#extinctionisforever — Public Fediverse posts

State officials have a once-in-a-generation chance to save California salmon—and they're failing.

As our lead scientist @jarosenfield stresses in this article, the state's plan would drive native fishes to extinction:

https://mavensnotebook.com/2026/02/12/notebook-feature-state-water-officials-are-faced-with-a-once-in-a-generation-chance-to-save-californias-salmon/

#sfbay #baydelta #fish #salmon #chinooksalmon #cawater #californiawater #water #extinctionisforever

Officials have decided to curtail additional water flows for endangered fish in the #Delta this fall--a recipe for #extinction of the formerly abundant Delta smelt.

As Baykeeper science director @jarosenfield & Friends of the River's Gary Bobker wrote:

"California habitually fails to enforce environmental laws designed to protect our aquatic ecosystems. Following the state’s lead, federal agencies skimp on environmental safeguards and waive the meager protections they do offer any time protecting the public’s fish, wildlife, waterways, and water quality, gets in the way of diverting more water to meet California’s seemingly unquenchable demand." https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-10-02/california-water-flow-requirement-debate

#cawater #extinctionisforever #deltasmelt #fish #fishes #californiafish #endangeredspecies #wildlife @ianjames @RestoreTheDelta

"This Delta tunnel risks devastating the West Coast's largest estuary, harming #salmon fisheries, causing fish extinctions, degrading water quality and damaging cultural sites vital to tribal communities." https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/08/31/opinion-delta-tunnel-plan-is-a-risky-destructive-and-unnecessary-gamble/

#deltatunnel #delta #cadelta #cawater #extinctionisforever #extinction #fish @RestoreTheDelta

Newsom failed to take advantage of an opportunity to "Trump-proof" the state's water operations in 2019--and his alternative guidelines don't stop fish from dying:

“We're distinguishing between two different speeds to extinction, not a choice between extinction and not extinction,” as our science director @jarosenfield put it.

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2024/08/22/californias-prenup-with-the-feds-on-water-00176006

#sfbay #sanfranciscobay #newsom #gavinnewsom #fish #endangeredspecies #endangeredspeciesact #extinctionisforever #cawater #californiawater

“To see the state and federal water agencies exceed their take limits and continue business-as-usual water exports is like witnessing extinction in real time,” said @jarosenfield, science director of San Francisco Baykeeper. “It demonstrates the official negligence and lawlessness that caused these fish, and many others, to become endangered in the first place.”
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-04-08/california-steelhead-salmon-fish-losses-delta-pumps @ianjames #fish #cawater #californiawater #extinctionisforever #endangeredspecies

@RealJournalism

In #Cambodia, when you are a friend or relative of the king, marine conservation stands in the way of your wealth creation.

“The conversion of Ream National Park to a 39,634-hectare (97,937-acre) marine protected area has done little to prevent more than 8,000 hectares (19,800 acres) of the park and Koh Thmei being handed over to Cambodia’s political elite, including relatives of Prime Minister Hun Manet.

“Even in Kampot province, which sits next to Kep, development has posed a challenge to implementing an MFMA, with the boundaries repeatedly being redrawn due to ongoing land reclamation projects. Meanwhile, in Kep, the island of Koh Tonsay – the largest in the MFMA that MCC helped to establish – has been awarded to Try Pheap, a powerful tycoon who was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for his involvement in Cambodia’s illegal timber trade.”

#ExtinctionIsForever #MarineConservation #ExtinctionRebelion #SouthEastAsia #Pacific #Turtles #GreenTurtles #HawksbillTurtle

California is at the forefront of a global crisis known as the #Anthropocene extinction--and no animal group is more at risk than fishes, as our science director Jon Rosenfield writes, "Researchers recently concluded that California is a world leader in the number of freshwater fishes likely to become extinct by the end of the century. Governor Newsom’s water policies are accelerating this race to oblivion."
https://mavensnotebook.com/2024/01/24/guest-commentary-gov-newsom-is-accelerating-californias-extinction-crisis/ #extinction #extinctionisforever #cawater #californiawater #fish

@johncarlosbaez Wow! Chapeaux off to the French for accidentally creating a sensually powerful and metaphorical argument against #WhiteSupremacy !

