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Letter From Upriver Neighbors Demanding Extra-Conservative Flood Hazard Evaluation of Barnaby Reach Project 1
- Articles, Featured, Letters, Pinned
- September 28, 2015
Following is the text of a detailed letter signed by residents and property owners in the greater Rockport area expressing the expectation that the Barnaby Reach habitat restoration project be subjected to risk assessment criteria commensurate with its high risk location adjacent to a residential and farming community. Hard copies with signatures were given to project sponsors

By Dave Hallock
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Well-Being of Private Citizens Must Come First 2
- Articles, Barnaby Project, Featured, Pinned
- September 23, 2015
By Pat Buller Alternative number four of the “Habitat Restoration Alternatives Assessment for the Barnaby Reach of the Skagit River” proposes diverting up to one-third of the flow of the mainstream Skagit River into Barnaby Slough. In the document there are a number of risk assessments given for different actions related to the project. Nowhere

By Dave Hallock
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A Big Reason to Avoid Diverting the Skagit: Earthquakes 0
- Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information, Featured
- September 13, 2015
We’ve taken a stand in strong opposition to the idea of cutting a channel from the Skagit River into the Barnaby Slough for the purpose of diverting river flow through the slough because it is fraught with so many negative possibilities. Great harm could be done to the homes and lands of our neighbors living

By Dave Hallock
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PUT THIS PROJECT ON HOLD!1
- Articles, Featured
- August 16, 2015
By Lee Fenley I own property off the Martin Road in Rockport residing on Stafford Lane where the Skagit Rivers System Cooperative (known as SRSC) is trying to divert the “wild and scenic” Skagit River into the Barnaby Slough area. The SRSC has offered four options and are trying to make a decision to settle

By Dave Hallock
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False Claims of No Flood Risk 0
- Articles, Barnaby Project Information, Featured
- August 4, 2015
The Skagit River System Cooperative is claiming that there will be no risk of flooding if its “Alternative #4” is implemented. Alternative #4 involves cutting a wide channel to divert a significant portion of Skagit River flow into and out of the Barnaby Slough. The channel was described as being 270 feet wide and the

By Dave Hallock
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A Dangerous Plan!2
- Articles, Barnaby Project, Featured
- April 30, 2015
Op-Ed – Concrete Herald, May 2015 (by Christie L. Fairchild) We’ve heard of “moving mountains”, but what about moving RIVERS? That’s precisely what the Swinomish and Sauk-Suiattle tribes want to do. A dangerous plan to excavate a huge, 300 foot wide channel from the Skagit River into Barnaby Slough has been conjured up by the

By Dave Hallock
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Exposure to Catastrophic Risk that Cannot be Mitigated 0
- Articles, Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information, Featured
- February 24, 2015
This letter was sent to the Skagit River System Cooperative following a public meeting in Sedro Woolley, February 23, 2015. This is to provide you with feedback and input following your public meeting last night in Sedro Woolley regarding your project. There was a large turnout of citizens who expressed strong concerns about your project

By Dave Hallock
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Forget About Channeling the Skagit into the Barnaby Slough 0
- Barnaby Project, Featured, Letters
- February 24, 2015
This is a letter Dave Hallock sent to Devin Smith, Senior Restoration Ecologist, Skagit River System Cooperative, on February 24, 2015, following a public meeting in Sedro-Woolley in which the SRSC discussed its Barnaby Reach project with a large audience of concerned citizens: Dear Devin Smith: This is to provide you with feedback and input

By Dave Hallock
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You Have a Lot of Work to Do!0
- Barnaby Project, Featured, Letters
- February 11, 2015
Letter to the Skagit River System Cooperative following February 10, 2015, public meeting. We own a home and property adjacent to the False Lucas Slough, on Stafford Lane, off Martins Road in Rockport. Our property is west of the Barnaby Slough habitat restoration project area and may be at significant risk as a consequence of actions

By Dave Hallock
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