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“The Salton Sea is the largest inland body of water in California, and easily its most toxic. Once a haven for tourists, fishermen and boaters — in the 1950s it was touted as “the American Riviera” — years of polluted runoff from agricultural and industrial sites, not to mention untold amounts of untreated sewage from Mexico, pumped into the sea via one of America’s dirtiest waterways, the Northward-flowing New River, have turned the Salton into a truly foul place.”
“At one time the Salton Sea was among the state’s most productive fisheries. (During WWII, when German submarines made ocean fishing dangerous, most of Southern California’s fish were harvested in the Salton.) But steadily increasing levels of toxins, algae, salt and bacteria led to a number of massive die-offs — the largest, in 1999, killed 7.6 million fish — and its once-thriving population of migratory birds are sickened each year with selenium and botulism poisoning. The Sea is 25% saltier than the ocean and getting saltier every year…” ( more to read )
I wish your research ability was as “amazingly gifted” as your photography. The Salton Sea is not polluted or toxic. It is increasingly saline which accounts for the reduced ability of sport fish to spawn. Agricultural runoff results in an increased NUTRIENT load to the lake. Nutrients are the excess fertilizers used in agriculture. Agriculture produces the foods you eat. Just as fruits and vegetables thrive on nutrients, so too do the occasional algae blooms when conditions are right. When the algae dies, the water is depleted of oxygen. Hence the occasional die-off of fish in localized areas. All are natural processes.
There is an amazingly large amount of accurate, scientific facts about the Salton Sea out there. You will find many links on http://saltonseachronicles.blogspot.com / that you can follow to research the facts. The LEAST reliable source for information is the “I heard” source. Please, do your homework before spreading misinformation.
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Sierra frogs get state endangered species protection Summit County Citizens Voice table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNFqlCN_ZHQu8edUvpwt9Wm_QM6Rxgamp;url=http://www.baycitizen.org/blogs/pulse-of-the-bay/mountain-yellow-legged-frogs-get-state/img src=//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/LDyowvKrWCku_M/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2The Bay Citizen/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHLXu9lBWMZvpOLvN58ed75tWzTxQamp;url=http://summitcountyvoice.com/2012/02/03/sierra-frogs-get-state-endangered-species-protection/bSierra frogs get state endangered species protection/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fSummit County Citizens Voice/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1“Taking out exotic btrout/b and getting rid of pollutants to restore mountain yellow-legged frogs will have ripple effects beyond these species — it#39;ll help to heal some of the damaged high-elevation habitats of the Sierras and bSouthern California/b b/b/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHIttG2Dj7eyBmfLTJ6vF5fjpMn8Qamp;url=http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2012/mountain-yellow-legged-frog-02-02-2012.htmlCalifornia Protects Vanishing High Sierra and bSouthern California/b Frogs/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrCenter for Biological Diversity (press release)/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHZMXFAu3Uz3vO6OOhjzeFmHVb1rwamp;url=http://www.pe.com/local-news/breaking-news-headlines/20120202-region-protection-increased-for-endangered-frog.eceREGION: Protection increased for endangered frog/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrPress-Enterprise/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNFqlCN_ZHQu8edUvpwt9Wm_QM6Rxgamp;url=http://www.baycitizen.org/blogs/pulse-of-the-bay/mountain-yellow-legged-frogs-get-state/Mountain Yellow-Legged Frogs Get State Protection/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrThe Bay Citizen (blog)/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1 class=pa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNEHhvNWRxt4ErD1NzPaN3lIBgw07wamp;url=http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/02/4235151/yellow-legged-frogs-earn-spot.htmlnobrSacramento Bee/nobr/a/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d8M6pydP7R_DNjMyrrGTV1GqTL4AMamp;ned=usnobrball 29 news articlesnbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |
