Environmental
Mar. 6, 2009
The Delta Smelt is Back in Court
Once again, the tiny delta smelt and the estuary the species inhabits are at the center of a legal fight between federal regulators trying to save the fish from extinction and farmers desperate for more water in a time of drought.
By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO - Once again, the tiny delta smelt and the estuary the species inhabits are at the center of a legal fight between federal regulators trying to save the fish from extinction and farmers desperate for more water in a time of drought. The San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, which supplies government-subsidized water to a large swath of Central Valley farmland, sued the U.S. Fish and W...
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO - Once again, the tiny delta smelt and the estuary the species inhabits are at the center of a legal fight between federal regulators trying to save the fish from extinction and farmers desperate for more water in a time of drought. The San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, which supplies government-subsidized water to a large swath of Central Valley farmland, sued the U.S. Fish and W...
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