Want that water back, Newsom? Prove that the Delta Smelt exists in sustainable populations.
Hint - It doesn't. The estuary where the Delta Smelt evolved no longer exists. And this minnow fish is sushi for bigger predators.
A non-native invasive clam decimated the population in the 1980s; the clam ate plankton (Smelt food) and the Delta habitat was changed due to increased weed growth. The shift is not reversible.
Want that water back, Newsom? Prove that the Delta Smelt exists in sustainable populations.
Hint - It doesn't. The estuary where the Delta Smelt evolved no longer exists. And this minnow fish is sushi for bigger predators.
A non-native invasive clam decimated the population in the 1980s; the clam ate plankton (Smelt food) and the Delta habitat was changed due to increased weed growth. The shift is not reversible.