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Accidental refuge: Should we save the Salton Sea?

June 19, 2000

The Salton Sea became the Salton Sea in 1905, when human accident flooded the desert; now its survival is uncertain, as demand for scarce water continues to grow in Southern California.

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Accidental refuge: Should we save the Salton Sea?
The Salton Sea became the Salton Sea in 1905, when human accident flooded the desert; now its survival is uncertain, as demand for scarce water continues to grow in Southern California.
Michelle Nijhuis June 19, 2000 From the print edition

Sidebar

Trickle of hope
An introduction to the special issues on the Salton Sea and the Colorado River Delta points to signs of life in an abused landscape in Southern California and Mexico.
Michelle Nijhuis June 19, 2000 From the print edition
'Something has got to give'
Salton Sea State Recreation Area Superintendent Steve Horvitz explains why the sea is so important.
Michelle Nijhuis Jan. 19, 2000 From the print edition
'It's no horror story to me'
Longtime Salton City resident Norm Niver talks about the need to save the Salton Sea.
Michelle Nijhuis Jan. 19, 2000 From the print edition
'They wasted a lot of money'
Mary Belardo, chair of the Torres-Martinez Band of Desert Cahuilla Indians, talks about the Indian perspective on the Salton Sea.
Michelle Nijhuis Jan. 19, 2000 From the print edition

Heard Around the West

Heard around the West
Reno waitresses rebel against high heels; Domino's Pizza via SUV; Ford Motor Co. admits SUVs cause problems; "pet owner" may change to "pet guardian" in Boulder, CO; prize-bearing cockroaches; how USAF considered bombing the moon; Nate Madsen's redwood.
Betsy Marston June 19, 2000 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Dear Friends
Summer intern Beth Wohlberg; HCN's Albuquerque board meeting; meeting with readers; new edition of "Water in the West."
Ed Marston June 19, 2000 From the print edition

News

Crawdads colonize the West's waterways
Exotic crayfish are invading streams throughout the West, and devastating the native crayfish and other riparian wildlife.
Guy Webster June 19, 2000 From the print edition
The Wayward West
San Rafael Swell bill is pulled; Al Gore pledges to protect roadless forests; California state park fees cut in half; gas pipeline companies disregard safety.
Rebecca Clarren June 19, 2000 From the print edition
Babbitt’s monument tour blazes on
Babbitt’s monument tour blazes on
The Clinton administration designates four new national monuments: Hanford Reach, Oregon's Soda Mountain area, Arizona's Ironwood Forest and the Canyons of the Ancients in southwestern Colorado.
Mark Matthews and Greg Hanscom June 19, 2000 From the print edition
The Great Sand Dunes: the next new national park?
A plan to expand Colorado's Great Sand Dunes National Monument and turn it into a national park would purchase the Baca Ranch and keep its much-sought-after groundwater in the San Luis Valley.
Sanjay Advani June 19, 2000 From the print edition
The end of a water mine?
Pressure is building for the federal government to send more of the groundwater in Colorado's San Luis Valley south in the Rio Grande for New Mexico and Texas.
Greg Hanscom June 19, 2000 From the print edition
Colorado considers a mining ban
In the wake of the Summitville Mine disaster, Colorado environmentalists are following Montana's example and working on initiative to ban cyanide in new open-pit gold mines in the state and to stop expansion of the Cripple Creek & Victor mine.
Mark H. Hunter June 19, 2000 From the print edition

Letters

Writer has an ATV agenda
Kate West June 19, 2000 From the print edition
In defense of 'enviros'
Sandy Doumas June 19, 2000 From the print edition
Weeds don't need cows to spread
David Groeneveld June 19, 2000 From the print edition
Why wolf recovery is a failure
George Wuerthner June 19, 2000 From the print edition
Cows can help
Rick Knight June 19, 2000 From the print edition
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