US EditionFact Checking Trump's Claim That an Endangered Fish Deprived LA of Firefighting Water
- President-Elect Donald Trump blamed Governor Gavin Newsom for depriving Southern California of water due to efforts to protect the Delta Smelt fish.
- The wildfires in Los Angeles County were worsened by severe winds and low rainfall, and more water from the Bay-Delta would not have helped.
- The Biden Administration and state officials created a new water plan to balance water allocations and restore fish populations, including the Delta Smelt.
- Governor Gavin Newsom's office stated that Trump's claim about a water restoration declaration is false and reflects a misunderstanding of California's water systems.
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California Diverts Water to the Sea to an Extinct Fish
Recent reports show no Delta smelt has been observed in the wild since around 2012. Due to the significant population decline, many scientists have considered the species functionally extinct in its natural habitat. The decline was caused by factors like water diversions, invasive species, and changing environmental conditions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Water Is […] The post California Diverts Water to the Sea to an Extinct Fish appear…
Is California burning over a fish that hasn’t been seen in more than a decade?
by WorldTribune Staff, January 12, 2025 Real World News During an October interview with podcaster Joe Rogan, then-GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said: “I was in [California] farm country with some of the congressmen. We’re driving up a highway and I say, ‘How come all this land is so barren?’ It’s farmland and it looked […]
The Infamous Delta Smelt Fish Has Not Been Seen in Nearly a Decade - California Allowed Its Cities to Burn to the Ground Over a Fish That They Can't Even Find Anymore
California's controversial water policies have sparked a devastating debate as cities burn while the elusive ta Smelt remains unaccounted for. Discover the troubling implications of this environmental dilemma.
The Infamous Delta Smelt Fish Has Not Been Seen in Nearly a Decade – California Allowed Its Cities to Burn to the Ground Over a Fish That They Can’t Even Find Anymore
The tiny Delta Smelt fish have not been seen in the wild in California in over a decade. And yet, California Democrats flushed annual water flow into the ocean
Fact Checking Trump's Claim That an Endangered Fish Deprived LA of Firefighting Water
Aerial view of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Northern California. (File photo courtesy of the Department of Water Resources) The Los Angeles County wildfires triggered a rant this week from President-elect Donald Trump, who blamed Gov. Gavin Newsom for depriving Southern California of water. Trump repeated a claim he has made in the past, that state efforts “to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt” have caused pain an…
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