Fishermen, tribes, and conservationists hail decision to protect fish, jobs, and local communities

State and federal water projects operators must protect native fish from extinction

Ruling means state and federal water projects may be required to reduce pumping to protect fish from extinction

Court orders revisions to federal plan to protect the smelt

Delta community submits testimony to State Water Board hearing

Three-judge panel maintains water management plan that aids delta smelt

Comunidades del Delta brindan testimonio en audiencia pública ante la Junta Estatal del Agua

Federal plan to increase water diversions from San Francisco Bay-Delta will harm imperiled native fish, water quality

Groups say delta water project operations must protect water supply for fish and people

Large San Joaquin Valley agricultural interests and southern California water users compete for water flowing through the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers that is also needed by endangered salmon, steelhead and other species. These water users filed lawsuits challenging the opinion’s call for reductions in water exports from the Delta during critical times for young…

State water officials recommend more water to save Delta; heavy water withdrawals have caused Delta, salmon runs to collapse

In 2008, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared that water operations in California must be altered to protect the delta smelt from extinction. The Service issued a biological opinion about the effects that the federal and state water projects’ pumping of massive quantities of water from the Delta would have on this threatened species,…

Weakening of science-based plan threatens salmon in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and Delta

Plaintiffs hope it’s not too late to restore ailing estuary, as biologists see record collapse in fishery numbers

Industry and water district lawsuits seek delisting of protected species

Environmentalists, Sport and Commercial Fishermen File Notice of Intent to Sue for Enforcement of Endangered Species Act in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Earthjustice is representing Restore the Delta to oppose a massive diversion of fresh water from California’s Delta for Governor Jerry Brown's proposed “Twin Tunnels” project.

Court unanimously throws out earlier rulings that failed to consider imperiled delta smelt