Salton Sea Magazine Summer 2024

Salton Sea Magazine 

Summer 2024 

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Cover Photo: “JB” Griffin 

Salton Sea, CA

Sunset Beach, CA photo “JB” Griffin 

Courtsy of Salton Sea History Museum


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Summer 2024 

Welcome to the Summer Issue 2024 of 

Salton Sea Magazine. Our magazine is published by 

JBGmg based in Indio, CA We spotlight and publish 

interesting content from anywhere across the globe 

and accept ads both in the USA and globally. We 

welcome your suggestions, photos, ads and editorial 

content for our online and print on demand magazine. 

Wishing everyone an 

awesome and refreshing Summer Season 

Hope to Sea you in the Desert, Beach and 

maybe in Salton Sea and beyond. 

Sincerely, 

Summer Issue 2024 

About Salton Sea .......................................9-12 

57 Jobs and Countng Book Feature ........................15 

trimcards Weight Management Feature .............21 

Beach Cottage Sale ............31 

When in Maine 

Visit Noonan’s 

Best Lobster on the 

Planet 

“JB” James B. Griffin 

Founder / Publisher 

jbgriffin@jbgmg.com 

Publisher: JB” James B. Griffin 

Photographer: “JB” Griffin 

Design: JBGmg 

Marketing / Advertising: “JB” James B. Griffin 

For article submissions photos, please email 

jbgriffin@jbgmg.com 

When in Morro Bay 

Visit Dorn’s 

Did you know that 

Salton Sea elevation is 

235 feet below 

Sea Level 

© All Rights Reserved . No part of this Magazine may be reproduced without 

the written consent of the Publisher. Disclaimer: Salton Sea Magazine will not 

be held liable for any claims made against products or services provided by our 

advertisers. 

Salton Sea Magazine Summer Issue 

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gummy7 global marketplace promotes interesting people, places and events from Antarctica to Zambia. 

gummy7 was founded by ”JB” Griffin, Indio Resident who thought of the name gummy7 while on a business 

trip in Shanghai China at a International Travel Show in 2006. 

We welcome your stories, ads and photos or suggestions 

email jbgriffin@jbgmg.com 

Gum’s Thoughts for the Day visit us online 24/7 www.jbgmg.com 

www.jbgmg.com 

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Featuring 

Events, People, Places, 

Real Estate, Restaurants 

Cool Places to Visit, 

Golf, Updates to Salton Sea History, 

Preservation Efforts, Lithium Mining 

& More 

published by 

www.jbgmg.com 







Background Information on the Salton Sea 

Courtesy of Calfornia Department of Fish and Game 

The Salton Sea, located in southern Riverside and northern Imperial counties in 

Southern California, is California’ s largest lake (map at right). Although large 

seas have cyclically formed and dried over historic time in the basin due to 

natural flooding from the Colorado River, the current Salton Sea was formed 

when Colorado River floodwater breached an irrigation canal being constructed 

in the Imperial Valley in 1905 and flowed into the Salton Sink. The Sea has 

since been maintained by irrigation runoff in the Imperial and Coachella valleys 

and local rivers. Because the Sea is a terminal lake, increasingly concentrated 

salts have resulted in a salinity that is currently 50 percent greater than that of 

the ocean. The increasing salinity and other water quality issues, including 

temperature extremes, eutrophication, and related anoxia and algal productivity, 

are adversely influencing the Sea’ s fish and wildlife resources. 

Until recently, the Sea also supported a robust marine sport fishery that included 

orangemouth corvina (Cynoscion xanthulus), Gulf croaker (Bairdiella 

icistia), and sargo (Anisotremus davidsoni). Increasing salinity has eliminated 

the marine fishery, leaving only the euryhaline tilapia to provide sport fishing. 

Tilapia and several smaller nonsport fish species, of which only the endangered 

desert pupfish(opens in new tab) (Cyprinodon macularius) is native, currently 

sustain a number of bird species. 



Declining inflows in future years will result in collapse of the 

Salton Sea ecosystem due to increasing salinity and other water 

quality issues, such as temperature, eutrophication, and 

related anoxia and algal productivity. Pileworms and barnacles, 

primary components of the Salton Sea food web, already appear 

to be impacted by deteriorating water quality. Tilapia, which is 

presently the primary forage species for piscivorous (fish-eating) 

birds at the Salton Sea, may be eliminated when salinity exceeds 

60 parts per thousand (ppt). Salinity reached 50 ppt in 2008 and 

could exceed 60 ppt as early as 2018. Tilapia would likely 

continue to persist in areas of lower salinity where the rivers, 

creeks, and agricultural drains enter the Salton Sea. However, the 

loss of fish populations from the open water area would 

significantly reduce and possibly eliminate use of the Salton Sea 

by piscivorous birds, such as pelicans, double-crested 

cormorants, and black skimmers by the early 2020s. Some of 

these birds could use the areas where the rivers, creeks, and 

drains enter the Salton Sea if fish continue to persist in these 

locations. In addition, the relative abundance of bird species that 

forage on invertebrates likely would change over time with increases 

in salinity and resultant changes in the invertebrate 

community. 

