Jason Peltier serves as the executive director of the San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority, which consist of 29 water agencies serving approximately 1,200,000 acres (485,000 hectares) of farmland, about 2,000,000 urban customers and more than 180,000 acres (70,000 hectares) of waterfowl habitat. https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/contributor/jason-peltier/rss en Environment & Wildlife Law & Policy Wed, 17 Aug 2016 07:28:42 +0000 Jason Peltier https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2016/08/17/decades-old-policies-wont-bring-fish-back-from-near-extinction https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2016/08/17/decades-old-policies-wont-bring-fish-back-from-near-extinction We don’t need “more of the same” efforts to save delta smelt with increased river flows, says Jason Peltier, executive director of the San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority, who calls for a comprehensive strategy.