Dear Lisa Janicki, Thank you for coming to Rockport and meeting with concerned residents and homeowners here regarding the developing plans of the Skagit River Cooperative to carry out fish habitat restoration upriver from our lands and homes. We have serious concerns and are opposed to any initiative which would channel Skagit River flow into the
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Kimberly Cauvel of the Skagit Valley Herald did a good job covering high points of the heated public meeting held in Sedro-Woolley, Monday, February 23, 2015. One moment I wish she’d documented was the response of Steve Hinton of the Skagit River System Cooperative to my question in front of the large group as to
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The idea of excavating a channel to divert Skagit River flow into the Barnaby Slough needs to be opposed, period. It sets up the possibility of future flooding that nothing can mitigate. I see a big hose being laid down on an essentially flat surface in the direction of the south end of Martin Road,
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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
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Dear Representative Kristiansen, I am writing to you on behalf of my neighbors who live and own homes and land in the Martin Road area of Rockport. We are very concerned about the potential for an increase in our exposure to flood risk associated with a developing project to improve fish habitat just upriver from
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We have great confidence in the experience and judgment of the people who have lived in the Martin Road area for a long time and have intimate familiarity with your project area. These people include Howard Stafford who has lived his entire life here, as well as Lee and Lisa Fenley and Denton and Jessica
READ MOREDear Devin Smith, Senior Restoration Ecologist, Skagit River System Cooperative: This letter is to recommend and advance elements of a value-analysis-based approach to deciding on which Barnaby Slough habitat restoration alternative is chosen. You may intend to do something very much like what I’m going to summarize, I don’t know, but I want to share
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