Barnaby Project

Community Letter to SRSC Declaring Opposition to Diversion of Illabot Creek and/or the Skagit River into the Barnaby/Harrison Complex.0
- Articles, Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information, Featured, O'Brian Reach Study Project
- June 1, 2023
This community letter from over 100 landowners, farmers, business owners and residents of eastern Skagit County declares our community’s complete opposition to any diversion or redirection of the Skagit River and/or the Illabot Creek into the Barnaby/Harrison Complex. Thank you to our many upriver neighbors for your support. EXHIBIT A EXHIBIT B

By Dave Hallock
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We Oppose Any Active Modification of Channel Hydrology!0
- Barnaby Project, O'Brian Reach Study Project
- February 18, 2023
Two high risk habitat projects are now going on upstream of our Rockport neighborhood community. One is called the Barnaby Reach project, the other is called the O’Brian. O’Brian is in a study phase managed by WSDOT. We’ve become increasingly concerned because these two projects together represent considerable risk to our community. Here is our

By Dave Hallock
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Seattle City Light, Eight Hundred Ton Gorilla With a Checkbook 0
- Articles, Barnaby Project
- February 8, 2023
Seattle City Light has been an 800-ton gorilla recklessly throwing its weight around our valley for a long time. In 2014 City Light advanced an extremely dangerous initiative to divert the Skagit River directly toward our neighborhood through Barnaby Slough. And now it’s partially funding and providing study, political influence, and science support for a

By Dave Hallock
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City of Seattle: DO THE RIGHT THING! BUILD FISH PASSAGE!0
- Articles, Barnaby Project, O'Brian Reach Study Project, Seattle City Light
- January 13, 2023
A contingent of concerned citizens including farmers, tribal leaders, Skagit County government leaders and others interested in preserving agricultural land, protecting our communities from flooding, and providing salmon with access to the 37% of the Skagit that exists above the dams, descended on the Seattle City Council chambers this morning, along with King5 News, to

By Dave Hallock
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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Queries Seattle City Light About Our Complaint 0
- Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information, Featured, Letters, Pinned
- December 15, 2021
In July, 2021, we sent a letter to the sponsors of the Barnaby Reach project expressing our opposition to any project feature like the dangerous channel originally envisioned by the sponsors. For the past eight years we’ve demanded that the idea of constructing a long, wide and deep channel to divert substantial Skagit River flow

By Dave Hallock
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Barnaby Reach sponsors declare “no intention” to harm or risk increased flooding or erosion 0
- Barnaby Project, Featured, Letters, Pinned
- December 15, 2021
In what we hope is not just a public relations move but a genuine commitment to our community’s well-being, the three powerful organizations sponsoring the Barnaby Reach project have declared their intention not to harm our community or put us at risk of increased flooding or erosion. We are writing to you in response to

By Dave Hallock
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The Skagit: A Rural/Indigenous Case Study 0
- Articles, Barnaby Project, O'Brian Reach Study Project, Pinned, Seattle City Light
- November 9, 2021
Tribal leaders together with Skagit County leaders have been pushing the City of Seattle and its electric utility department to commit to building fish passage at its dams to provide salmon with access to the 37% of the Skagit River upstream of the dams. Here is an excellent panel discussion that aims to educate folks

By Dave Hallock
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No Support Here for Diverting the Skagit 0
- Articles, Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information, Featured, Pinned
- 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

By Dave Hallock
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What A Two-Year Flood Event Looks Like 0
- Articles, Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information, Flood Events
- 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

By Dave Hallock
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Conversation With Dr. Jon Riedel About Barnaby Project Concerns 0
- Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information, Featured, Pinned
- 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

By Dave Hallock
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