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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Queries Seattle City Light About Our Complaint 0
- Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information, Featured, Letters, Pinned
- December 15, 2021
In July, 2021, we sent a letter to the sponsors of the Barnaby Reach project expressing our opposition to any project feature like the dangerous channel originally envisioned by the sponsors. For the past eight years we’ve demanded that the idea of constructing a long, wide and deep channel to divert substantial Skagit River flow

By Dave Hallock
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Barnaby Reach sponsors declare “no intention” to harm or risk increased flooding or erosion 0
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- December 15, 2021
In what we hope is not just a public relations move but a genuine commitment to our community’s well-being, the three powerful organizations sponsoring the Barnaby Reach project have declared their intention not to harm our community or put us at risk of increased flooding or erosion. We are writing to you in response to

By Dave Hallock
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No Support Here for Diverting the Skagit 0
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- July 20, 2021
Seattle City Light and its sponsoring partners of the Barnaby Reach Project have begun work dismantling old hatchery infrastructure in the vicinity of Barnaby Slough. We are not opposing this work, and as we’ve repeatedly made clear, we support fisheries resource recovery. However, it’s evident to us that Seattle City Light and the other sponsors

By Dave Hallock
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Barnaby Reach Project to Focus on Infrastructure Removal and Possible Illabot Creek Connection 0
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- May 17, 2019
Here is a letter received May 17, 2019, from Cynthia Carlstad, consultant to the sponsors of the Barnaby Reach habitat restoration project. It summarizes the current state of affairs regarding the project. We’re pleased to see the sponsors taking what appears to be a sound direction toward meeting their habitat restoration goals while doing so

By Dave Hallock
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Conversation With Dr. Jon Riedel About Barnaby Project Concerns 0
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- August 17, 2018
By Dave Hallock Recently several neighbors with homes adjacent to the Barnaby Reach Project area had the opportunity to visit with Dr. Jon L. Riedel, a member of the Barnaby Project’s “Technical Advisory Group.” Dr. Riedel is a geologist at North Cascades National Park and an expert on the geological history of our area. His areas

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South Rockport Culverts Should Be Replaced 1
- Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information, Featured
- January 8, 2018
By Dave Hallock There was a good turnout of concerned neighbors for a meeting December 12th in Rockport regarding the “Barnaby Reach Project,” an initiative spearheaded by the Skagit River System Cooperative. The primary focus of the meeting had to do with recent study work on drainage related flooding in the Martin Road neighborhood area

By Dave Hallock
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WSDOT, YOUR LOGJAM PROJECT DID THIS!1
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- November 29, 2017
By Lisa Fenley, WSDOT, your project created the pooling of water that undermined highway 20 east of Rockport. You can’t put that much debris in a body of water and not expect water pressure to build elsewhere, like right in front of (at the upstream end of) the man-made logjam. The debris got caught up

By Dave Hallock
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Barnaby Reach Project Walking Tour, May 13, 2017 0
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- May 13, 2017
By Dave Hallock Thanks to Devin Smith of the Skagit River System Cooperative and his staff for conducting an informative walking tour of the Barnaby Reach project area this afternoon. We had a good turnout of neighbors and there was a lot of helpful information sharing and conversation. It was great that Skagit County Commissioners

By Dave Hallock
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Encouraging Words 0
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- January 27, 2017
By Dave Hallock I had the opportunity to meet this past Tuesday afternoon with two lead consultants for Natural Systems Design (NSD), along with Devin Smith, Project Manager for the Barnaby Reach project, and Cynthia Carlstad, of Carlstad Consulting, who has been retained by Skagit River System Cooperative (SRSC) to coordinate community outreach relating to

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Time to Respect Mother Nature 1
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- November 11, 2016
By Dave Hallock Along with several of my Rockport neighbors, I recently had the opportunity to visit with Richard Brocksmith, Executive Director of the Skagit Watershed Council regarding the Barnaby Slough project. The Skagit Watershed Council has responsibilities around reviewing and endorsing salmon habitat projects seeking approval and grant funding by Washington’s Salmon Recovery Funding

By Dave Hallock
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