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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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Letter to Lisa Janicki Asking for Support 0
- Articles, Barnaby Project, Letters
- March 18, 2015
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

By Dave Hallock
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Skagit Valley Herald Account of Sedro-Woolley Meeting 0
- Articles, Barnaby Project, News Items
- February 26, 2015
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

By Dave Hallock
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A Big Hose Across a Flat Table 0
- Articles, Barnaby Project
- February 25, 2015
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,

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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