Water began flowing from a pipe onto hundreds of acres of dry, sunbaked lake bed as California officials filled a complex of ...

See a map of completed and ongoing Salton Sea restoration projects here. “IID is doing the right thing conserving water to stabilize the Colorado River, and our federal partners stepped up to ...

A new conservancy will oversee work to improve vegetation, water quality and natural habitat in the Salton Sea. Will nearly half a billion dollars in projects be enough? This story was originally ...

But as farmers face water cuts due to drought and an ever drier Colorado River, the Salton Sea stands to lose again ... had transformed the area into a fishing and water-sports playground for ...

This undated map of the Salton Sea basin shows the shape and size of a full Lake Cahuilla as indicated by the dotted red line. Before the Colorado River was tamed by dams and dikes it was a free ...

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.