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Joan Lindberg says the Fish Conservation and Culture Lab that she manages near Byron could rear hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of tiny smelt. CRAIG SANDERS/The Record  
Record  

Race against time

Freezing Delta smelt DNA, tweaking genetics explored

Delta smelt may be threatened, but thousands of the little guys swim circles in dark tanks near the pumps that ship water to Southern California. Can these fish, bred mostly for research, be bolstered in number and someday released to the wild? (Stockton Record)
ALSO:
• Wolk opposes peripheral canal as Delta solution
• EDITORIAL: Nothing peripheral about state's water wars

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is proposing an inflatable dam, like this one in Anaheim, for the Santa Margarita River in North County. ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT  
Union-Tribune  

Rubber remedy?

Inflatable dam could increase drinking water supply

The daunting challenge of finding more drinking water for the San Diego region while protecting the environment could rest on the air-filled back of an unusual device being considered in North County. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Managing an Uncertain Future: Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for California's Water. DWR  
DWR  

Uncertain future

DWR study suggests steps to cope with global warming

California’s water managers must develop climate adaptation strategies in the face of global warming, the DWR says in a new report, which details how climate change is already affecting the state’s water supplies and makes recommendations to help avoid or reduce climate change impacts to water resources. (Central Valley Business Times)
ALSO:
• Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for California's Water
• Global warming: Good news for California's coast?

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