Fate of an Inland Water Body – Salton Sea, California

New! California has a new $383 million plan for the shrinking Salton Sea   (Ian JAMES, The Desert Sun; March 16, 2017)

https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2017/03/16/california-has-new-383-million-plan-shrinking-salton-sea/99124850/

California’s Largest Lake Threatened by Drought, Water Transfer
(Associated Press/Chicago Tribune; June 3, 2015)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-salton-sea-drying-up-20150603-story.html#page=1

The Dying Sea
(Dana GOODYEAR, The New Yorker; May 4, 2015)
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/04/the-dying-sea

Salton Sea Wins as Calif. Water Standoff Ends
Rebekah KEARN, Courthouse News Service; May 28, 2015)
http://www.courthousenews.com/2015/05/28/salton-sea-wins-as-calif-water-standoff-ends.htm

Additional Resources:

Hazard:  The Future of the Salton Sea with No Restoration Project
(COHEN and HYUN, 2006)
http://www.pacinst.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2013/02/report15.pdf

Background Information on the Salton Sea
California Department of Fish & Wildlife Website
https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Regions/6/Salton-Sea-Program/Background

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