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Swimming upstream: plight of Delta smelt exposes flaws of the Endangered Species Act

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imageAn icon, and perhaps casualty, of California's contentious water policies. US Fish & Wildlife Service, CC BY-SA

In July, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife made a startling announcement. Its most recent survey of the California Bay Delta netted only a handful of Delta smelt, an endangered fish species.

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