In the dust of the Coachella Valley, residents push for a park along the shrinking Salton Sea

"The Salton Sea is shrinking as less water flows in from the Colorado River, surrounding farms use more efficient irrigation and the planet warms."

"Researchers have linked the dust that blows off the playa to the region's abnormally high rates of childhood asthma."

"When I come here, I stop and look out at the lake and think, 'If this place wasn't like it is now... this place would be full of people from the community.'"

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