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Salton Sea resort : death in the desert

text Salton Sea resort : death in the desert

Summary
In the 1950s and 1960s, the Salton Sea resort area was a vacationers paradise. People looking to go boating, swimming, and fishing flocked to Californias largest lake. Homes, hotels, and shops sprang up as more and more people moved to the region.... Read more
Contents

Not what it seems -- Disappearing lakes -- A lake by mistake -- The West's greatest playground -- Stars in the sun -- Runoff -- A smelly, salty sea -- Wildlife graveyard -- Abandoned -- Picturing what's left -- Toxic cloud -- The Salton Sea tomorrow -- Then and now.

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32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 27 cm
Publisher
Bearport Publishing 2015

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Woodmere (Main Branch) J 979.4 BLA in Juvenile Nonfiction Available

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