The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) on Dec. 2 announced its transition from the Salton Sea Authority to the State of California’s newly established Salton Sea Conservancy. IID’s transition in participation from the Salton Sea Authority to the Conservancy will strengthen alignment among state and federal agencies and facilitate project operations and management. This next step reflects a natural evolution of IID’s long-standing leadership in Salton Sea progress that has led from studies to planning to on-the-ground projects, along with ongoing efforts to restore habitat and address regional air quality concerns.

Other Salton Sea news:

• Imperial Valley Press (El Centro, Calif.): IID transitions leadership role from Salton Sea Authority to the state’s Salton Sea Conservancy
• KESQ (Thousand Palms, Calif.): South Coast AQMD expands dust monitoring in the Coachella Valley
• The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, Calif.): Opinion: Coachella Valley’s ‘dust summit’ was a bust. Let’s do this instead