Such was the scene at the Salton Sink in the 19th century, as Dr. Oliver.M. Wozencroft looked out and imagined making the desert bloom into fertile farmland with the addition of water, ...

The man-made Salton Sea is a haven for birdlife in the Colorado Desert of southeast California. ... the Salton Sea was known as the Salton Sink: a deep, dry depression 269 feet below sea level.

The Salton Sink has been home to the largest body of water in California for more than a thousand years. Three hundred years ago, it was Lake Cahuilla, a freshwater lake.

Sink or swim time for Salton Sea? Momentum builds for pricey lake restoration California's biggest lake has languished for decades as increased salinity, a sinking waterline and a foul smell have ...

The sea occupies a much smaller footprint of what used to be Lake Cahuilla, which disappeared in the late 1500s. Then, in a wild spring runoff in 1905, the Colorado River blew out a diversion dam, and ...

The Salton Sea Management Program along with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation establish nearly 1,700 acres of native ... and for the next three years the mighty Colorado drained into the Salton Sink.

The Salton Sea exists because floodwaters breached a Colorado River canal in 1905. Understanding that is crucial in efforts to save the drying lake.

The vast California lake relies on runoff from cropland to avoid disappearing. But as farmers face water cuts due to drought and an ever drier Colorado River, the Salton Sea stands to lose again.

Fascinating and fetid, the Salton Sea in southern California lures me back, every year. Driving south from Utah, I take bits ...

The Salton Sea occupies a much smaller footprint of what used to be Lake Cahuilla, ... and for the next three years the mighty Colorado drained into the Salton Sink.

The sea occupies a much smaller footprint of what used to be Lake Cahuilla, which disappeared in the late 1500s. Then, in a wild spring runoff in 1905, the Colorado River blew out a diversion dam, and ...