Speaking at a conference in Oakland yesterday, Obama administration's top environmental regulator put San Francisco Bay and its delta on a short list of nationally important waterways in need of restoration. The Bay-Delta is noteworthy because it not only provides water for much of the state, but also includes essential habitat for migratory birds and fish.
By Garrison Frost
September 30, 2009
HOTSPOT: Flyover of California's Birds and Biodiversity
California is a global biodiversity hotspots, with one of the greatest concentrations of living species on Earth.
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