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[Economist's View] Fish life in the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta is declining at crisis levels, and state officials are at a loss to explain why, or what to do about it. The situation has potentially grave implications for an estimated 24 million Californians who get some or all of their water from the Rhode Island-size estuary south of Sacramento and east of San Francisco Bay...

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Scienceblog.comhttp://www.scienceblog.com [Scienceblog.com] Science Blog -- USGS NEWS: Luoma and Theresa Presser, both USGS scientists with the National Research Program and co-authors of the report, used historical analyses of drainage needs to identify the most likely selenium loads that would be carried outside the San Joaquin Valley, if a drainage conveyance was completed to the Bay-Delta. They developed a model to forecast selenium concentrations and forms in the Bay-Delta, then used those concentrations to model bioaccumulation in invertebrates, like clams.

[Blog.nrdcactionfund.org] NRDC Action Fund Blog: Death of the California Delta?: Although massive amounts of lawn chemicals, poisons and excessive nutrients are choking this estuary of its oxygen, Ehrlich and the DNR spread propaganda that the birds are killing the Bay by consuming its sub-aquatic vegetation. But, G-d forbid the local politicians should alienate the almighty poultry industry.

Forests.orghttp://www.forests.org [Forests.org] 27/10/2004 -- California Water and Environmental Restoration Plan ...: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said, "This means the federal government will be a true partner in our efforts to increase water storage, improve water quality and enhance our natural resources."

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