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	Salton Sea Encyclopedia Article @ HillCountryArts.com (Hill Country Arts) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Salton Sea is an inland saline lake, located in the Colorado Desert in Southern California, north of the Imperial Valley.
		By the 1960s, it was becoming apparent that the salinity of the Salton Sea was continuing to rise, jeopardizing some of the species living in it.
		Since that time, the Salton Sea Authority has developed a preferred concept [2] that involves the construction of a large dam that would impound water to create a marine sea in the northern and southern parts of the sea and along the western edge.
	www.hillcountryarts.com /encyclopedia/Salton_Sea (1981 words)

	IID - About IID (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Salton Sea is 35 miles long and 15 miles wide, located in the lowest portion of the desert valley in Imperial and Riverside counties.
		In 1993, the Salton Sea Authority was formed under a Joint Powers Agreement between the counties of Imperial and Riverside, IID and the Coachella Valley Water District.
		A significant portion of the Yuma Clapper Rail population is dependent upon the sea and the drains that feed the sea.
	www.iid.com /aboutiid/env-salton.html (1637 words)

	About the Salton Sea
		One of the attractions of the Sea is the abundance of life, manifested in the hundreds of species of birds that reside in, or visit, this important wetland habitat.
		The Salton Sea, located in the southeastern corner of California, is actually a lake which occupies a desert basin known as the Salton Sink.
		The Salton Sea Authority has recognized the Sea’s challenges and has begun the restoration process, to not only sustain the Sea, but also revitalize it as an environmental and economic wellspring.
	www.saltonsea.ca.gov /thesea.htm (792 words)

	Salton Sea
		One of the major functions of the Salton Sea is to serve as a sump for agricultural wastewater for the Imperial and Coachella Valleys.
		Approximately 75% of the freshwater inflow to the Sea is agricultural drain water from Imperial Valley.
		The Sea supports a National Wildlife Refuge and is a critical stop on the Pacific Flyway for migrating birds, including several state- and federal-listed endangered and threatened species.
	www.swrcb.ca.gov /rwqcb7/saltonseawatershed.htm (625 words)

	Pacific Institute: Salton Sea Information Page
		California's Salton Sea is a fertile oasis in the hostile desert of south-eastern California.
		The current challenge is to ensure that any rehabilitation plan for the Salton Sea ecosystem is ecologically and financially feasible, rehabilitates and preserves avian habitat in and around the Sea, and that it also protects human health in the Imperial and Coachella valleys by limiting the exposure of lake sediments to wind.
		The broader challenge is to maintain pressure on the state and federal agencies responsible for the health of the Salton Sea and of the people and birds that live in the region, to ensure that these agencies fulfill their obligations, and do not divert existing and likely future funding to other projects outside the area.
	www.pacinst.org /topics/water_and_sustainability/salton_sea (926 words)

	Salton, a Sea of Controversy - Case Study Collection - National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		It was a long trek to the Salton Sea for them, but they had fond memories of breakfasting on freshly caught fish and watching gorgeous sunsets from their camp by the shore.
		The current level in the Salton Sea is approximately 44 ppt; in the ocean it is approximately 34 ppt.
		A different attack on the sea's problems would increase commercial fishing to reduce the fish population (and thus the drastic effects of the fish kills); some of the harvest might be used as fertilizer on farms.
	ublib.buffalo.edu /libraries/projects/cases/salton.html (2829 words)

	Salton Sea Database Program
		The sea’s average depth is 29.9 feet and approximately 51 feet at its deepest point.
		The sea is a basin with no outlet, which allows for anything that is brought in, to accumulate in higher concentrations.
		The Salton Sea’s ecosystem is expected to collapse within 15 years unless an alternative is implemented to save it from its impairment.
	www.institute.redlands.edu /salton (337 words)

	A CANAL TO SAVE THE SALTON SEA
		The Salton Sea is currently 35 miles by 15 miles and has been as long as 40 miles by 20 during a period when the Mojave Desert got an unusually large amount of rain.
		Since the Salton Sea is presently 220 feet below sea level, a connection with the Pacific Ocean would result in a vast inflow of seawater, expanding the Salton Sea's boundaries to approximately those of ancient Lake Cahuilla, the freshwater lake that filled the Salton basin as recently as 500 years ago.
		Perhaps the Salton Sea's strongest supporter in the House of Representatives was the late Congressman George Brown whom I had the pleasure of meeting several years ago.
	www.fdungan.com /salton.htm (1957 words)

