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commentary
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Environmental News You Didn't Hear in 2015
Post date:Sage grouse politics, a performance review for the USFWS, and other stories that should have been big news in 2015 -- but weren't.
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Barbara Boxer
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'Stealth' Water Bill Fumbled As Ag Interests Attempt End-Run Around Democracy
Post date:Central Valley Republicans attempt to rewrite California water law to benefit large farms without the public noticing.
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Bay Delta
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Groups Want a New Look at Delta Tunnel Plan
Post date:Environmental groups say the government isn't discussing alternatives to large tunnels to shunt water around the Delta.
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Bay Delta
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Rising Seas and The Delta Part 3: The Future For Wildlife
Post date:Sea level rise flooding the Delta will be incredibly disruptive. But could there be an upside?
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Bay Delta
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An Ecosystem With a Long Reach: The Bay Delta is California's Heart
Post date:The Bay Delta is a skein of distinct relationships that weave themselves together in this heart of California.
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Bay Delta
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Green Sturgeon: The Bay Delta's Disappearing Prehistoric Sea Monster
Post date:Green sturgeon are highly adapted to conditions in the Bay Delta -- but those conditions are changing too fast for the sturgeon to keep up.
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Bay Delta
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Bay Delta Fish You've Never Heard Of: Sacramento Splittail
Post date:The splittail was once abundant. Now its numbers are dwindling. But it isn't protected by either the state or feds.
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Bay Delta
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A Look at the Delta's Tastiest Invasive Species
Post date:Scientists differ over the degree of harm this fish might causing native wildlife, many Californians are happy to have a chance to see it. Especially steamed with ginger and lemongrass.
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Bay Delta
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Grizzlies In the Tules, Part 2: Larger Mammals of the Historic Delta
Post date:The prehistoric Delta teemed with huge herds of hoofed mammals, and at least one large species of formidable carnivore hunted thems.
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Bay Delta
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Bay Delta Salmon, Part 2: Making Rivers Flow Uphill
Post date:The Central Valley's Chinook salmon face an uphill battle if they're going to survive into the 22nd Century. Good thing salmon are really good at uphill battles.
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Bay Delta
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Bay Delta Salmon, Part 1: Damming The Chinook to Near-Extinction
Post date:California's chinook salmon runs were once marvels of ecological richness, and the biggest were in the Bay-Delta ecosystem.
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SoCal Connected
'No Fish, No Blackfish': The Future of Southern Resident Orcas
Post date:Southern California receives about a third of its water from what's known as the Bay Delta, an estuary where the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River meet.
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drought
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Marijuana Grows Are Draining Some California Streams, Study Finds
Post date:Pot farms may be taking enough water out of Northern California streams to have devastating effects on local salmon and trout.
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fisheries
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If Delta Salmon Die, They Could Take Orcas With Them
Post date:The more water we take out of the Delta, the more imperiled Chinook salmon runs become -- and that's bad news for the orcas that depend on them.
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fish
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Irrigators Ask Judge to Cut Emergency Water for Klamath Salmon
Post date:A federal agency started releasing more water from a reservoir Saturday in an effort to avoid another massive die-off of Chinook salmon in the Klamath River, but now a pair of powerful agricultural interests has gone to court to stop the release.
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commentary
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Irrigators Sue to Block Water For Salmon, Wildlife Refuges
Post date:A agency that represents 22 irrigation districts and other water providers in the Central Valley is asking a judge to block the U.S. government from releasing water to benefit other water users, including wildlife refuges.
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USGS
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Reaction Split on Gov. Brown's Newest Drought Proclamation
Post date:California Governor Jerry Brown raised the stakes in the state's response to the ongoing drought Friday, and reaction to the move from environmentalists is decidedly mixed.
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fish
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Saving California's Salmon for the Long Run Will Be an Uphill Battle
Post date:California can do a lot to keep its native salmon and other fish species going through this record drought, and through the inevitable worse ones to come, according to a leading fisheries biologist. But it's going to take hard work and hard choices, an...
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endangered species
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As Drought Threatens Orcas' Food Supply, Group Wants NorCal Coast Protected
Post date:New data is prompting a wildlife protection group to ask for better protection of orca habitat along more than half the U.S. Pacific coast.
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Bay Delta
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Salmon Coming Back to San Joaquin River After 60 Years
Post date:The river has so much water diverted from its bed that it often runs dry for 60 miles northwest of Fresno.