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.

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 known as the Salton Sink.

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 ...

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 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.

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 ...

Fascinating and fetid, the Salton Sea in southern California lures me back, every year. Driving south from Utah, I take bits of historic Highway 66 and then skirt Joshua Tree National Park to ...