	The Salton Sea, CA (DesertUSA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Salton Sea is an inland saline lake in the Sonoran Desert of extreme southeastern California.
		It occupies the Salton Basin, a remnant of prehistoric Lake Cahuilla.
		The Salton Sea is currently 35 miles by 15 miles and can be as long as 40 miles by almost 20 miles in particularly wet years.
	www.desertusa.com /salton/salton.html (1590 words)

	Salton Sea Fishing Info!
		Tilapia, though not the most glamorous fish in the sea, are a key source of food for corvina, the sport fish that has lured fishermen and women from around the country to the desert sea.
		The sea largely is replenished with agricultural runoff from Imperial Valley farms.
		Ray Garnett, 73, of Salton Sea Beach said he suspects the nutrient problem might be exacerbated by a dwindling tilapia population.
	www.angelfire.com /empire/salton-sea-fishing (3257 words)

	The Salton Sea
		In 1905 the flooding of the Colorado River was accidentally diverted into the Salton though and thus the Salton Sea was born.
		As a result, the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge was established on the south end of the Sea.
		(Salton Sea Authority and Bureau of Reclamation, 1997) Many people that I talked to spoke of a time when they were young and their families would go to the Salton Sea on the weekends.
	darwin.bio.uci.edu /sustain/global/sensem/meyerhoff98.html (2527 words)

	Salton Sea Ecosystem Restoration Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		As part of this effort, which is based on State legislation enacted in 2003 and 2004 (SB 277, SB 317, SB 654 and SB 1214), DWR and DFG are developing a preferred alternative for the restoration of the Salton Sea ecosystem and the protection of wildlife dependent on that ecosystem.
		The Salton Sea Ecosystem Restoration Plan, Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and a proposed funding plan are expected to be submitted to the Legislature by December 31, 2006.
		The Salton Sea is located in a closed desert basin in Riverside and Imperial Counties in southern California, south of Indio and north of El Centro.
	www.saltonsea.water.ca.gov (639 words)

	Salton Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Sea is fed by the,, and rivers, as well as a number of minor agricultural drainage paths and creeks.
		The Salton Sea, on the other hand, is constantly replenished by more than one million acre-feet (1.2 km³) of runoff from surrounding agricultural communities, sustaining its water level.
		The evidence of geothermal activity is also visible; there are mud pots on the eastern side of the Salton Sea.
	www.hemet.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Salton_Sea (1076 words)

	CVO Website - Salton Buttes, California
		The Salton Buttes lie within the Salton Sea Geothermal Field, where temperatures at 1.5 to 2.5 kilometers reach 360 degrees C, and sediments of the Colorado River delta are being metamorphosed to greenschist facies.
		The Salton Buttes are at the southeast end of the Salton Sea, in the Imperial Valley of southern California, approximately 165 kilometers ENE of San Diego.
		The Salton Sea geothermal field lies in the Salton Trough, the landward extension of the Gulf of California, an area of active crustal spreading.
	vulcan.wr.usgs.gov /Volcanoes/California/SaltonButtes/description_salton_buttes.html (1726 words)

	ESRI Press: Salton Sea Atlas
		The Salton Sea Atlas is a comprehensive collection of maps and information about the Salton Sea, arranged with the intent to illustrate the environmental, cultural and ecological processes affecting the sea.
		California’s Salton Sea is a nexus of the forces of nature and the momentum of human civilization.
		The Salton Sea Atlas is the benchmark reference for the sea that brings together much of what is known about this complex and controversial environment.
	gis.esri.com /esripress/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&websiteID=55&moduleID=0 (421 words)

	Aral and Salton Seas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Salton Sea, located in Imperial County of Southern California, is a saline lake that was formed in a large basin (called the Salton Trough) created by releasing bend of the San Andreas fault.
		The Aral Sea is considered a true environmental disaster, but most students do not think this could ever happen in the United States, much less in their own back yard.
		Sea water that is polluted by sewage, pesticides, defoliants, selenium (SS), agent orange (AS), and DDE (SS).
	visearth.ucsd.edu /VisE_teach/lessons/Aral_SaltonLP.html (1095 words)

	Salton Sea
		Much has been reported in various news media in recent months on the condition of the Salton Sea, especially in relation to the plight of the birds and the fish that inhabit that body of water.
		An effort has gotten underway to "SAVE THE SALTON SEA." Congress has recently allocated 5 million dollars to study what is causing the problems with the Salton Sea and to determine if any measures can be taken to mitigate its deterioration.
		Even if a staggering amount of public funds are spent in an attempt to restore the Salton Sea to a more environmental acceptable level, it is my contention that the data shows it problematic that the deterioration of the Salton Sea can be reversed.
	www.calstatela.edu /faculty/icolbur/salton.htm (964 words)

