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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

President Donald Trump issued an executive order to allow federal agencies to override state policies to maximize water amid ...

A Trump executive order directs agencies to 'to route more water' across the state. But some say there's a lot more at stake.

For a small fish found only in the San Francisco Estuary, the Delta smelt has caused much controversy over the years, ranging from lawsuits to executive orders. In 1993, the smelt was listed as ...