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- January 22, 2016
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
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
By Dave Hallock Thanks to Devin Smith of the Skagit River System Cooperative and his staff for conducting an informative walking tour of the Barnaby Reach project area this afternoon. We had a good turnout of neighbors and there was a lot of helpful information sharing and conversation. It was great that Skagit County Commissioners
A site tour of the Barnaby Reach project site is planned for Saturday, May 13th, at 1 p.m. (Click on image to enlarge): Here is a copy of the “Barnaby Fact Sheet” which will be distributed at the tour. Barnaby Fact Sheet May2017 FINAL
By Dave Hallock I had the opportunity to meet this past Tuesday afternoon with two lead consultants for Natural Systems Design (NSD), along with Devin Smith, Project Manager for the Barnaby Reach project, and Cynthia Carlstad, of Carlstad Consulting, who has been retained by Skagit River System Cooperative (SRSC) to coordinate community outreach relating to
By Dave Hallock Along with several of my Rockport neighbors, I recently had the opportunity to visit with Richard Brocksmith, Executive Director of the Skagit Watershed Council regarding the Barnaby Slough project. The Skagit Watershed Council has responsibilities around reviewing and endorsing salmon habitat projects seeking approval and grant funding by Washington’s Salmon Recovery Funding
Here is an email letter from Cynthia Carlstad, consultant to the steering committee for the Barnaby Reach project, received October 28, 2016: “Greetings Barnaby Reach Project Stakeholder Advisory Committee and Interested Parties: This email provides updates on project activities since my last message in late August. As I described then, the project Steering Committee (Skagit
Cynthia Carlstad, consultant to the Skagit River System Cooperative for its Barnaby Reach project called me in response to a letter I wrote to the SRSC leadership. She confirmed that the project proponents and their sponsors are very aware of our steadfast opposition to the channel feature in the current project design. No alternative approach
Following receipt of a letter indicating that there will be no meeting of the “Barnaby Project” “Stakeholder Advisory Committee” in the near future, I drafted the following letter to the key leaders of the Skagit River System Cooperative, Steve Hinton and Devin Smith, and their project consultant, Cynthia Carlstad. We’ve repeatedly expressed complete opposition to
To Skagit Upriver Neighbors: At the recent meeting in Concrete one questioner was concerned about what could happen if the river flooded. Their query, could the river change course? This could be avoided if flood gates were installed at the entrance of the proposed canal. If the project must be built, remove all the current