As Delta Tunnel moves forward, Delta Smelt – base of the Delta food chain – faces extinction

It’s final — for the sixth year in a row, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Fall Midwater Trawl Survey (FMWT) has found zero Delta Smelt in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The slender 2 to 3 inch fish that smells like cucumber was once the most abundant fish in the Delta. The smelt, found […]

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