Interesting article in today’s Desert Sun about the surprisingly solid populations of tilapia and Brown Pelicans at the Salton Sea this year. Apparently, a lack of heavy winds has kept the toxic hydrogen sulfide gas and dissolved ammonia from welling up into the shallows where it causes major fish die-offs. As a result, both the fish [...]

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Audubon’s Imperial Valley Landowner Stewardship Coordinator Al Kalin works with Salton Sea Wildlife Refuge to restore a dewatered bay in the Salton Sea.  Click here to see the full article.
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The Salton Sea, one of California’s largest bodies of water and one of its most important bird habitats, has long been a vexing conservation issue. Over the last several decades, as water has been siphoned off for agricultural and urban use, critical habitat for hundreds of thousands of migrating shorebirds has been threatened. Some of the [...]

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As noted earlier, an important bill that will fund important habitat restoration at the Salton Sea in Southern California last week cleared an important hurdle in the State Assembly Appropriations Committee and will now be heard on the floor of the Assembly. Prior to that vote, we called upon members of Audubon California’s Action Alert [...]

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In a big victory for Audubon California and other conservationists throughout the state, a bill that would fund critical habitat restoration in the Salton Sea yesterday cleared the State Assembly’s Appropriations Committee. After clearing this major hurdle, the bill could reach the Assembly floor next week. Audubon California advocated strongly for this bill, Senate Bill 187, [...]

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