<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" class=""><b class="" style="">Capital Public Radio</b></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" class=""><u class="" style="">Endangered Delta Smelt May Be Extinct</u></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" class=""> Amy Quinton </div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" class="">"Prepare for the extinction of the Delta Smelt in the wild," UC Davis fish biologist Peter Moyle told a group of scientists with the Delta Stewardship Council.</div><div class="" style=""><span class="" style=""></span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);
font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" class=""><a href="http://www.capradio.org/articles/2015/03/16/endangered-delta-smelt-may-be-extinct/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">http://www.capradio.org/<u class="" style=""></u>articl<wbr class="" style="">es/2015/03/16/<u class="" style=""></u>endangered-<wbr class="" style="">delta-smelt-may-be-<u class="" style=""></u>extinct/</a></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" class=""><br class="" style=""></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" class=""><div class="" style=""><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(27, 173, 248); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"We are unable to determine with certainty which threats or
combinations of threats are directly responsible for the decrease in delta smelt abundance.</span> However, the apparent low abundance of delta smelt in concert with ongoing threats throughout its range indicates that <span style="color: rgb(27, 173, 248);" class="">the delta smelt is now in danger of extinction throughout its range."</span></span></div><div class="" style=""><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(27, 173, 248);" class=""><br class="" style=""></span></span></div><div class="" style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="line-height: 1.5;" class=""><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" class="">from: </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" class=""><a href="http://www.fws.gov/sfbaydelta/species/delta_smelt.cfm" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"
class="">http://www.fws.gov/<wbr class="" style="">sfbaydelta/species/delta_<wbr class="" style="">smelt.cfm</a></span></span></div></div><div class="" style=""></div><div class="" style=""> </div><div class="" style=""><br></div></div></body></html>