Tag Archives: Endangered Species Act

Is Ecosystem-Based Management Legal for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta?

Posted on March 8, 2018 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Brian Gray (PPIC Water Policy Center), William Stelle (former NOAA Fisheries West Coast Administrator), and Leon Szeptycki (Stanford University, Water in the West)* Introduction In a recent three-part series posted on this website, a group of independent experts (including one … Continue reading →

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The ESA, fish and me

Posted on December 26, 2013 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

“Nothing is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed.”              — President Richard Nixon upon signing the Endangered Species Act on Dec. … Continue reading →

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Are Central Valley steelhead really ‘threatened’?

Posted on December 8, 2013 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Peter Moyle The primary goal of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) is to shorten the government’s list of “endangered” and “threatened” species. The American Peregrine falcon, the brown pelican, the eastern Steller sea lion and California populations of … Continue reading →

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