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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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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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Preserve the Barnaby for all Wildlife 0
- Articles, Barnaby Project
- August 3, 2015
The Skagit River System Cooperative is narrowly focused on fish habitat in its thinking about modifying the Barnaby Slough. What about all the other wildlife that prospers there now?

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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Barnaby Reach Project Alternative #4 0
- Articles, Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information
- April 9, 2015
The Barnaby Reach Project imagines four possible alternatives. The most ambitious one is referred to as “Alternative #4.” Alternative #4 directs a portion of the Skagit River into Barnaby Slough. It would involve cutting connecting channels to link the Skagit River with Barnaby Slough, as well as Harrison Slough and Lucas Slough, so that a portion of

By Dave Hallock
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Dear Jenny Baker of The Nature Conservancy 0
- Articles, Barnaby Project, Letters
- March 19, 2015
Dear Jenny Baker, We can’t imagine that The Nature Conservancy would go along with a project which features restoration actions that would cause an increase in our exposure to flood risk that cannot be fully mitigated for catastrophic events. If you’ve had a chance to review the SRC document, you’ve noticed the idea of cutting

By Dave Hallock
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