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DELTA SHOWDOWN In a frenzy of courtroom, boardroom, and legislative chamber activity, water managers, water, contractors, attorneys, judges, and enviros are desperately seeking to resolve the Delta's most pressing issue: What level of "take"-fish kills-of salmonids and Delta smelt is acceptable while operating the state water project? As Estuary went to press, the answer to this question was zero, as smelt congregating at the pumps forced the temporary shutdown of the Harvey O. Banks Pumping Station.. . . »Read More

COVER HIGHLIGHTS THE LOST LEVIATHANS who wandered into the Delta's labyrinth in May-and finally found their way out to sea again- may have been the largest wildlife celebrities in the Estuary in recent months, but they weren't necessarily the most popular. . . »Read More WETLANDS - GRAZING POOLS? It can be hard to find a kind word for grazing livestock among environmentalists. But a study by Nature Conservancy ecologist Jaymee Marty, published two years ago in Conservation Biology, suggests that, at least in the case of Northern Sacramento Valley vernal pools, grazing may actually promote biodiversity. . . »Read More OUTREACH - WILDLIFE FIGHT BACK How to catch the attention of some of the Estuary's worst polluters-the 7-some million people who live in the Bay Area- was a question Save the Bay pondered recently. . . »Read More WATERWARS - DRAIN GAMES The latest chapter in the long-running effort to solve drainage issues in the San Luis Unit has the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation considering handing over ownership of a large section of the Central Valley Project to farmers and water districts. . . »Read More ENVIROCLIP - BIG BOX OR BIRDS? Beyond the familiar economic concerns about where to site "big box" stores, local opposition to a proposed new 168,000-square-foot Wal- Mart supercenter in Vallejo invokes environmental issues. . . »Read More RUNOFF - SEATTLE SEAS STREETS DIFFERENTLY In a series of stormwater greening projects that began in 2000-each project increasing in scale-the city of Seattle is trying to mimic the permeable forest floor and pasture that once covered the land. . . »Read More SCIENCESPOT - CONFRONTING COPPER While California's salmon no longer run a gauntlet of hungry grizzly bears, they face more subtle dangers. . . »Read More RESOURCEREVIEW - CCMP'S NEW LOOK For the past year and a half, over 80 volunteers from the environmental, regulatory, water agency, and business communities, plus other interested parties have caucused in meetings and hunched over keyboards. . . »Read More

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