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Fish reports, Feb. 3 San Bernardino Sun table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNEOpvw66JBnbxOyEhKyZETPcyVWUQamp;url=http://vtdigger.org/2012/01/29/fishing-the-deep-freeze/img src=//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/UUzEmD8Np1QNDM/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2vtdigger.org/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHybkamHJfk0befnuN3KZyyQYIihQamp;url=http://www.sbsun.com/sports/ci_19882412bbFish/b reports, Feb. 3/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fSan Bernardino Sun/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1bTROUT/b: bTrout/b action is about as good as it gets throughout bSouthern California/b with action at all of the stocked waters hitting the mid-season stride that translates into lots of limits of nice bfish/b, along with the chance at a trophy bfish/b./fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNFzf7gZHLNispA18WfKw0HpPqRK9Aamp;url=http://www.nctimes.com/sports/recreation/outdoors-weekly-fishing-report-feb/article_a54e3152-7cfe-5425-8333-d5879443bb02.htmlOUTDOORS: Weekly bfishing/b report, Feb. 2/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrNorth County Times/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNEMWrYo-W7viV1jryQjpuYUarbE9wamp;url=http://fishing.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/10720/extended-fishing-report-for-week-of-jan-30th/Extended bfishing/b report for week of Jan. 30th/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrSanta Rosa Press Democrat (blog)/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d9_TCD9pu7-sA_MMgPHv1tpuNQWgMamp;ned=usnobrball 51 news articlesnbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |
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Two frogs added to threatened species list Stockton Record table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNFFLWr4fHEo-M8aeZmdzuhlsGzERQamp;url=http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID%3D/20120205/A_NEWS/202050313/-1/NEWSMAPbTwo frogs added to threatened species list/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fStockton Record/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1By Dana M. Nichols SAN ANDREAS - The bCalifornia Fish/b and Game Commission last week voted unanimously to add two species of mountain yellow-legged frogs to the state#39;s list of threatened or endangered species. State officials say the listing will give b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dNEzcpOCiF-gfIMamp;ned=usnobrb/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |
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Calif. trout restoration to cost $2 billion over a century ScrippsNews table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNFy4HjuBnxc4m8BOWTbMOX41HM82Qamp;url=http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/66726bbCalif/b. btrout/b restoration to cost $2 billion over a century/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fScrippsNews/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1By ZEKE BARLOW, Scripps Howard News Service Restoring endangered steelhead btrout/b to the bSouthern California/b rivers and streams where they once swam in abundance will cost as much as $2.1 billion over the next 100 years, according to a new federal b/b/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHhfvFOxuoSLJT-sjhc-vMv_QbhuQamp;url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f%3D/n/a/2012/01/13/state/n201651S75.DTLRestoring steelhead btrout/b in bCalif/b may cost $2.1B/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrSan Francisco Chronicle/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNGRKV5HbE-_3xoUCCt3ixEwWgyAAgamp;url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/5d94599131ab456489e0ab1d07f5dbda/CA--Steelhead-Trout/Restoring endangered steelhead btrout/b to bSouthern California/b waterways will b/b/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrThe Republic/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNETdzDaCNLRlnKKD1dvEm-yjmhF4Qamp;url=http://flyfishing.about.com/b/2012/01/15/steelhead-recovery-could-push-2-billion-in-so-calif.htmSteelhead Recovery Could Push $2 Billion in So. bCalif/b./afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrAbout - News Issues/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dpK7aoqMFMR_slMdzTp39c3A81KkMamp;ned=usnobrball 24 news articlesnbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |
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Southern steelhead dwindling, and federal recovery plan slow Santa Ynez Valley News table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNGpqcNdVDbrRwLNQoQqQAYQqZzZ0wamp;url=http://syvnews.com/opinion/commentary/southern-steelhead-dwindling-and-federal-recovery-plan-slow/article_4ec72572-4c96-11e1-8a74-001871e3ce6c.htmlbbSouthern/b steelhead dwindling, and federal recovery plan slow/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fSanta Ynez Valley News/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1This can happen because a long-term drought has dried up part of the river, preventing the bfish/b from getting out to sea. Just as a bsouthern/b steelhead can spawn a rainbow btrout/b, that rainbow can sometimes also spawn a bsouthern/b steelhead./fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dAgOm3aEUrzSqfMamp;ned=usnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |