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Environmental groups say the government isn't discussing alternatives to large tunnels to shunt water around the Delta.
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The U.S. Geological Survey has called the impact of Central Valley groundwater pumping "the largest human alteration of the Earth's surface."
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Retiring contaminated farmland in the Central Valley would keep selenium out of the Delta and save water.
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Sea level rise flooding the Delta will be incredibly disruptive. But could there be an upside?
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To UC Davis' Jeffrey Mount, there are two types of levee. "Ones that have failed and ones that will fail." But Delta farmers say their levees are a third type: safe.
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As sea levels rise, the scale of the resulting changes coming to the Delta are truly staggering.
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A federal appeals court rules that the government paid enough attention to economic impacts when designating critical habitat for the green sturgeon.
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The Bay Delta is a skein of distinct relationships that weave themselves together in this heart of California.
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Citing irregularities in a June vote not to protect the tricolored blackbird, a wildlife group wants the state to reconsider.
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The Bay Delta's white sturgeon was once lauded as a success story. Now it's declining anyway.
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There's a good case to be made that the Delta's wine-producing region is the most exciting in the state at the moment.
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If there were any Delta fish tailor-made to withstand the drought, it would have to be the Sacramento perch. And yet it's almost certainly extinct in the Delta.
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