2019
DOI: 10.1007/s11186-019-09339-3
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Hydraulic society and a “stupid little fish”: toward a historical ontology of endangerment

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“…Multiple factors have likely contributed to this decline, in cluding hydrological alterations, habitat degradation, non-native competitor and predator species, agricultural and municipal pollution, climate change, and mortality due to water exports (Knowles & Cayan 2002, Bennett 2005, Feyrer et al 2007, Cloern & Jassby 2012, Fong et al 2016, Moyle et al 2016, Smith et al 2020). Conservation efforts have occasionally im pacted freshwater deliveries to California's multi-billion-dollar agriculture industry and 29 million southern residents, thus putting this endangered species in the political crossfire between advocates of species conservation versus those focused on water conveyance and agriculture (Feyrer et al 2011, Moyle et al 2018, Reis et al 2019, Scoville 2019. In order to effectively manage the system for water conveyance while also protecting sensitive species such as delta smelt, an understanding of how species respond to natural and anthropogenic variation in environmental conditions is needed.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Multiple factors have likely contributed to this decline, in cluding hydrological alterations, habitat degradation, non-native competitor and predator species, agricultural and municipal pollution, climate change, and mortality due to water exports (Knowles & Cayan 2002, Bennett 2005, Feyrer et al 2007, Cloern & Jassby 2012, Fong et al 2016, Moyle et al 2016, Smith et al 2020). Conservation efforts have occasionally im pacted freshwater deliveries to California's multi-billion-dollar agriculture industry and 29 million southern residents, thus putting this endangered species in the political crossfire between advocates of species conservation versus those focused on water conveyance and agriculture (Feyrer et al 2011, Moyle et al 2018, Reis et al 2019, Scoville 2019. In order to effectively manage the system for water conveyance while also protecting sensitive species such as delta smelt, an understanding of how species respond to natural and anthropogenic variation in environmental conditions is needed.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Delta Smelt ( Hypomesus transpacificus ) is one of the most socio-politically important species in the Western United States and is nearing extinction in the wild 19–22 . This small, 2–3 inch cucumber-scented fish is endemic to the upper San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary (SFE), where spawning habitat coincides with the State Water Project (SWP) and Central Valley Project (CVP) pumping facilities which provide fresh water for 23-million people and irrigation for a multi-billion-dollar agriculture industry 21 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, freshwater flows into the estuary are required to maintain suitable low-salinity nursery habitat downstream of the agricultural diversions during the late summer and fall months. Collectively, these protections reduce the amount of water available for urban and agricultural use, causing significant political conflict and controversy regarding the efficacy of such expensive actions 19,21 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A prime example is endangered species legislation, which mobilizes a significant amount of resources, data collection, and conservation efforts, while limiting or halting public and private activities that may affect endangered species or their habitats. The result is that a small number of organisms can have an unusually large political and economic impact if they are listed as endangered (Braverman, 2015;Scoville, 2019). A critical element of this world-building potential is the biopolitical drawing of legal or political boundaries between species that are, or are not, worthy of being conserved.…”
Section: Wildness In Law and Policymentioning
confidence: 99%