery rules

Cal Matters

Water project operations

December 20, 2024

New operating rules for massive Delta systems will increase water deliveries to Southern California cities and some growers. Salmon numbers...

NOAA FISHERIES: Four Pacific salmon and steelhead retain threatened status in reviews of recovery progress

NOAA Fisheries

Fish and wildlifePolicy and regulation

December 12, 2024

By 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, 2024

By 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, 2024

The 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, 2024

By 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, 2024

Longfin 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, 2024

Listing 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, 2024

By Alastair Bland Another fish native to the San Francisco Bay estuary may be joining the queue filing toward extinction....

NOAA FISHERIES: Northern California steelhead maintain threatened status

NOAA Fisheries

Fish and wildlife

July 10, 2024

A recent Endangered Species Act 5-year review shows water use, habitat loss, and climate change continue to compromise recovery. By...

CAL MATTERS: This giant freshwater fish — North America’s largest — gains California protection

Cal Matters

Fish and wildlife

June 20, 2024

Die-offs from algae blooms in San Francisco and Delta water diversions have left a giant, shark-like, prehistoric creature at risk....

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Irrigators clash with US government and Yurok Tribe over Klamath water rights at Ninth Circuit

Courthouse News Service

Water rights and water law

June 13, 2024

The Klamath Water User Association, which represents ranchers in the area, argued that centuries-old contracts require irrigation responsibilities to be...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: San Francisco nonprofit asks federal judge to expedite proposed listing of endangered longfin smelt

Courthouse News Service

Ecosystems

April 5, 2024

San Francisco Baykeeper has argued that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is past its deadline to propose protected status...