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Author lays out plan to restore the Salton Sea

Posted by: Maven on June 19, 2009 at 6:51 am

From MyDesert.com:

For close to two decades the deteriorating ecosystem of the Salton Sea has become a fact of life in the Coachella Valley. Notorious for the smell of dead fish and birds, killed by agricultural runoff pollutants, the once-popular leisure site is no longer a destination for many. Beachside hotels have long been boarded up.

But some believe there is still hope for the Salton Sea.

In author Irv B. McMurren’s ideal world, the Salton Sea’s ecosystem would be restored to a healthy condition and the valley would prosper because of it.

“Back in the ’60s when I used to drive all the way back (to the Coachella Valley) from dove shooting in Yuma (Ariz.), the sky above the Salton Sea was black from geese … I remember there was water skiing and there was the yacht club. It looked like a nice place to be,” McMurren said.

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June 19, 2009 · Filed Under Salton Sea

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