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I have pasted below the contents of an email I received today about restoring the Salton Sea; California's largest "lake". This link is the State's site regarding the Salton Sea: http://www.saltonsea.water.ca.gov/
While the State is at least reasonably honest, the Environmental group totally leaves out that this "lake" was a total accident. It was formed in 1905 by a break in a levee system on the Colorado River around 100 miles or so away. This break wasn't repaired for a few years and there were some that thought it would never be plugged. Anyway, voila, trapped Inland Sea, that has increased in salinity ever since. It is a stinky cesspool that barely supports fish. The state brought in Corvina maybe 50 years ago and they can handle this extremely salty crap. I wouldn't boat there unless you paid me and it would have to be a lot.
Anyway, now of course it must be protected when frankly it should be allowed to flippin' dry up. Why? Why, must we spend millions and probably billions to protect this "key stopover" for migrating birds? Why must we spend anything to protect an unnatural environment? Why must we protect the Brown Pelican that isn't even indigenous to the flippin' desert? And why would a group that is trying to protect it need to be what I feel is dishonest? Yes, I think acting like this is some important environmental place to clean-up is dishonest if you do not also mention that it was an environmental disaster to begin with, man-made, and accidentally without any natural source of inflow other than rainwater to keep it going as is . . . Am I out of line here?
Big Decisions Ahead on the Salton Sea: Your Chance to Speak Out!
The Salton Sea is California's largest lake and a key stopover for millions of birds every year, including the threatened brown pelican, snowy plover and Yuma clapper rail. The fate of the Salton Sea hangs in the balance as the volume of water that sustains this 360-square mile lake will decrease by more than 30 percent within the next 20 years, rapidly shrinking the lake and increasing the amount of dust and salt that blows through the Imperial and Coachella valleys.
The California Department of Water Resources has just released its Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) assessing eight ways to restore the Sea and laying out the consequences if we fail to act. You can see this document at http://www.saltonsea.water.ca.gov/. The bad news is that no single plan provides a solution, in a reasonable timeframe, that maximizes fish and wildlife habitat while protecting air and water quality.
You can speak out on the Salton Sea by attending one of these public workshops:
Sacramento
Monday, December 4th (9:00-11:00 AM)
Resources Building Auditorium
1416 Ninth Street
Oakland
Monday, December 4th (6:00-8:00 PM)
Oakland Marriott
1001 Broadway Avenue
San Diego
Wednesday, December 6th (6:00-8:00 PM)
San Diego County Water Authority
4677 Overland Avenue
Written comments on the Draft EIR must be submitted by January 16, 2007.
For more information about the Salton Sea and the restoration planning effort, visit the website of the Salton Sea Coalition at www.saltonseacoalition.org.
While the State is at least reasonably honest, the Environmental group totally leaves out that this "lake" was a total accident. It was formed in 1905 by a break in a levee system on the Colorado River around 100 miles or so away. This break wasn't repaired for a few years and there were some that thought it would never be plugged. Anyway, voila, trapped Inland Sea, that has increased in salinity ever since. It is a stinky cesspool that barely supports fish. The state brought in Corvina maybe 50 years ago and they can handle this extremely salty crap. I wouldn't boat there unless you paid me and it would have to be a lot.
Anyway, now of course it must be protected when frankly it should be allowed to flippin' dry up. Why? Why, must we spend millions and probably billions to protect this "key stopover" for migrating birds? Why must we spend anything to protect an unnatural environment? Why must we protect the Brown Pelican that isn't even indigenous to the flippin' desert? And why would a group that is trying to protect it need to be what I feel is dishonest? Yes, I think acting like this is some important environmental place to clean-up is dishonest if you do not also mention that it was an environmental disaster to begin with, man-made, and accidentally without any natural source of inflow other than rainwater to keep it going as is . . . Am I out of line here?
Big Decisions Ahead on the Salton Sea: Your Chance to Speak Out!
The Salton Sea is California's largest lake and a key stopover for millions of birds every year, including the threatened brown pelican, snowy plover and Yuma clapper rail. The fate of the Salton Sea hangs in the balance as the volume of water that sustains this 360-square mile lake will decrease by more than 30 percent within the next 20 years, rapidly shrinking the lake and increasing the amount of dust and salt that blows through the Imperial and Coachella valleys.
The California Department of Water Resources has just released its Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) assessing eight ways to restore the Sea and laying out the consequences if we fail to act. You can see this document at http://www.saltonsea.water.ca.gov/. The bad news is that no single plan provides a solution, in a reasonable timeframe, that maximizes fish and wildlife habitat while protecting air and water quality.
You can speak out on the Salton Sea by attending one of these public workshops:
Sacramento
Monday, December 4th (9:00-11:00 AM)
Resources Building Auditorium
1416 Ninth Street
Oakland
Monday, December 4th (6:00-8:00 PM)
Oakland Marriott
1001 Broadway Avenue
San Diego
Wednesday, December 6th (6:00-8:00 PM)
San Diego County Water Authority
4677 Overland Avenue
Written comments on the Draft EIR must be submitted by January 16, 2007.
For more information about the Salton Sea and the restoration planning effort, visit the website of the Salton Sea Coalition at www.saltonseacoalition.org.