Flowers in shades of purple, blue, yellow and white dot the desert floor. More than 50 species of flowers are blooming, courtesy this year’s soaking rains.

http://www.sandiego6.com/superbloom-blankets-anza-borrego-state-park/

A $383 million plan released by the state’s Natural Resources Agency on Thursday lays out a schedule for building thousands of acres of ponds and wetlands that will cover up stretches of dusty lakebed and create habitat for birds as the lake recedes.

http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2017/03/16/california-has-new-383-million-plan-shrinking-salton-sea/99124850/