The Salton Sea,
in summertime,
is scorching,
stark,
solitary,
and stunning.
No one here but you,
and the silent sea.
Good news for a change! California voters passed Proposition 68 this week which will allocate $200 million dollars towards saving The Salton Sea. The monies are earmarked towards rebuilding the wetlands that are so crucial to migrating birds and to conserving all the wildlife that depend upon the sea. Funds are also allocated to mitigate the harmful dust that is damaging human health. Everyday, amidst all the negativity, so many people do very good things! Thank you California voters for protecting our wild creatures and wild spaces.
Cheers to you from the soon to be saved Salton Sea~
Interesting to see. Our book club read the novel The Book of Dead Birds some years ago, which is when I first heard of the Salton Sea. A fascinating place.
I hadn’t heard of this book, so I googled it. It sounds fascinating on multiple levels and I will down load it. Thanks for the heads-up.
I hope you enjoy the book as well as the actual site. I found the book quite interesting.
It sounds so…..
Wonderful news and great photos. Now if only the voters would deal with some of the other issues that threaten the Country… xx
Exactly. We can always hope! ❤
Good to know that some states still care since our wildlife and wild lands need protecting now more than ever.
I couldn’t possibly agree more ❤
Thank you for the good news Cindy! It’s good to know there are some places in this country with the good sense to know we must preserve our environment! Silent Spring came to mind as I write. I don’t ever want one of those or a silent summer, winter or fall for that matter.
Exactly. Rachel Carson was a prescient genius.
So beautiful! Thank you my friend & cheers to you ❤
As beautiful as you my dear Cindy.
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Beautiful Rose.
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Nice when people do the right thing!!
It is sweet indeed ❤
Yay! California! I saw a documentary on the Salton Sea many years ago, and it was already quite problematic back then. Thanks for sharing the good news. 🙂
It has basically always been problematic, but not the problems have reached the level of crisis, so it is especially encouraging that voters supported this proposition.
Gorgeous photos, Cindy, and wonderful to hear about the passage of Prop 68. It’s a relief and a blessing to focus on the positive amid the chaos. Thanks so much for sharing the good news! ❤️
We need it so badly in these days of consistent negative behavior. It is encouraging.
That is very good news indeed, Cindy! I love your reflections.
Ahhh, thank you! I love your kind comment.
You bring out the beauty in so many places, but this–quite an achievement! Same with CA legislature’s plan for renewal. Great news!
Thank you. I am so relieved that voters want to protect California’s incredible natural spaces.
That is a good news! I always like to hear we think about other beings that live along us on this earth too!
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Thumbs up for Californians, as expected ! !
Yes, blue is true, it has ❤
Amazing shots Cindy.
Ah, thank you & be well.
Eine schlichte aber wunderschöne Landschaft. Erinnert mich an die Camargue in den Siebziger Jahren. Danke Cindy fürs zeigen…
Manchmal wissen Sie, dass eine Person ist ein sehr guter Mensch.Dies ist, was ich uber Sie wissen. Ich freue mich immer auf Ihren Kommentar zu erhalten und einen Blog zu besuchen.Ich habe noch nie auf den Teil von Frankreich wo es Flamingos.Ich habe davon gehört. Es muss fantastisch sein.
I am so sorry. I know I brutalized the language. But it is such a beautiful language.
Beautiful photos and great news about the funding for such a spectacularly beautiful, tranquil spot.
Thank you Marje & it is indeed wonderful news and so encouraging that voters passed this proposition.
Such a lovely sequence, Cindy! Best wishes, always 🙂 🙂
Ahhh, so kind & thank you Jo ❤
That is great news for the area! Love hearing about positive environmental measures. Nice combination of prose and imagery.
Peta
I share your feeling about positive action regarding our environment and thank you for stopping by and commenting.
Wonderful news!
Yes it is & cheers to you Michele!
YAY! One small victory, for Mother Earth.
Great shots, Cindy, austere and calling…..like the pipes.
Mother needs the victories. ❤ to you Resa!
Wow
It is a very odd place.
We live in a beautiful world and there are many, many people who will stand with the people of California. Thank you for this hopeful and profound news. We can make a difference – together.
Yes we can! Hugs to you Rebecca. ❤
Good news for the birds and migration routes. – Oscar
It is. I have never seen the sea so empty of birds. I hope they start the wetland recovery soon, but you know bureaucracy, and this is quite a huge mess to try and ameliorate….
Salton See is a great tragedy!!!
Yes. I hope, for all affected, we can turn it into something slightly better.
salton sea and san andreas form a deadly couple
I would guess that when The San Andreas blows, it will just swallow The Salton Sea.
It would be great!
That is good news, Cindy!
I love these peaceful photos. I can hear the silence. (I remember an old Gomer Pyle rerun from my childhood, where he talks about listening to the quiet. The concept always stayed with me.) Hugs.
How lovely of Gomer. Silence calms me ❤
Breathtaking… It must be difficult to leave the place.
Thank you for sharing, Cindy! 🙂
It is a beautiful, polluted, wasteland. So it is a study in opposites.
Oh no… Saving The Salton Sea sounds really encouraging.
It is encouraging, in that the problems may be ameliorated, somewhat, in that the wild animals that depend on the sea, and the people who live near it, could be benefitted and not killed. It is complicated, more so than most people who haven’t visited the sea all their life realize. I will do a post next, I think, clarifying things, but only a bit. Although, I tend, on purpose, to avoid, hitting hard things head on, since many others do it, and it creates such a realistically depressing onslaught it can be overwhelming.
Beautiful photos and such good news Cindy! 😍
Yes. I hope they start the restorations soon as the wildlife are not doing well.
Bravo! A breath of fresh air (and hopefully water) in the stifling stench rising from DC every day. Thanks for letting us know!
Your most welcome. I look very much forward to watching the restorations!
Beautiful area and stunning photos, Cindy. Pleased to hear that some people care unselfishly about the planet and nature…the silent, peaceful majority, for once in the history of mankind, need to speak with whatever peaceful tools we have and our money seems to be quite a tool!
Your words give me goosebumps. Because they are so true. And so powerful.
I am ever hopeful that each of us will realize the power we have as individuals, together.
We need to know, and act on this now, more than ever…..
Gorgeous photos, Cindy. Always good to read when people do the right thing.
Yes. Some many people do the right thing. All the time. A powerful few, skew the equation, and they make us all look, and feel, bad.
True, Cindy.
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Gorgeous
Thank you. And so fraught.
Beautiful place…would inspire a great blog post! Just what I need to get my creativity flowing again!
Sorta like the surface of Mars, with picnic tables…….Can’t wait to see what your curiosity flow creates!!
Well…yes! ☺ hopefully not too similar to Mars right now with the raging dust storm its experiencing ravaging it!😉
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Great news! Hopefully, all these small steps will start adding up and dare we hope for a significant improvement…
xx Rowena
There maybe more efforts coming forward. I will wait and watch. Thank you for caring Rowena.
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Ahhh, you are such a kind and thoughtful person. Thank you & be well.