Assertion: delta smelt | /r/HasProperty | maligned by agribusiness groups
Facets:
value: as a “small minnow”
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Maligned by agribusiness groups and San Joaquin Valley Republican Congressman as a “small minnow” supposedly standing in the way of deliveries of Delta water to irrigators, the Delta Smelt is in fact a indicator species that demonstrates the health of the Delta ecosystem like the proverbial “canary in the mine.