delta smelt

October 12, 2016

In July, the Natural Resources Agency released the Delta Smelt Resiliency Strategy, a set of immediate and near-term management actions...

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

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

September 29, 2016

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

This just in … New Strategy to Improve Conditions for Delta Smelt Shows Promising Results

Breaking News

August 31, 2016

Comprehensive Approach Seeks to Reverse Decline in Smelt Population From the Department of Water Resources: The initial monitoring of a...

This just in … Environmental groups ask California officials to save endangered fish in San Francisco Bay Estuary from extinction

Breaking News

August 9, 2016

From Defenders of Wildlife, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Bay Institute: With the critically endangered Delta smelt on...

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

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...

This just in … State, Federal Agencies Launch Integrated, Multi-Pronged Effort to Help Delta Smelt

Breaking News

July 12, 2016

Strategies Aimed at Improving Survival of Endangered Fish From the California Natural Resources Agency: Under a comprehensive strategy released today,...

Delta smelt symposium, part 4: Panel discussion: What is the path forward among considerable uncertainty?

July 8, 2016

Panel of experts share their visions and options for the future of the Delta and longfin smelt Coverage of the...

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

July 7, 2016

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

Delta smelt symposium, part 2: Causal links to population declines and data gaps

July 6, 2016

Could it be water exports, predation, food web, contaminants, drought … ? Coverage of the Delta and longfin smelt symposium,...

Symposium coverage, part 1: Delta and longfin smelt: Is extinction inevitable?

July 5, 2016

Part 1 of coverage of symposium covers what we know and don’t know about the Delta and longfin smelt Is...

California Water Fix Aquatic Science Peer Review, Part 2: Supporting analyses for target aquatic species; Panel’s initial recommendations

May 5, 2016

Presentations take an in-depth look at the analyses for salmonids, sturgeon, Delta smelt, and longfin smelt; panel gives initial recommendations...

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

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