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‘This will make our town uninhabitable’: The long-awaited Delta tunnel strikes fear in locals
But Jon Rosenfield, science director at San Francisco Baykeeper, said the environmental analyses ... He cited 2023 research showing that juvenile Chinook salmon mortality rises rapidly once Delta ...
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Critical Habitat Proposed to Protect Rare Fish in San Francisco Bay-Delta
“Like most of the Delta’s native fishes, longfin smelt need high river flows to reach San Francisco Bay in the winter and spring,” said Jon Rosenfield, science director for Baykeeper. “The mixing in ...
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Imperiled San Francisco Bay Fish One Step Closer to Protection
Longfin smelt were once one of the most abundant fishes in the San Francisco Bay estuary, which includes the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. They’re a key part of the food web, acting as a prey ...
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The Otherworldly California Waterway That Keeps Exploding Into Politics
The Colorado River is shrinking from decades of ... water from the central Sierra Nevada, through the Delta, and toward San Francisco’s East Bay.CreditCredit... The communities in these places ...
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‘This will make our town uninhabitable’: Long-awaited Delta tunnel strikes fear in locals
But Jon Rosenfield, science director at San Francisco Baykeeper ... that juvenile Chinook salmon mortality rises rapidly once Delta river flows drop below 35,000 cubic feet per second.