Initial work begins on North Lake Salton Sea project
A long-envisioned project that would create a separate lake along the north shore of the Salton Sea, providing recreational opportunities and habitat for fish and birds, is slowly inching closer to reality. Local and state officials gathered on Thursday to celebrate a key milestone on the North Lake Pilot Demonstration Project: the beginning of geophysical surveys to study the area’s soil, which will be used to make decisions on the project’s design. The project is still at least a year away from an official groundbreaking, but officials are keen to celebrate any progress on efforts at the Salton Sea, where the receding shoreline has left residents breathing in toxic dust for years while important bird and fish habitat also shrinks.