The fish endemic to the freshwater-saltwater Delta estuary was listed ... who took aim at the smelt last week in Los Angeles as he promised California voters he would curb environmental ...

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Pity the poor delta smelt. The tiny fish, which seldom grows to more than four inches or lives longer than a year, was once abundant in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. It was an important link ...

John Han of Vancouver, from left, gets a hand from his son, Andrew, 13, as his father, Jaedeok, looks on as three generations of fishermen enjoy the smelt event along the Cowlitz River on Tuesday ...

At issue is the longfin smelt, whose better-known relative, the delta smelt, has long been at the heart of high-profile habitat battles. The Fish and Wildlife Service proposed designating 91,630 ...

Trump targets Delta smelt protections over LA wildfires, but experts cite climate change and water management failures ...

In a post Wednesday on his social media network Truth Social, Trump said Newsom refused to sign a water restoration declaration, protecting the smelt rather than people. He said, in part ...