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San Francisco Baykeeper<p>&quot;All these species that we think of as being endangered and on the precipice of disappearing, we&#39;ve forgotten that they used to be abundant,” as our science director <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@jarosenfield" class="u-url mention">@<span>jarosenfield</span></a></span> said. </p><p>The slow change in what society--&amp; regulators--expect of the natural world is a silent killer of the Bay-Delta ecosystem 😔 </p><p><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2024/09/30/notebook-feature-here-today-forgotten-tomorrow-how-shifting-baselines-transform-nature-and-challenge-restoration/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mavensnotebook.com/2024/09/30/</span><span class="invisible">notebook-feature-here-today-forgotten-tomorrow-how-shifting-baselines-transform-nature-and-challenge-restoration/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@RestoreTheDelta" class="u-url mention">@<span>RestoreTheDelta</span></a></span> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/KlamathRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KlamathRiver</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/baydelta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>baydelta</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sanfranciscobay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sanfranciscobay</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/californiadelta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>californiadelta</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cawater" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cawater</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fish</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/endangeredspecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>endangeredspecies</span></a></p>
San Francisco Baykeeper<p>The decline of multiple fish species across the Bay-Delta estuary suggest a common threat: &quot;White sturgeon are the largest North American freshwater fish, Delta smelt are among the smallest North American freshwater fish,&quot; as our science director <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@jarosenfield" class="u-url mention">@<span>jarosenfield</span></a></span> said to Maven&#39;s Notebook.<br />&quot;One lives one year, the other lives 100 years. They don’t have much in common, but the fact that they&#39;re both in decline tells us we&#39;re damaging the entire ecosystem. … They need high river flows.&quot;<br /><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2024/07/11/feature-a-bigger-older-fish-gasping-for-more-water-white-sturgeon-slipping-away/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mavensnotebook.com/2024/07/11/</span><span class="invisible">feature-a-bigger-older-fish-gasping-for-more-water-white-sturgeon-slipping-away/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fish</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fishing</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/whitesturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>whitesturgeon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/deltasmelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>deltasmelt</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/baydelta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>baydelta</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@RestoreTheDelta" class="u-url mention">@<span>RestoreTheDelta</span></a></span></p>
San Francisco Baykeeper<p>“We&#39;re supposed to be operating dual goals in a deathmatch tension. One is to increase the supply or increase the reliability of the supply of water, and the other goal is to protect the ecosystem,” as Baykeeper science director <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@jarosenfield" class="u-url mention">@<span>jarosenfield</span></a></span> told the Sacramento Bee: “No one talks about the third goal, which is to reduce reliance on the Delta.” </p><p>Conservation and reducing our reliance on water from the estuary is key! <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article288498329.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sacbee.com/news/politics-gover</span><span class="invisible">nment/capitol-alert/article288498329.html</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/baydelta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>baydelta</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cawater" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cawater</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/californiawater" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>californiawater</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fish</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sfbay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sfbay</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sanfranciscobay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sanfranciscobay</span></a></p>
San Francisco Baykeeper<p>A reminder of the MASSIVE amount of California&#39;s fresh water that&#39;s wasted to maximize profits for wealthy corporations—at the expense of rivers, the Bay, the Delta, and native fish: </p><p>&quot;California farms could use 93% less water but less-thirsty crops, such as grains and hay, are much less lucrative than nuts and fruits. Fallowing a small fraction of the thirstiest crops would save 9%.&quot; <br /><a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/03/california-farms-water-conservation/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">calmatters.org/environment/wat</span><span class="invisible">er/2024/03/california-farms-water-conservation/</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/californiawater" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>californiawater</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cawater" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cawater</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>drought</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fish</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fishing</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sanfranciscobay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sanfranciscobay</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sfbay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sfbay</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/baydelta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>baydelta</span></a></p>
San Francisco Baykeeper<p>&quot;In the abstract, this ruling should mean full steam ahead for the water board updating its water quality standards,&quot; said Baykeeper science director <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@jarosenfield" class="u-url mention">@<span>jarosenfield</span></a></span>, of the new ruling. &quot;In the real world, we have a governor actively resisting new standards because he favors a voluntary approach negotiated with water users in a back room, and is forcing the water board to consider if not adopt it.&quot;<br /><a href="https://www.aol.com/court-upholds-california-rules-protect-120000873.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aol.com/court-upholds-californ</span><span class="invisible">ia-rules-protect-120000873.html</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cawater" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cawater</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/californiawater" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>californiawater</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/californiarivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>californiarivers</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fish</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fish</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/californiafish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>californiafish</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/baydelta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>baydelta</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/baydeltaplan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>baydeltaplan</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/worldwaterday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>worldwaterday</span></a></p>
