On Thursday, WDFW approved dipping on Wednesday and March 22 — the last day of the season. Saturday's dipnetting is also ...

The “smeltdown in the Delta,” as the extinction trajectory of delta smelt is known, has left the once-abundant species in critical condition due to record-high water diversions, increasing water ...

One of the most reviled fish in the West Ecologist Peter Moyle on the delta smelt The huge state and federal pumps in the delta sucked in the fish, further threatening the species' survival.

Scientists believe that pumping water out of the Delta is largely responsible for the near extinction of the smelt, Holyoke said. As a result, Holyoke said the Endangered Species Act requires the ...

Dozens of fishermen from Oregon and Washington test their luck during a one-day chance for smelt dipping on the Cowlitz River on Tuesday afternoon. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Smelt dipping will ...

Delta smelt are found ONLY in the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta and no where else in the world. This means that by definition, they are globally rare, nationally rare and even locally rare. This is ...