The long-delayed restoration of the Salton Sea, the large, ultra-briny California lake almost universally described as an “environmental disaster,’’ could be starting to finally get its sea legs. But ...

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A long-envisioned project that would create a separate lake along the north shore of the Salton Sea, providing recreational opportunities and habitat for fish and birds, is slowly inching closer to ...

Robert Glennon was a member of the California Salton Sea Management Program’s Independent Review Panel. Brent Haddad was principal investigator of the of California Salton Sea Management Program’s ...

The California Legislature has passed and sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill to create the Salton Sea Conservancy to lead multi-million-dollar efforts to restore the shrinking and increasingly toxic ...

Along the dusty shoreline of the Salton Sea, you could blink and you'd miss it: the Ski Inn, the only bar around the east side of the lake for 40 miles. This neighborhood bar and restaurant in Bombay ...

A new report by UCLA finds that conditions at the Salton Sea are worse than state data suggests. As morning anchor Angela Chen shows us, scientists are highlighting a critical shortcoming in the ...

In 2020, the Salton Sea was described by Palm Springs Life Magazine as “the biggest environmental disaster in California history.” With the largest lake in California holding such a bleak title, it’s ...

A shortage on the Colorado River has put tremendous pressure on the water supply that serves more than 40-million people in the Western United States. But a punishing drought and the over allocation ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Haze hung over the Salton Sea on a recent winter day, while black-necked stilts and kildeer waded in the shallows, pecking at crustaceans. Something ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Haze hung over the Salton Sea on a recent winter day, while black-necked stilts and kildeer waded in the shallows, ...