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 ...

The state cut in half the amount of water it is pulling from the Delta to send to cities and farms, citing environmental ...

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A Congressional Review Act resolution targets restrictions to safeguard California’s longfin smelt. A long-running fight over California water and the fate of a tiny fish found a new front with ...

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 ...