Delta Smelt & Local San Diego Organic Farmers Both on Endangered Species List? by YourEnchantedGardener Blog entry

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Delta Smelt & Local San Diego Organic Farmers Both on Endangered Species List?

Delta Fish: Endangered fish has some local
organic farmers wondering if they will soon
be on the Endangered Species list as well.

Date: 4/16/2008 4:53:25 PM ( 17 y ) ... viewed 1127 times

http://www.californiaaggie.com/article/285

Here is an excellent summary for those who want
to be informed about the Delta Smelt, the little fish
on the precipice of extinction that has some local
organic San Diego farmers wondering if they too
will soon be on the Endangered Species List.

The Smelt is forcing 30% cutback in San Diego water
use.

This translates into less food being grown
and scrambling around attempting to have ways
to grow food with less water.

Delta smelt could cause dry summer
Pumping restrictions designed to stop the 'smeltdown'

Written by J. DANA STUSTER

Published April 9, 2008
Despite average precipitation this year, Californians might be experiencing a water shortage.
As snow melts in the Sierra Nevadas this spring, that water collects in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, which traverse the state to the San Francisco Bay. Pumps at the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta supplies water to the California Aqueduct, which provides water to agricultural fields in the Central Valley and large parts of Southern California.
However, the pumping stations have been limited this year by a court order, the result of a legal case brought against the federal government by the Natural Resources Defense Council. In December of last year, a judge in Fresno ordered restrictions placed on pumping in 2008 to protect the delta smelt.
The delta smelt is a small fish that lives exclusively in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
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