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- January 22, 2016
This website has been created to serve the sharing of information and viewpoints on issues of concern to our neighbors in the greater Rockport, Washington, area. It was inspired by concerns shared by many of our neighbors regarding a large, complex project under development by the Skagit River System Cooperative and it’s organizational partners: Seattle City Light,
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.
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?
The Skagit Watershed Council (SWC) functions as a “Lead Entity” with respect to proposed salmon restoration projects. The SWC is based in Mount Vernon and it’s director is Richard Brocksmith, (360-419-9326). In a nutshell, the SWC is the local group that solicits for proposals, conducts technical evaluations, then citizen rankings, prior to submitting their ranked list of project
The Skagit River System Cooperative (SRSC) is a tribal organization set up by two indian tribes, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe. It’s activities include promoting restoration of salmon habitat. Its “Barnaby Reach Project” is the focus of many posts on this website, as the project poses serious threats to our
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
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
This was Mr. Everitt’s response to a letter from Dave Hallock of March 23, 2015 Dear Mr. Hallock, Thank you for your March 23, 2015 message regarding the Barnaby Reach Project and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (WDFW) participation in that project. As you noted, WDFW has concurred with the finding of alternative 4
The Barnaby Reach Project area, as described by the Skagit River System Cooperative, extends from the mouth of Illabot Creek downstream to the Sauk River near Rockport. The most complete set of information on this project is available on the Washington Department of Recreation and Conservation’s website. Here is a link to the page for
Marc Duboiski is the Salmon Recovery Funding Board Grants Manager for our area. Here is a letter he sent on March 23, 2015, after I spoke with him about the Barnaby Reach project. “Thanks for talking to me this morning. I always appreciate talking to landowners and listening to their concerns. My agency provides staff