More than three decades after being listed for protection, California’s delta smelt is “functionally extinct.” The Trump administration could hasten its demise. At just 3 inches long, the delta smelt ...

Tension is growing between California farmers, like Shawn Coburn, who want more water and environmentalists who want to protect endangered species in the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta. One of ...

I’m just a little fish, not three inches long. But my story speaks volumes. Which is why America’s biggest fish is gunning for me. Donald Trump has taken more shots at me than at Vladimir Putin. He ...

The Trump administration has ended federal funding for a captive breeding program for California’s endangered delta smelt, ...

A delta smelt. Photo courtesy California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don’t tell them where they know the fish. — Mark Twain I ...

House Republicans have voted to reel back federal protections for a California longfin smelt, which President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized in his long-standing feud with Gov. Gavin Newsom.

When you hear about water users south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta complaining about delta smelt forcing restrictions on water pumping, take it with a grain of salt. A small group of ...

I’m just a little fish, not three inches long. But my story speaks volumes. Which is why America’s biggest fish is gunning for me. Donald Trump has taken more shots at me than at Vladimir Putin. He ...

Delta smelt collected as a monitoring survey. (photo: California Department of Water Resources) The House narrowly voted Thursday to overturn the federal listing of the longfin smelt as an endangered ...

Delta smelt are hard to find. Federally listed as threatened in 1993 and as endangered under the California Endangered Species Act in 2009, they are an iconic species for water issues in the state.

The House passed a measure Thursday that would take a California fish species, longfin smelt, off the endangered species list. The measure’s sponsor said the aim is to overturn a “misguided decision” ...