#Camembert #ExtinctionIsForever #EvolutionIsTrue
#SaveAmerica from the #MAGA cult!

‘Grief is a rational response’: the 21 US species declared extinct this year https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/29/us-animals-birds-extinct-this-year?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Anger? 😡

Despair? 😩

Activism? ✊

Also rational. #extinctionisforever

Laura Kits - De prijs van dividend

Het begint met decennialang graaien, liegen en de planeet verwoesten, en voor je het weet blokkeert XR je hoofdkantoor. 🐚 🛑

#shell @shell #deprijsvandividend #olie #fossiel #stopshell #extinctionisforever #shellblokkade #shellmustfall #shellmustpay #shellmustfalleverywhere #stopfossielesubsidies #stopfossilfuel #stopfossilsubsidies #kapitalismedoodt #capitalismkills #stopgreenwashing #protestliedje #lekkerelinkseliedjes

https://youtu.be/eyAgXRs298g?feature=shared

Laura Kits - De prijs van dividend

Het begint met decennialang graaien, liegen en de planeet verwoesten, en voor je het weet blokkeert XR je hoofdkantoor. 🐚 🛑

#shell @shell #deprijsvandividend #olie #fossiel #stopshell #extinctionisforever #shellblokkade #shellmustfall #shellmustpay #shellmustfalleverywhere #stopfossielesubsidies #stopfossilfuel #stopfossilsubsidies #kapitalismedoodt #capitalismkills #stopgreenwashing #protestliedje #lekkerelinkseliedjes

https://youtu.be/eyAgXRs298g?feature=shared

Laura Kits - De prijs van dividend

Het begint met decennialang graaien, liegen en de planeet verwoesten, en voor je het weet blokkeert XR je hoofdkantoor. 🐚 🛑

#shell @shell #deprijsvandividend #olie #fossiel #stopshell #extinctionisforever #shellblokkade #shellmustfall #shellmustpay #shellmustfalleverywhere #stopfossielesubsidies #stopfossilfuel #stopfossilsubsidies #kapitalismedoodt #capitalismkills #stopgreenwashing #protestliedje #lekkerelinkseliedjes

https://youtu.be/eyAgXRs298g?feature=shared

Laura Kits - De prijs van dividend

Het begint met decennialang graaien, liegen en de planeet verwoesten, en voor je het weet blokkeert XR je hoofdkantoor. 🐚 🛑

#shell @shell #deprijsvandividend #olie #fossiel #stopshell #extinctionisforever #shellblokkade #shellmustfall #shellmustpay #shellmustfalleverywhere #stopfossielesubsidies #stopfossilfuel #stopfossilsubsidies #kapitalismedoodt #capitalismkills #stopgreenwashing #protestliedje #lekkerelinkseliedjes

https://youtu.be/eyAgXRs298g?feature=shared

Laura Kits - De prijs van dividend

Het begint met decennialang graaien, liegen en de planeet verwoesten, en voor je het weet blokkeert XR je hoofdkantoor. 🐚 🛑

#shell @shell #deprijsvandividend #olie #fossiel #stopshell #extinctionisforever #shellblokkade #shellmustfall #shellmustpay #shellmustfalleverywhere #stopfossielesubsidies #stopfossilfuel #stopfossilsubsidies #kapitalismedoodt #capitalismkills #stopgreenwashing #protestliedje #lekkerelinkseliedjes

https://youtu.be/eyAgXRs298g?feature=shared

Support your local #wildlife with a #bee watering station – they're quick and easy to make.

#Pollinators
#WildlifeConservation
#BanPesticides
#ExtinctionIsForever

https://apple.news/ApfSnZ-h0TEWegNczSXCekA

@birdwriter1
Wonderful news! Increase of 237 porpoises in 5 years. Let’s hope the populations of the other species of #endangered #RiverPorpoises does the same.