San Francisco Baykeeper<p>Most of the Delta lacks standards for how much water should flow through it, and that&#39;s a big problem. </p><p>&quot;The fish are suffering primarily from a lack of adequate freshwater,” says Baykeeper science director Jon Rosenfield. &quot;Flow is sort of the master variable that affects almost everything with fish.&quot; </p><p>The lack of adequate flow also helps explain some of the Delta&#39;s other problems, such as <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AlgaeBlooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AlgaeBlooms</span></a> <br /><a href="https://www.comstocksmag.com/longreads/delta-decline" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">comstocksmag.com/longreads/del</span><span class="invisible">ta-decline</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cawater" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cawater</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/baydelta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>baydelta</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/salmon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>salmon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/chinook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chinook</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fish</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fishing</span></a></p>
San Francisco Baykeeper<p>A big THANK YOU to The Battery SF for awarding us a major new grant to protect the Bay &amp; the Delta! </p><p>We&#39;re so grateful for this support for the long-term resilience of the Bay-Delta watershed, and the wildlife &amp; communities that depend on these waterways 🙏 🙏 🙏<br /> <br /><a href="https://www.thebatterysf.com/batterypowered/givingproject/san-francisco-baykeeper-a-resilient-san-francisco-bay-delta-watershed" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebatterysf.com/batterypowere</span><span class="invisible">d/givingproject/san-francisco-baykeeper-a-resilient-san-francisco-bay-delta-watershed</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sanfranciscobay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sanfranciscobay</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/thebatterysf" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>thebatterysf</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bayarea" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bayarea</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cawater" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cawater</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/baydelta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>baydelta</span></a></p>
San Francisco Baykeeper<p>&quot;Fish, wildlife, water quality and communities are suffering while the state dawdles on addressing major problems in its crown-jewel aquatic ecosystem,&quot; Baykeeper science director Jon Rosenfield said to Cal Matters of the state&#39;s new plans for the collapsing Bay-Delta ecosystem.</p><p>&quot;Habitat restoration is definitely necessary for some of these fish, but there is no solution to what ails the San Francisco Bay &amp; its watershed that does not involve significant increases in flow,” he continued, “Flow controls all of the habitat conditions.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/09/california-delta-bay-plan/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">calmatters.org/environment/wat</span><span class="invisible">er/2023/09/california-delta-bay-plan/</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sanfranciscobay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sanfranciscobay</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sfbay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sfbay</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bayarea" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bayarea</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/waterislife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>waterislife</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/baydelta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>baydelta</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/baydeltaplan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>baydeltaplan</span></a></p>
San Francisco Baykeeper<p>Anything happening in the upper watershed affects the Delta &amp; Bay—and cars contain lead, mercury, and other pollutants: <br />&quot;Cars just don&#39;t belong in our waters and that&#39;s the bottom line,&quot; as Baykeeper executive director Sejal Choksi-Chugh put it. <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/cars-just-dont-belong-in-our-waters-removing-vehicles-from-sacramento-river-raises-concerns/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/ca</span><span class="invisible">rs-just-dont-belong-in-our-waters-removing-vehicles-from-sacramento-river-raises-concerns/</span></a> <br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BayDelta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BayDelta</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/waterpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>waterpollution</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cadelta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cadelta</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/californiadelta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>californiadelta</span></a></p>
San Francisco Baykeeper<p>The proposed voluntary agreements assume that more habitat = more 🐟🐟🐟 — but fish need healthy river flows first &amp; foremost:<br />&quot;They&#39;re trading &#39;habitat&#39; for flow, but this doesn&#39;t have a basis in science,&quot; as our science director <br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@jarosenfield" class="u-url mention">@<span>jarosenfield</span></a></span> says in the latest edition of Estuary News: <a href="https://archive.estuarynews.org/va-agreement-highlights-habitat-questions/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.estuarynews.org/va-agr</span><span class="invisible">eement-highlights-habitat-questions/</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cawater" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cawater</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/californiawater" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>californiawater</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fish</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/endangeredspecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>endangeredspecies</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/californiadelta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>californiadelta</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sanfranciscobay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sanfranciscobay</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/baydelta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>baydelta</span></a></p>
San Francisco Baykeeper<p>&quot;There&#39;s not much difference between a world without environmental laws and a world where, at the stroke of a governor&#39;s pen, environmental laws are eviscerated,&quot; Baykeeper scientist <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@jarosenfield" class="u-url mention">@<span>jarosenfield</span></a></span> says of Newsom&#39;s Executive Order to suspend environmental protections for the Sacramento-San Joaquin <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Delta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Delta</span></a>: <a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/02/newsom-environmental-laws-store-more-delta-water/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">calmatters.org/environment/202</span><span class="invisible">3/02/newsom-environmental-laws-store-more-delta-water/</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cawater" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cawater</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/baydelta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>baydelta</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/californiawater" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>californiawater</span></a></p>
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