Blog: U.C. Davis hopes to see federal funding continued for Delta Smelt captive breeding program
As an independent journalist who has covered the Delta Smelt and the California water wars for the past three decades, I was intrigued when I saw a piece in San Francisco Chronicle about the federal funding for the Delta smelt being cut. … Concerned about the reported slashing of the captive breeding program funding by the Bureau of Reclamation, I contacted UC Davis spokesperson Bill Kisliuk, who sent me his statement about the current status of the captive breeding program, indicating that they were hoping to get funding for the program extended past Feb. 28.
Other fish conservation and hatchery news:
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife: News release: CDFW partners with DWR and fishing industry to diversify salmon hatchery release strategies
- LAist: Topanga Creek’s steelhead trout faced localized extinction: ‘We got to go get these fish’
- MIT News: Streamlining data collection for improved salmon population management
