It’s tiny, it’s silver and it’s at the center of a decades-long controversy over California’s water system. It’s the delta smelt. This threatened fish lives exclusively in the Sacramento-San Joaquin ...

For a small fish only found in the San Francisco Estuary, the delta smelt has caused a lot of controversy over the years.

SUBMITTED STATEMENT OFSTEVEN GREENHUTRESIDENT SENIOR FELLOW AND WESTERN REGION DIRECTORR STREET INSTITUTE BEFORE THESUBCOMMITTEE ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE, REGULATORY REFORM, AND ANTITRUSTCOMMITTEE ...

The two-inch fish has long been a stumbling block to delivering water to the Central Valley and Southern California. The ...

Donald Trump has criticized conservation efforts concerning the delta smelt as hampering California firefighting capabilities ...

The Center for Biological Diversity has responded to President Trump’s decision to end funding for a delta smelt breeding ...

Following President Trump’s recent criticism of the delta smelt — a fish he has tied to the lack of water for fighting the Los Angeles fires  — his administration is planning to cut funding for a ...

California Democrats want fire victims to sue oil and gas companies. President Donald Trump wants them to have access to more ...

California Democrats want fire victims to sue oil and gas companies. President Donald Trump wants them to have access to more ...

Governor Gavin Newsom issued a controversial executive order that would make it easier to divert and store “excess” water ...

Two Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation in California to allow residents who have damages from natural disasters to ...

Experts said it involves two water storage and delivery systems — the federally managed Central Valley Project (or CVP) and the state-controlled State Water Project (or SWP), from which Kern ...