	Water-Diversion Plan Threatens California's Salton Sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Salton Sea is in peril—it is already 25 percent saltier than the Pacific and it is in danger of becoming so salty that it will no longer support life.
		The Salton Sea was created serendipitously in 1905 when engineers were diverting Colorado River water 75 miles to the farms of the Imperial Valley.
		The Salton Sea is California's "crown jewel" of bird diversity.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2002/09/0924_020924_saltonsea.html (720 words)

	Salt Water Sportsman Magazine - Fishing - The Salton Secret
		It was our first trip to the bizarre Salton Sea, a vast salt water lake covering some 375 square miles and sitting in the middle of California’s driest and hottest desert.
		The history of the Salton Sea is as strange and interesting as its corvina fishery.
		Tilapia, a hardy African cichlid that made its way to the Salton through irrigation channels in the ’60s, is the most numerous fish, and serves as an abundant source of forage for the ravenous corvina population.
	www.saltwatersportsman.com /saltwater/fishing/article/0,12746,386839,00.html (2196 words)

	Audubon California and the Salton Sea
		The Salton Sea was born - or was it?
		Protecting the Salton Sea from any actions that may further degrade fish and wildlife resources and air and water quality at the Sea and undermine restoration of the Sea's ecosystem.
		In preparation for major changes in the form and function of the Sea, the Salton Sea Authority and other agencies have been evaluating numerous proposals to offset the negative effects of this transfer, which may include such features as a desalinization plant and "double moat" of fresh water and salty runoff around the Sea's perimeter.
	www.audubon.org /chapter/ca/ca/salton_sea.html (1255 words)

	Salton Sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Salton Sea is a 40 mile long inland sea formed by accident, and is now a briny agricultural sink, in one of the most arid places in the country.
		As a result, the level of the sea is rising, flooding the surrounding area, and becoming increasingly saline.
		As the largest body of water in California, the Salton Sea is hard to miss on the map.
	ludb.clui.org /ex/i/CA3018 (263 words)

	The Salton Sea (Now You "Sea" It -- Now You Don't)
		The Salton Sea is a relative newcomer to southern California.
		In the case of the Salton Trough, the land is bounded on the northeastern side by the San Andreas, Sand Hills, and Calipatria Faults.
		The overall effect was to keep the top of the sediment within a few hundred feet of sea level while the entire mass of sediments sank to a depth of several miles.
	fgms.home.att.net /salton.htm (1988 words)

	Salton Sea Website Home Page
		Structurally it occupies the Salton Trough, a small section of the dynamic junction or 'crack' between the North American and Pacific tectonic plates.
		The delta is not merely the few hundred square kilometers of plains along the lower river channel near the Sea of Cortez.
		One is the watershed of the Salton Sea, a terminal saline lake that receives inflows from an area that extends from Mt.San Gorgonio in the north to the Mexicali valley in the south.
	www.sci.sdsu.edu /salton/SaltonBasinHomePage.html (666 words)

	Bureau of Reclamation: Lower Colorado Region - Salton Sea Restoration
		In June 1993, the Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valley Water District, and Imperial and Riverside Counties formed the Salton Sea Authority.
		Recently, Reclamation published the Salton Sea Salinity Control Research Project report (4 MB PDF file) which presents the findings of the project that was conducted at the Salton Sea Test Base between 2000 and 2003.
		Informational and science documents associated with the Salton Sea can be found in our Reports Archive under the Salton Sea topical area, or for more information about these efforts, contact Bonnie Roper at broper@lc.usbr.gov or at: 702-293-8129.
	www.usbr.gov /lc/region/saltnsea (529 words)

	EO Newsroom: New Images - Imperial Valley and Salton Sea, California
		The Salton Sea formed by accident in 1905 when an irrigation canal ruptured, allowing the Colorado River to flood the Salton Basin.
		Today the Sea performs an important function as the sink for agricultural runoff; water levels are maintained by the runoff from the surrounding agricultural valleys.
		The Salton Sea salinity is high—nearly 1/4 saltier than ocean water—but it remains an important stopover point for migratory water birds, including several endangered species.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=9764 (261 words)

	Lost America- The Salton Sea Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Salton Sea is one of the most mysterious and enigmatic places in California.
		By the 1950s, the Lake Tahoe-sized inland desert sea became an inviting sport-fishing and vacation destination for millions of nearby Southern California residents.
		I’ve spent a lot of time exploring the dozens of types of abandoned places along the Sea’s edge, but one of my favorite, seldom-talked-about spots is the Salton Sea Test Base.
	www.lostamerica.com /images/salton.html (503 words)

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