Letters

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
- Barnaby Project, Featured, Letters, Pinned
- 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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Barnaby Reach Project Update Letter 0
- Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information, Letters, News Items
- July 3, 2017
Here is a project update letter from Cynthia Carstad, Consultant to the Skagit River System Cooperative for its Barnaby Reach Habitat Project. “Greetings! This message is being sent to individuals who have requested to receive updates on the Barnaby Reach Habitat Project. On May 13, more than 26 community members and other stakeholders attended the

By Dave Hallock
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Update on Barnaby Reach Study 0
- Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information, Letters
- October 28, 2016
Here is an email letter from Cynthia Carlstad, consultant to the steering committee for the Barnaby Reach project, received October 28, 2016: “Greetings Barnaby Reach Project Stakeholder Advisory Committee and Interested Parties: This email provides updates on project activities since my last message in late August. As I described then, the project Steering Committee (Skagit

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Barnaby Reach Project Consultant Update 0
- Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information, Letters
- September 8, 2016
Cynthia Carlstad, consultant to the Skagit River System Cooperative for its Barnaby Reach project called me in response to a letter I wrote to the SRSC leadership. She confirmed that the project proponents and their sponsors are very aware of our steadfast opposition to the channel feature in the current project design. No alternative approach

By Dave Hallock
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Letter to Skagit River System Cooperative Barnaby Project Leaders 0
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- August 18, 2016
Following receipt of a letter indicating that there will be no meeting of the “Barnaby Project” “Stakeholder Advisory Committee” in the near future, I drafted the following letter to the key leaders of the Skagit River System Cooperative, Steve Hinton and Devin Smith, and their project consultant, Cynthia Carlstad. We’ve repeatedly expressed complete opposition to

By Dave Hallock
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Letter From Alex Wright Re Barnaby Project 0
- Barnaby Project, Letters
- May 30, 2016
To Skagit Upriver Neighbors: At the recent meeting in Concrete one questioner was concerned about what could happen if the river flooded. Their query, could the river change course? This could be avoided if flood gates were installed at the entrance of the proposed canal. If the project must be built, remove all the current

By Dave Hallock
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Letter to Senator Kirk Pearson 0
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- May 15, 2016
We had the opportunity to meet with our state senator, Kirk Pearson, this evening in Marblemount to discuss the Barnaby Reach project. He listened well and asked that we follow promptly with a summary of our conversation so he could refer to it tomorrow in his meeting with the head of the Washington Department of

By Dave Hallock
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Artie Olson Letter to the Concrete Herald 0
- Barnaby Project, Letters, News Items, Pinned
- February 3, 2016
Letter to the Editor Concrete Herald By Artie Olson January 2016 After attending the December 10th Skagit River Systems Cooperative (SRSC) meeting on the Barnaby Reach “construction” project (NOT “restoration” project, as they insist on calling it), I noticed a number of changes from their last meeting, many months before. Most noticeably changed were their

By Dave Hallock
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Correspondence With Devin Smith 0
- Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information, Letters
- December 14, 2015
Here is Devin Smith’s response to my email letter of December 13, 2013, which you can read here: Letter to Devin Smith First, here is my brief response, followed by Mr. Smith’s letter. Dear Devin Smith, Thank you for your response to my letter of yesterday. I see where your analysis equates a modeled historical condition

By Dave Hallock
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