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

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

#SamiBayly #ExtinctionIsForever

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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

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

"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

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/