Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 583 into law, creating the Salton Sea Conservancy, a new entity tasked with unifying ...

A 'white gold' mine containing $540 billion in treasures has been discovered at the bottom of a giant lake in Southern ...

The Great Salt Lake isn’t the only saline lake that produces hydrogen sulfide, there’s also the decaying Salton Sea, California’s largest lake. “It used to be that people say ...

Imperial Irrigation District and Bureau of Reclamation agree to conserve water and invest in Salton Sea restoration.

The Golden State's largest lake is shrinking at an alarming rate - causing it to become saltier and dustier while producing a strong egg-like odor in the process. Salton Sea, home to once ...

The distressed California region could have an economic turnaround if companies make payments directly to the people that ...

The environmental group is trying to halt a new deal to reduce water taken from the river, saying it could accelerate the release of toxic dust in towns along the Salton Sea.

What brought a quarter-million birds to the huge, often overlooked lake, and will they return? Answers may lie at their feet.

The Imperial Irrigation District finalized a landmark conservation agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation that will ...

The Salton Sea formed in 1905 after overflow from the Colorado River spilled into a basin in the desert, creating the largest lake in California. Over the past several decades, evaporation ...

Imperial County consistently ranks among the most economically distressed places in California. Its Salton Sea, the state’s ...

And it’s one that nobody expected. The Salton Sea, the largest lake in California by surface area, has been drying up in recent years, the result of drought and water management decisions on the ...