With a dramatic scoop of an excavator, water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta surged onto a 3,400-acre stretch of land this week for the the first time in a century. This ceremonial levee ...

THE WORK THAT CREWS HAVE JUST STARTED IN THE DELTA. WORDS CAN’T DESCRIBE THE SERENITY OF PROSPECT ISLAND ON THE DELTA. SO WHEN YOU LOOK BEHIND YOU AND YOU SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE, WHAT DO YOU SEE? I ...

The longfin smelt, a fish the length of a popsicle stick that once fed hundreds of San Francisco Bay animals including humans, was just added to a growing list of endangered species. The federal ...

The University of California, Davis’ Fish Conservation and Culture Laboratory was in financial limbo after its grant lapsed. SACRAMENTO, California — The federal government agreed Tuesday to continue ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For a small fish found only in the San Francisco Estuary, the Delta smelt has caused much controversy over the years, ranging from ...

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” ...

What does a 3-inch-long, nearly extinct fish native to California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta have to do with fighting California wildfires? Nothing, apart from a need for water. That hasn’t ...