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  • Dust Suppression
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Progress Overview

The Salton Sea Management Program’s 10-year Plan calls for construction of habitat restoration and dust suppression on 29,800 acres of exposed lakebed and areas that will be exposed by 2028. This Progress Dashboard provides a snapshot of the accomplishments and advancements being made towards this goal and towards improving conditions at the Salton Sea.

18
Projects
589 M
Funds Committed to Program
15
Partnerships
29,800
Total Acres
3,225 acres
Interim Dust Suppression & Construction Complete
4,614 acres
Projects In Construction
5,571 acres
Projects In Design
16,390 acres
In Planning

The Salton Sea Management Program and partners conduct a variety of activities to support the goals of the Phase 1: 10-Year Plan. These activities range from temporary measures at the onset of a project, such as surface roughening, to permanent construction features. SSMP tracks the outcomes of these activities to help measure progress toward 10-Year Plan goals.

The SSMP team tracks the unique count of acres of dust suppression and fish and wildlife habitat construction per project in order to track the program's progress toward achieving habitat restoration and dust suppression on 29,800 acres of exposed lakebed by 2028. In this dashboard, project area with interim dust suppression is reported with total completed acres (dark blue). However, project areas with interim dust suppression acres may also undergo additional construction.

In addition, the program is tracking other metrics such as public amenities and recreation access and acres of endangered and special status species habitat. The metrics for endangered species and special status species habitat are not unique acres and can overlap with dust suppression or fish and wildlife habitat acres.

Dust Suppression Acres Counted Towards SWRCB WR 2017-0134 Target
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Total
4,995 acres
Interim & Completed
2,878 acres
In Construction
111 acres
In Design
2,006 acres
Fish and Wildlife Habitat Acres Counted Towards SWRCB WR 2017-0134 Target
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Total
8,415 acres
Completed
347 acres
In Construction
4,503 acres
In Design
3,565 acres
Public Amenities & Recreation Access
0
Structures
Endangered & Special Status Species Habitat
28
Acres

Dust Suppression

Dust suppression activities can include water-less measures such as surface roughening and placing grass bales on the exposed lakebed. These techniques reduce wind speed and therefore airborne particles. 

Surface roughening and placing grass bales are interim measures that can be done as discrete treatments or in conjunction with other measures such as vegetation enhancement activities. SSMP reports both acres that have been treated for interim dust suppression as well as acres where vegetation enhancement activities of planting/seeding and irrigating are complete.

The first dust suppression projects were implemented in 2020 and dust suppression activities continue to be used to meet the goals in the SSMP Phase 1: 10-Year Plan.

Dust Suppression Acres Counted Towards SWRCB WR 2017-0134 Target
14,900
Total Acres
2,878 acres
Interim Dust Suppression & Construction Complete
111 acres
Projects In Construction
2,006 acres
Projects In Design
9,905 acres
In Planning
Acres by Year
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Acres by Project
Bruchard Road 112 acres
Clubhouse Vegetation Enhancement (USBR parcels) 424 acres *
New River East 341 acres
New River West 302 acres
Species Conservation Habitat (SCH) 500 acres *
Tule Wash Vegetation Enhancement 1,480 acres *
West Bombay Beach Vegetation Enhancement 93 acres

* Denotes projects where acreage was previously reported as interim dust suppression and those acres were converted to vegetation enhancement completed or to fish and wildlife habitat. For Clubhouse, 25 acres of interim dust suppression reported in 2022 were converted to completed in 2023.

Surface Roughening Conducted
1,925
Acres
Vegetation Enhancement Performed
1,302
Acres

Fish & Wildlife Habitat

Fish and wildlife habitat can include aquatic ponds and wetland habitats. The SSMP Phase 1: 10-Year Plan is required to implement 14,800 acres of fish and wildlife habitat, 50 percent of the 29,800 milestone.

Fish and Wildlife Habitat includes habitat for a broad range of species, both common and special status. Therefore, if a project is implemented to create habitat for a specific species it could also be identified in the Endangered Species and Special Status Category.

Fish and Wildlife Habitat Acres Counted Towards SWRCB WR 2017-0134 Target
14,900
Total Acres
347 acres
Construction Complete
4,503 acres
Projects In Construction
3,565 acres
Projects In Design
6,485 acres
In Planning
Acres by Year
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Acres by Project
Species Conservation Habitat (SCH) 347 acres
Aquatic Habitat Created
347
Acres
Wetland Habitat Created
0
Acres

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