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Skagit River Near Martin Road 1937 vs. 2015 0
- Articles, Barnaby Project Information
- December 18, 2015
From Beth Easterday The Skagit River used to flow much farther north of Martin Road then it does nowadays. The following image is from an aerial photograph taken in 1937. The bottom image was taken in 2015. See the difference. What have you observed? 1937: 2015:

By Dave Hallock
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Interview With Howard Stafford 0
- Featured, Articles
- November 1, 2015
By Dave Hallock Howard Stafford is a life-long resident of Rockport. He is intimately familiar with our valley and the life of the Skagit River here. Howard owns and operates H. O. Stafford Trucking and Excavation, and he’s served our community for over forty years as a member of the Rockport volunteer fire department. Howard

By Dave Hallock
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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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PUT THIS PROJECT ON HOLD!1
- Articles
- 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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Suzan DelBene at Birdsview Brewery for Illabot Creek “Wild and Scenic Corridor”1
- Articles, Barnaby Project
- August 12, 2015
By Beth Easterday I recently went to the Birdsview Brewery for a meet and greet with Suzan DelBene, Congresswoman, and Lisa Janicki,Commissioner. Representatives from The Nature Conservancy, Seattle City Light, WDFW. and the local rafting company were also present to talk about the proposed designation of Illabot Creek as a “Wild and Scenic Corridor.” It

By Dave Hallock
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Martin Slough Fish Passage Feasibility and Design 0
- Articles, News Items
- August 6, 2015
Here is a link to information on this project: https://secure.rco.wa.gov/…. “This request would be for a design only project to evaluate road abandonment at the site of a three foot pipe on Martin Slough. This culvert has been identified as a fish passage issue in the Barnaby slough feasibility study (09-1440P) and other documents and

By Dave Hallock
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Martin Road Riparian Restoration 1
- Articles, News Items
- August 5, 2015
Here is the link to information regarding this project along the Skagit River and Bow and Martin Sloughs. https://secure.rco.wa.gov/prism/… “This project will restore 26 acres of riparian buffer adjacent to an established Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) along the Skagit River and Bow and Martin Sloughs near Rockport, on the left bank of the Skagit

By Dave Hallock
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New Website for Skagit Upriver Neighbors!1
- Articles, Barnaby Project, News Items, Pinned
- August 5, 2015
This website has been created to serve the sharing of information and viewpoints on issues of concern to our neighbors in the greater Rockport, Washington, area. It was inspired by concerns shared by many of our neighbors regarding a large, complex project under development by the Skagit River System Cooperative and it’s organizational partners: Seattle City Light,

By Dave Hallock
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False Claim that Humans Straightened River 0
- Articles, Barnaby Project
- August 4, 2015
If humankind changes nature, returning nature to its natural state is right, isn’t it? But, if nature changes itself, it doesn’t feel so right to change it, does it? The notion that humankind straightened the Skagit River so that it no longer flows through the Barnaby Slough is a central rationale of the Barnaby Reach Project.

By Dave Hallock
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