Monday Top of the Scroll: As the first major project at the Salton Sea nears completion, what’s next?
After years of studies, public meetings and deliberation over the future of the receding Salton Sea, the first visible signs of major projects at the sea are starting to appear. Local and state officials are hoping to build on the momentum generated by the near-completion of the largest project at the sea to date: The 4,100-acre Species Conservation Habitat Project along the sea’s southern edge should be finished by the end of the year; a pilot project along the northern edge is officially in the works; and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the early stages of a feasibility study focused on potential long-term solutions at the Salton Sea. … With further reductions expected due to mandated cuts to Colorado River water use, the crisis at the Salton Sea has taken on additional urgency over the past few years.
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