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            <td>Delta smelt: 9th Circuit decision protects people as
              much as fish</td>
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            <td>Mon, 31 Mar 2014 21:30:40 +0000</td>
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            <td>Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta
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            <td>Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta
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            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wrolley@charter.net">wrolley@charter.net</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wrolley@charter.net"><wrolley@charter.net></a></td>
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                                              style="font-size:24px"><strong>Delta
                                                smelt: 9th Circuit
                                                decision<br>
                                                protects people as much
                                                as fish</strong></span></div>
                                          <p><em>By Trip Van Noppen and
                                              Barbara Barrigan-Parilla</em></p>
                                          <p><em>Special to the Mercury
                                              News</em></p>
                                          <p>Californians who care about
                                            a sustainable water future
                                            got a big court victory in
                                            March that upholds
                                            protections for a
                                            much-maligned little animal:
                                            the delta smelt.</p>
                                          <p>The ruling handed down by
                                            the 9th Circuit Court of
                                            Appeals keeps in place
                                            science-based guidelines for
                                            managing water flows through
                                            the Delta at levels that
                                            protect the imperiled fish
                                            and help to restore the
                                            Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
                                            ecosystem.</p>
                                          <p>This victory isn’t really
                                            about the fish, however. The
                                            smelt are an indicator
                                            species, a canary in the
                                            coal mine whose health
                                            illustrates the overall
                                            well-being of the Bay Delta.</p>
                                          <p>The tiny fish native to the
                                            Delta once thrived, but due
                                            to over-pumping of fresh
                                            water, largely for
                                            industrial-scale
                                            agriculture, it is teetering
                                            on the edge of extinction.</p>
                                          <p>Many other species that
                                            rely on freshwater in the
                                            Delta, such as salmon, a
                                            $1.4 billion industry, have
                                            declined alongside their
                                            little silver cousins. Our
                                            efforts to improve flows
                                            through the Delta for the
                                            smelt have beneficial
                                            effects on the entire
                                            ecosystem and the complex
                                            web of life it supports. <a
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                                                  style="font-size:18px"><strong>Read
                                                    the rest of our
                                                    op-ed with Earth
                                                    Justice here. </strong></span></em></a></p>
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