Royal Guards of the Queen Smelt make their way through Canal Park during the Magic Smelt Parade. The parade was timed to pass under the Aerial Lift Bridge when the bridge was up, allowing the ...

However, with the recent “species of concern” designation given to smelt, a precursor to arriving on the federal endangered species list, the tide may be turning for the small fish who have ...

Smelt like to lay their eggs in coastal streams with gravel and low tide depths of about 4 feet. ... Amazingly, there are still reports of giant tuna from both Middle and Georges banks, ...

Trump also once again described California as having a giant spigot that just needs to be turned on and all of California’s ...

The functionally extinct delta smelt entered national politics in 2009, when Sean Hannity made it a symbol of environmentalism gone wrong.

The Delta smelt is a 3-inch fish, now at the center of a political power struggle between environmentalists and farmers. "It's about the biggest water grab in history and running people out of ...

The delta smelt has been at the center of vicious water fights between farmers, fishermen, cities and environmentalists ever since it was listed as a threatened species under the U.S. Endangered ...

delta smelt might be a very small fish, but it has a giant impact on the food chain. IT PROVIDES DINNER TO SO MANY OTHER SPECIES, AND THE FEAR IS THAT IF THE SMELT DIES OUT, THE IMPACTS WILL BE ...

The Trump administration is weakening endangered species protections for delta smelt and salmon, which have curbed water deliveries to Central Valley farm districts.