Cindy Messer, chief deputy director, California Department of Water Resources, speaks to the audience about the signing of a cost-share agreement for the “Imperial Streams Salton Sea and Tributaries Feasibility Study,” a $3-million, three-year study aimed at identifying potential ecosystem, flood-risk management or other land- and water-resource projects and actions for the long-term restoration of the sea during a Dec. 16 ceremony at the North Shore Yacht Club in Mecca, California.