True and regrettable fact: congressman Sonny Bono was on this problem in a major way when this problem was far less ominous/advanced and had legislation and fed

True and regrettable fact: congressman Sonny Bono was on this problem in a major way when this problem was far less ominous/advanced and had legislation and fed dollars in sight when he skied into a tree and died. His Congressional seat passed to his wife, who named a wetlands and large scale bird sanctuary on the southeast corner of the Salton Sea in his honor. Congressperson Mary Bono reprioritized on matters of real estate development for whatever reason and for all intents and purposes, forgot about this long looming disaster. To her credit, property values in the Coachella valley (6 miles and a mountain ridge away from the Salton Sea) have appreciated handsomely since she was widowed. Like the proverbial coal mine canary, Migratory Birds voted with their wings in ways that poor humans in the area can't when the the Salton Sea became unhealthy and the Bono bird sanctuary is these days, defunct.