"Incredible results like these for the Yangtze finless #porpoise remind us that there is still hope for the world's other five remaining species of river dolphins – all of which are threatened with #extinction."

#ExtinctionIsForever
#WeAreAllConnected
#wildlife

@SecularJeffrey @adriennelacava @the_real_hal
Yes, #MexicanGrayWolf is the most #endangered sub species of wolves in the world. They lack #GeneticDiversity & it’s critical for them to be able to pass freely between the US & Mexico. Trump & his #BorderWall put the species into even greater peril. One wolf was observed pacing at the wall for 23 miles, unable to continue south.

#ExtinctionIsForever
#Wildlife
#WildlifeConservation

This is serious, mum.
#TISM
#MDBasin #OurDarlingBaaka
#Water4Life
#NativeFish
#Biodiversity
#ExtinctionIsForever

https://www.nature.org.au/murray_cod_vanishing_from_the_darling_baaka?recruiter_id=182154

This is serious, mum.
#TISM
#MDBasin #OurDarlingBaaka
#Water4Life
#NativeFish
#Biodiversity
#ExtinctionIsForever

https://www.nature.org.au/murray_cod_vanishing_from_the_darling_baaka?recruiter_id=182154

This is serious, mum.
#TISM
#MDBasin #OurDarlingBaaka
#Water4Life
#NativeFish
#Biodiversity
#ExtinctionIsForever

https://www.nature.org.au/murray_cod_vanishing_from_the_darling_baaka?recruiter_id=182154

Listen:

Songs of disappearance – Australian #frog calls

https://soundcloud.com/bowerbirdcollective/songs-of-disappearance-australian-frog-calls-preview

#Frogs #Extinction #ExtinctionIsForever

Such a tragedy: "Any extra loss of individuals of green #sturgeon puts them closer and closer to extinction," as Baykeeper scientist @jarosenfield says of the massive fish kill that occurred this summer in #SFBay #extinctionisforever #extinction #endangeredspecies https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/algal-bloom-sturgeon-concerns/3092837/

Chinese #paddlefish is no more, but fortunately American paddlefish still is; just beautiful creatures!

Video: @SolomonRDavid
🔗🐦 https://twitter.com/SolomonRDavid/status/1597569061520433152

#Extinct: #Psephurus gladius
#Extant: #Polyodon spathula
#Extinction #ExtinctionIsForever

Chinese #paddlefish is no more, but fortunately American paddlefish still is; just beautiful creatures!

Video: @SolomonRDavid
🔗🐦 https://twitter.com/SolomonRDavid/status/1597569061520433152

#Extinct: #Psephurus gladius
#Extant: #Polyodon spathula
#Extinction #ExtinctionIsForever

Chinese #paddlefish is no more, but fortunately American paddlefish still is; just beautiful creatures!

Video: @SolomonRDavid
🔗🐦 https://twitter.com/SolomonRDavid/status/1597569061520433152

#Extinct: #Psephurus gladius
#Extant: #Polyodon spathula
#Extinction #ExtinctionIsForever

Chinese #paddlefish is no more, but fortunately American paddlefish still is; just beautiful creatures!

Video: @SolomonRDavid
🔗🐦 https://twitter.com/SolomonRDavid/status/1597569061520433152

#Extinct: #Psephurus gladius
#Extant: #Polyodon spathula
#Extinction #ExtinctionIsForever

Chinese #paddlefish is no more, but fortunately American paddlefish still is; just beautiful creatures!

Video: @SolomonRDavid
🔗🐦 https://twitter.com/SolomonRDavid/status/1597569061520433152

#Extinct: #Psephurus gladius
#Extant: #Polyodon spathula
#Extinction #ExtinctionIsForever

@Ecoinvasions “If we are going to survive as a species, we will only be able to do so if #biodiversity itself survives.

The diminishment of biodiversity diminishes humanity.
If the Forests die, we die!
If the bees die, we die!
If the Ocean dies, we die.”
~ Paul Watson

#ExtinctionIsForever
#WeAreAllConnected 🌎