State officials have a once-in-a-generation chance to save California salmon—and they're failing.

As our lead scientist @jarosenfield stresses in this article, the state's plan would drive native fishes to extinction:

https://mavensnotebook.com/2026/02/12/notebook-feature-state-water-officials-are-faced-with-a-once-in-a-generation-chance-to-save-californias-salmon/

#sfbay #baydelta #fish #salmon #chinooksalmon #cawater #californiawater #water #extinctionisforever

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: State water officials are faced with a once-in-a-generation chance to save California’s salmon 

Your comprehensive source for California water news and information.

MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK | California Water News Central
The last trilobite on earth. After this, extinction. #TrilobiteTuesday #ExtinctionIsForever
Wow. My first post on here!
I'm excited to find more wildlife lovers and photographers on here. 😁

One of the pink pigeons (Nesoenas mayeri) around Ebony Forest Chamarel.

In 1991 only 10 individuals remained in the wild, thanks to an intensive species recovery programme, the population increased. It's the only Mascarenes pigeon species that has escaped extinction.

Intensive management is still needed for their survival.
Supplementary feeding, the installing of nest boxes and the control of introduced predators such as rats are a few of the undertaken measures.

@ebonyforestchamarel

#mauritius #pinkpigeon #mauritiuswildlife #naturescanner #mauritiuswildlifephotography #ebonyforestchamarel #mauritius_explored #mauritiusisland #birdphotography #pigeons #extinctionisforever #conservationwork #birdkeepers #birdlovers #dailybirdpix #wildlifephotography #nikon

Each #extinction carves a hollow into the heart of the #Earth, a life erased, its wonders unseen, leaving us to mourn what we will never know.

To lose a #species is to lose a world within a world, a singular brilliance extinguished, never again to grace the skies, the seas, or the soil.

Brilliant post by a brilliant page - @samibayly

via earthly education

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The time change affects you; it does not affect wildlife! Watch for wildlife on roads since you will be driving at a new time https://rec-law.us/3hc8wums

@COParksWildlife #ExtinctionIsForever @recreationlaw #EndangeredSpecies #ProtectWildlife #RecLaw #RecreationLaw

Watch for wildlife on roads during daylight saving time

Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Officials have decided to curtail additional water flows for endangered fish in the #Delta this fall--a recipe for #extinction of the formerly abundant Delta smelt.

As Baykeeper science director @jarosenfield & Friends of the River's Gary Bobker wrote:

"California habitually fails to enforce environmental laws designed to protect our aquatic ecosystems. Following the state’s lead, federal agencies skimp on environmental safeguards and waive the meager protections they do offer any time protecting the public’s fish, wildlife, waterways, and water quality, gets in the way of diverting more water to meet California’s seemingly unquenchable demand." https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-10-02/california-water-flow-requirement-debate

#cawater #extinctionisforever #deltasmelt #fish #fishes #californiafish #endangeredspecies #wildlife @ianjames @RestoreTheDelta

Debate erupts over California's decision to reduce delta water flows

California water managers decided to curtail extra water flows intended to support endangered delta smelt. The change has sparked debate over protections for fish.

Los Angeles Times

"This Delta tunnel risks devastating the West Coast's largest estuary, harming #salmon fisheries, causing fish extinctions, degrading water quality and damaging cultural sites vital to tribal communities." https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/08/31/opinion-delta-tunnel-plan-is-a-risky-destructive-and-unnecessary-gamble/

#deltatunnel #delta #cadelta #cawater #extinctionisforever #extinction #fish @RestoreTheDelta

Opinion: Delta tunnel plan is a risky, destructive and unnecessary gamble

$20 billion project would devastate a huge, vital estuary and block more sustainable solutions to state’s water challenges

East Bay Times

Newsom failed to take advantage of an opportunity to "Trump-proof" the state's water operations in 2019--and his alternative guidelines don't stop fish from dying:

“We're distinguishing between two different speeds to extinction, not a choice between extinction and not extinction,” as our science director @jarosenfield put it.

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2024/08/22/californias-prenup-with-the-feds-on-water-00176006

#sfbay #sanfranciscobay #newsom #gavinnewsom #fish #endangeredspecies #endangeredspeciesact #extinctionisforever #cawater #californiawater

Pugh’s Frog uplisted to Endangered:
Logging listed as Cause

“After millions of years of existence, Pugh’s Frog has now been identified at risk of extinction within 50 years. Unless urgent action is taken, my namesake could be extinct in my children’s lifetimes,” warns Dailan Pugh.

#nswpol #extinctionisforever #extinctioncrisis
https://1earthmedia.com/pughs-frog-uplisted-to-endangered-logging-listed-as-cause/

“To see the state and federal water agencies exceed their take limits and continue business-as-usual water exports is like witnessing extinction in real time,” said @jarosenfield, science director of San Francisco Baykeeper. “It demonstrates the official negligence and lawlessness that caused these fish, and many others, to become endangered in the first place.”
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-04-08/california-steelhead-salmon-fish-losses-delta-pumps @ianjames #fish #cawater #californiawater #extinctionisforever #endangeredspecies
Fish deaths exceed limits at California water pumps

Environmental groups are urging water managers to scale back pumping until juvenile salmon and steelhead have finished migrating through the delta and into San Francisco Bay.

Los Angeles Times