SCIENCE IN SHORT: Longfin smelt, the little fish that gets around Ashleigh Papp Science Podcasts March 5, 2025 352Near the bottom of the San Francisco Estuary’s food web is a small fish about the size of a herring...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: U.S. Fish and Wildlife to seek critical habitat status for Bay-Delta longfin smelt Courthouse News Service News January 15, 2025 389The proposed habitat is over 90,000 acres and includes portions of Contra Costa, Napa, Sacramento, Solano and Sonoma counties. By...
PRESS RELEASE: Critical habitat proposed to protect longfin smelt in San Francisco Bay-Delta Center for Biological Diversity News January 15, 2025 179Press release from the Center for Biological Diversity: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to designate 91,630 acres...
PODCAST: Longfin Smelt Don’t Smell Like Cucumbers Estuary News Group Science Podcasts January 13, 2025 62Biologists Michael Eakin (Cal Fish & Wildlife), and Brian Schreier (Department of Water Resources) offer a quick overview of what...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: The longfin smelt joins the celebrated ranks of the federal ESA – but can it recover? Alastair Bland Delta scienceNotebook News and Features December 10, 2024 528By Alastair Bland Federal wildlife officials formally listed the San Francisco Estuary longfin smelt as an endangered species in July....
COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Bay-Delta longfin smelt wins Endangered Species Act protections Courthouse News Service News July 30, 2024 119Longfin 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 Press Release/Other July 29, 2024 1679Listing will require new safeguards for fish, SF Bay and Delta ecosystems Press release from the San Francisco Baykeeper The...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: San Francisco nonprofit asks federal judge to expedite proposed listing of endangered longfin smelt Courthouse News Service News April 5, 2024 131San Francisco Baykeeper has argued that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is past its deadline to propose protected status...
PRESS RELEASE: Baykeeper Sues Federal Agency for Failing to Meet Endangered Species Act Requirements San Francisco Baykeeper Press Release/Other December 26, 2023 1327Fish and Wildlife Service Missed Congressional Deadlines to Protect Longfin Smelt From the San Francisco Baykeeper: San Francisco Baykeeper late...
PRESS RELEASE: Baykeeper Puts Federal Agency on Notice: Will Sue to Uphold Endangered Species Act Maven Press Release/Other October 12, 2023 118Fish and Wildlife Missed Congressional Deadline to Protect Longfin Smelt Press release from the San Francisco Baykeeper: San Francisco Baykeeper...
DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: Wetlands and food production, longfin smelt proposed listing, and the activities of the Delta Science Program Maven Delta science November 9, 2022 115At the October meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen highlighted Council-funded research that studied whether...
DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: Effects of stressors on native fish communities Maven Delta science January 31, 2022 136At the January meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen began a series of reports...
METROPOLITAN’S SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE BAY-DELTA: Longfin smelt science efforts, California Water Fix update Maven Notebook News and Features July 6, 2017 440Committee members also discuss cost allocation At the June 27th meeting of Metropolitan’s Bay Delta Committee, committee members heard about...
Symposium coverage, part 1: Delta and longfin smelt: Is extinction inevitable? Maven Delta scienceNotebook News and Features July 5, 2016 929Part 1 of coverage of symposium covers what we know and don’t know about the Delta and longfin smelt Is...
Metropolitan Bay-Delta Committee hears a science update on the longfin smelt Maven Best of the NotebookDelta science July 30, 2014 303At the July 22 meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta, David Fullerton, Principal Resource Manager, discussed...
