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Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Check out our latest story, and then share it! Rain or Shine, Service Biologists Work Through Some Tough Weather Conditions Despite the weather, Service biologists from the Lodi Fish and Wildlife Office (above) work on the Delta looking for the elusive Delta smelt.  Crews have been on a regular four-days-per-week schedule and have been out several times during the early 2017 storms, said Matthew Dekar, deputy project leader for the Lodi Fish and Wildlife Office. Credit: Steve Martarano/USFWS   By Steve Martarano January 18, 2017 The rains came, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service got to work. Whether it was to release more than a half-million steelhead, making sure rotary screw collection traps on the upper Sacramento River were preserved, or monitoring for Delta smelt, a little inclement weather wasn't stopping the Service from crucial daily activities. The very welcome wet opening to 2017 didn't slow down the Coleman National Fish Hatchery's scheduled week-long efforts to release 600,000 year-old steelhead into a Sacramento River location near Red Bluff. Continue to full story...   Stay Connected with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region     This email was sent using GovDelivery, on behalf of: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region · 2800 Cottage Way · Suite W-2606 · Sacramento, CA 95825