SAVE SALTON SEA Write your local Congressman and be 

proactive to make Salton Sea a place for all to enjoy for future 

generations 




Salton Sea Resources 

California Department of Water Resources Salton Sea Ecosystem 

Restoration Program 

Website provides information and documentation on Financial 

Assistance Program, Salton Sea Species Conservation Habitat 

Project, the Salton Sea Restoration Program PEIR 2007, and 

much more. 

California Department of Fish & Wildlife 

The CDFW Document Library is an online repository of 

thousands of documents pertinent to the department and its customers. 

This website provides a search engine to query on any 

existing documents regarding the Salton Sea that are available. 

University of Redlands Salton Sea Database Program 

Website provides background information on the Salton Sea, 

ecological issues, data and research, an online map viewer, and 

much more. 

USGS Salton Sea Science Office 

Salton Sea Authority 

Scripps Institution of Oceanography 


Salton Sea Yacht Club 




Sunset Beach Mag Book Feature 

Struggling with a Job / Career 

“JB” Griffin, publisher Salton Sea 

Magazine is a resident Indio and 

Sunset Beach and writer/publisher 

of 57 Jobs and Counting a career 

less traveled and guide to finding 

your passion 

To order a hard copy of the book 




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Salton Sea Mag Stay Fit Feature 

courtesy of trimcards 

drink water instead of sugary drinks 

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www.antiquesofthesea.com 

Nautical Museum Sunset Beach 

Just Sold 

158 Miles from 

Salton Sea Beach in 

Sunset Beach CA 

listed by 

“JB” James Griffin 

DRE# 01229433 

sold at 

$1,200,000 

www.jbgmg.com 



Mitch and 

Midge 

Common Sense, Ideas, 

Recipes, Fun , Stuff 

and More from 

Antartica to Zambia 

............... 

Wishing 

Y’all a 

Happy 

Spring 

Mitch and 

Midge 

Will boating return to Salton 

Sea stay tuned it may be awhile 

Mitch and Midge Features 

When in Indio, CA Be sure to 

visit the Tack Room Tavern pooch 

friendly patio Locals Favorite 

https://www.tackroomtavern.com 

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Mitch & Midge have retired and now are enjoyng 

their retirement in the Coachella Valley so much 

to do so little time Stay tuned as Mitch and Midge 

Feature cool places in and things to do

https://www.tracksellinginstitute.com/ 

State of California Salton Sea Management Program 

The SSMP team shared its near-term plans for interim projects to help 

control dust with the release of the Dust Suppression Action Plan in July 

2020. The plan is a guidance document that outlines 9,800 acres of 

project planning areas on exposed lakebed around the Salton Sea, 

identifies potential dust suppression concepts, and describes the steps 

needed to transition from concept to on-the-ground implementation over 

the next few years. 

Since the state is not a significant landowner around the Salton Sea, 

collaboration with various land-owning entities is critical to the SSMP 

team’s ability to implement projects. Land-access agreements and permits 

must be secured before soil testing or construction work begins. As a 

result, the SSMP is prioritizing work to secure land access in areas with 

the highest emissivity potential. These projects will help control dust and 

limit Sea-related impacts on air quality for communities such as Salton 

City, Bombay Beach and North Shore. Projects are in the planning stage 

at six sites for which land access is expected shortly: Clubhouse, Tule 

Wash, San Felipe Fan, Bombay Beach and Bombay Beach West, and 

North Shore. 



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Did you know that Salton Sea is 

California’s largest lake – 

Surface Area: 343 sq mi; 

Shoreline: 110 miles; 

Depth: Ave. 29’, 

Deepest: 51’ 

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All things in moderation 

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If you Love Golf you 

must Experience 

Arizona Golf at the 

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Az 

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Did you know according to Readers Digest 

people rarely used to smile in photos.. 

Join the Salton Sea Golf Club Monthly Golf Outings 

throughout So Cal email jbgriffin@jbgmg.com 

Cool Places 

Visit Solvang, CA 

just a 4 hour 16 

minute drive from 

Salton Sea, CA 

Andersons Pea Soup Resturant, Buellton,Ca 



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Visit Surf City, CA just 151 miles from Salton Sea 

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Beach Cottage Just Sold on Sunset Island 

Sunset Beach 

2 Bedrooms 1 3/4 Baths 

Just Sold 

JB Griffin @ 562.810.8881 

DRE#01229433 

https://www.jbgmg.com 

New Listings wanted 

email jbgriffin@jbgmg 

ph: 562.810.8881 

$1,200,000 

Sold by Owner /Broker 

email jbgriffin@jbgmg 

ph: 562.810.8881 

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I Promise I will not put you on hold “JB” 



Yes they put an Ice skating rInk not far from Salton Sea Can You Beleive That --- JB Griffin publisher Salton Sea Mag 

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Sunset Beach Photo courtesy of “JB” Griffin Realtor 562.810.810.8881 selling Homes, Land and 

Building from the Ocean to the Desert DRE# 01229433 www.jbgmg.com 




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Fun Stuff 

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Where the Heck is Hawaiian Gardens? 











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