With the fish may go thousands of resident and migratory birds that use the sea as a feeding and nesting area. Among them are seven endangered species, including brown pelicans, southern bald eagles and peregrine falcons. Bird watchers, who stalk their quarry from several national wildlife refuges, have counted more than 300 species. Among duck hunters, the sea's marshland is legendary. Thousands of acres of federal and - state land are set aside for hunters another 55 private duck clubs help serve the estimated 64,000 people who hunt there every year.
People live out here for the fishing.
Seeking strength in numbers, some active residents are now forming a coalition of clubs to save the sea. We don't have much, and we don t want to lose what we have. This lack of visibility, said Ranger Ritter may be one reason little has been done since the salinity problem became apparent more than 10 years ago. Salton Sea people are not organizers. They came here to get away from things.