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.

The Salton Sea was created in 1905 when the Colorado River broke through a silt-laden canal and roared unimpeded for two years into a basin near Brawley then known as the Salton Sink.

From 1824 to 1904, Colorado River flows flooded the Salton Basin no fewer than eight times. For example, an 1840 flood created a salt lake three-quarters of a mile long and a half-mile wide and ...

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 ...

Concern about the consequences of a shrinking Salton Sea began almost as soon as the floodwaters of the mighty Colorado River stopped pouring into the Salton Sink in 1907 — 16 months after a ...

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

As the Salton Sea dries up, the health toll on humans is alarming. Imperial County more than doubles the rest of California in the rate of asthma-related emergency room visits among children ages ...

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 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.

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.