From the Osmeridae family, many of you may be familiar with the #Smelt! Did you know that Delta Smelt is found only in the #BayDelta in the entire world? What else do you know about the Smelt for #FisheriesFriday?

From the Osmeridae family, many of you may be familiar with the #Smelt! Did you know that Delta Smelt is found only in the #BayDelta in the entire world? What else do you know about the Smelt for #FisheriesFriday?

A part of the Acipenseridae family that dates to the early Jurassic period, #sturgeon is one notable fish that lives in the surrounding #BayDelta. What else do you know about sturgeon for #fishfriday ?
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We celebrate #WorldAquaticAnimalDay and highlight the importance of diverse aquatic animals in the #BayDelta such as the #DeltaSmelt and #ChinookSalmon as well as advocating for adequate flows and a proper updated #BayDeltaPlan to protect those species and ecosystems. #cawater

The proposed voluntary agreements assume that more habitat = more 🐟🐟🐟 — but fish need healthy river flows first & foremost:
"They're trading 'habitat' for flow, but this doesn't have a basis in science," as our science director
@jarosenfield says in the latest edition of Estuary News: https://archive.estuarynews.org/va-agreement-highlights-habitat-questions/ #water #cawater #californiawater #fish #endangeredspecies #californiadelta #sanfranciscobay #baydelta

Wrapping up #WomensHistoryMonth, we'd like to recognize Kate Poole, Senior Director of the Water Division and the Wildlife Division of Natural Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) Nature Program. We appreciate her and her work to protect the #BayDelta and #cawater ecosystems.

"There's not much difference between a world without environmental laws and a world where, at the stroke of a governor's pen, environmental laws are eviscerated," @jarosenfield says of Newsom's Executive Order to suspend environmental protections for the Sacramento-San Joaquin #Delta: https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/02/newsom-environmental-laws-store-more-delta-water/ #cawater #baydelta #californiawater