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 ...

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

Yet, one of the 26 executive orders Trump signed on his first day in office specifically addressed the delta smelt. The directive, “Putting People Over Fish,” ordered his administration to look into ...

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 ...

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

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

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. What is the history of the Delta smelt?