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25 de feb. de 2023 · The Salton Sea, an Accident of History, Faces a New Water Crisis - The New York Times. The vast California lake relies on runoff from cropland to avoid disappearing. But as farmers face...
- Creating A Sustainable Sea
- Funding Opportunities
- Building A Sustainable Salton Sea
- What’s Next
Thirty-five miles long and 15 miles wide, the Salton Sea is California’s largest and most unique lake. Its surface area of about 325 square miles is almost twice that of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada. It’s an ancient lakebed that filled more than a century ago when a levee break unleashed a torrent of Colorado River water into a basin that the ri...
The Salton Sea has benefited from millions of dollars in past budgetary allocations and bond funding, but the money has never been enough to yield visible progress. That’s changing, and the queue of potential new funding is impressive. Garcia is carrying a bond measurein the state Legislature intended for the June 2022 ballot that includes $240 mil...
State officials know they have some catching up to do. “Our focus now every day is to make demonstrable progress,” Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot said at the May roundtable.The state aims to complete 30,000 acres of projects by 2028, with at least half of those habitat projects, such as ponds and wetlands. “We have to catch up to those acreage g...
While officials decide how state funds will be allocated and what the details of a long-term sea management plan look like, state and local officials will continue to triage the sea long enough to preserve its ecosystem functions and to limit dust emissions. “Our focus on the species habitat conservation project is to show we can get projects done ...
5 de oct. de 2022 · Oct. 5, 2022 Updated 8:05 AM PT. For as long as the Salton Sea has faced the threat of ecological collapse, some local residents and environmentalists have advocated a radical cure for the...
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23 de ago. de 2023 · At hearings held by the State Water Resources Control Board in 2002, environmental scientist Tim Krantz testified that if the water transfers went through, the lake would contract dramatically and salinity levels would jump, leaving the lake uninhabitable for most wildlife within seven to 12 years.
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10 de oct. de 2022 · October 10, 2022. Source: University of California - Riverside. Summary: The Salton Sea, California's most polluted inland lake, has lost a third of its water in the last 25 years. New research...
6 de oct. de 2022 · The Salton Sea, California’s most polluted inland lake, has lost a third of its water in the last 25 years. New research has determined a decline in Colorado River flow is the reason for that shrinking. A view of the drying, shrinking Salton Sea and the playa left behind. (Stan Lim/UCR)
29 de nov. de 2022 · US to spend $250m on cleanup at California’s toxic Salton Sea | California | The Guardian. An aerial view of the Salton Sea, California's largest inland lake, where drought has exacerbated an...
