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No Support Here for Diverting the Skagit0
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- July 20, 2021
Seattle City Light and its sponsoring partners of the Barnaby Reach Project have begun work dismantling old hatchery infrastructure in the vicinity of Barnaby Slough. We are not opposing this work, and as we’ve repeatedly made clear, we support fisheries resource recovery. However, it’s evident to us that Seattle City Light and the other sponsors
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What A Two-Year Flood Event Looks Like0
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- November 13, 2018
As part of its research work in support of the Barnaby Reach Project, the consulting firm Natural Systems Design studied water levels in the Skagit and Sauk Rivers and within the project area under flood conditions. By measuring water levels at various points, they developed models of what future floods might look like. Measurements from
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Conversation With Dr. Jon Riedel About Barnaby Project Concerns0
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- August 17, 2018
By Dave Hallock Recently several neighbors with homes adjacent to the Barnaby Reach Project area had the opportunity to visit with Dr. Jon L. Riedel, a member of the Barnaby Project’s “Technical Advisory Group.” Dr. Riedel is a geologist at North Cascades National Park and an expert on the geological history of our area. His areas
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What the Skagit Upriver Valley Floor Looks Like0
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- July 30, 2018
Here are two images of the same Skagit Upriver area, one showing what we’d see flying overhead and the other what we’d see if all the trees and other vegetation was removed. The second image was produced using Lidar a technology which reveals the actual ground elevations of the area. We can see in the
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December, 2017, Community Meeting Summary Documents0
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- January 10, 2018
Here are four documents provided by Skagit River System Cooperative summarizing the community meeting of December 12, 2017, at Howard Miller Steelhead Park, Rockport, Washington. These are notes compiled by the meeting facilitator, Cynthia Carlstad, as well as images and slides used by presenters. Thanks, Cynthia Carlstad, for providing this information. Click on the links
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South Rockport Culverts Should Be Replaced1
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- January 8, 2018
By Dave Hallock There was a good turnout of concerned neighbors for a meeting December 12th in Rockport regarding the “Barnaby Reach Project,” an initiative spearheaded by the Skagit River System Cooperative. The primary focus of the meeting had to do with recent study work on drainage related flooding in the Martin Road neighborhood area
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WSDOT, YOUR LOGJAM PROJECT DID THIS!1
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- November 29, 2017
By Lisa Fenley, WSDOT, your project created the pooling of water that undermined highway 20 east of Rockport. You can’t put that much debris in a body of water and not expect water pressure to build elsewhere, like right in front of (at the upstream end of) the man-made logjam. The debris got caught up
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LiDAR in Washington State0
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- November 16, 2017
The Washington Department of Natural Resources has just published an informative “Story Map” on the use of LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) technology by geologists to study the earth’s surface. This technology is being used in the development of computer simulation models for the Barnaby Reach project. To view the story map, “The Bare Earth,” and
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Barnaby Stakeholder Advisory Committee Meeting, Sept 7th0
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- September 27, 2017
By Dave Hallock with Christie Fairchild and Howard Stafford The Barnaby Reach Project’s Stakeholder Advisory Committee met on September 7, 2017, in Concrete. This committee is composed of representatives of the significant area stakeholders in the project, including: designated representatives of residential land owners; the National Park Service, the Washington Department of Transportation, the Washington
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Barnaby Reach Project Update Letter0
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- 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
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New Website for Skagit Upriver Neighbors!
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- August 5, 2015
Letter to FEMA Region X
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- October 5, 2015
Letter to FEMA Region X
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- October 5, 2015
Well-Being of Private Citizens Must Come First
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- September 23, 2015
A Dangerous Plan!
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- April 30, 2015
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Letter to FEMA Region X
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Well-Being of Private Citizens Must Come First
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A Dangerous Plan!
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