House Republicans vote to repeal a decision that placed a California fish, longfin smelt, on the endangered species list.

As larvae, they start out eating microscopic food like unicellular algae, planktonic animals, and small crustaceans ... conditions in the San Francisco Bay-Delta. This ecologically important estuary ...

Another effect of the lack of freshwater releases is that nutrient-rich sediment is no longer being washed down into the ...

Everyone knows Tim — he's the guy to go to when an animal needs help," Yaremkewich ... to the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in Delta. There he got a once-over and was diagnosed ...

along with other fish species including Delta smelt and Chinook salmon, is linked to water management policies that have reduced flows through the estuary and contributed to worsening water quality.