Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R–Richvale) is leading several other California Republicans in pushing for the designation of the longfin ...

A long-running fight over California water and the fate of a tiny fish found a new front with a House measure to strip federal protections from the longfin smelt.

Longfin smelt live for several years, spawning in freshwater and inhabiting estuaries and nearshore waters, and even ranging out into the ocean. Usually growing from 3.5 to 4.3 inches as adults, these ...

Congressman Doug LaMalfa introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution, along with several of his California colleagues, to repeal the Biden Administration’s listing of the longfin smelt ...

Even as some modest pumping restrictions were in place on Friday due to a lesser-known fish, the longfin smelt, the pumps were still diverting roughly 2.7 billion gallons of water. Now Southern ...

Several fish species native to the region are protected under the Endangered Species Act — including the delta smelt, longfin smelt, chinook salmon runs and steelhead trout. A knotty combination ...