Dead fish and bird remains along the shore of the Salton Sea, California.
The Salton Sea can be very beautiful, I tried to convey that in my last two posts. In addition to its beauty, it is a wonderful place for birds. Not only is it a critical stop on the Pacific Flyway bird migration route, but it also is home to over 400 species of birds, a number only exceeded by one other place in the U.S. (the Gulf Coast in Texas). Many of the bird species that use the Salton Sea are threatened on endangered.
But, the lake is plagued with problems. Since it is below sea level, there isn’t an outlet. As salty water flows in and evaporates, only the salt is left behind, which is slowly raising the salinity level. That coupled with diseases and other problems has lead to some large die-offs of birds and fish, the remnants of which were visible along the shoreline when we visited. There are no easy solutions to the situation, most are expensive and controversial. Here is a website that goes into far more detail on the Salton Sea for those who maybe interested.
This is my first post with version 2.7 of Word-press – I have my fingers crossed, so far so good!
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Great post Ron. This has been written about several times in media outlets like National Geographic, but it is nice to see more about it.
I have also read in National Geo about Salton (typo in your post title?
) – sounds like a very diverse place with some sad problems.
Congrats on your upgrade – the new interface is quite sweet eh? Good to see you didn’t have any issues.
Thanks guys,
I had found an excerpt on the National Geographic article on-line and found it was very interesting, I would like to read the whole thing – maybe I will check out the local library.
Thanks Mark, your post on the subject actually motivated me to update! I like the idea that it will now be automatically updated.
Ron
O yeah – thanks for catching the typo Mark! Fixed it.
Oh no, another upgrade to worry about. And, just when I thought I’d mastered this thing!
We didn’t get this post in our email, sorry.
Thanks mom – I don’t think any of them are going out for some reason – hopefully I have it fixed and today’s well go out. This upgrading does get old.
I never thought of it, but your explanation must be the reason it was abandoned for development.
I wondered the same thing.