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- January 22, 2016
March 23, 2015 Dear Robert Everitt: I see on the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office web page for the “Barnaby Reach Feasibility” project that you wrote a “concurrence letter” to the steering committee members for this project, expressing approval and endorsing their selection of “alternative #4.” Were you aware at the time that
Here is Dave Hallock’s original letter to the Salmon Recovery Board Grant Manager for our area. Dave had just become aware of the possible relationship between the Washington Department of Recreation and Conservation and the troubling Barnaby Reach project. We are publishing this letter because it describes certain concerns about flood risk associated with the
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
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
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
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,
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
This is a letter Dave Hallock sent to Devin Smith, Senior Restoration Ecologist, Skagit River System Cooperative, on February 24, 2015, following a public meeting in Sedro-Woolley in which the SRSC discussed its Barnaby Reach project with a large audience of concerned citizens: Dear Devin Smith: This is to provide you with feedback and input
Dear Representative Kristiansen, I am writing to you on behalf of my neighbors who live and own homes and land in the Martin Road area of Rockport. We are very concerned about the potential for an increase in our exposure to flood risk associated with a developing project to improve fish habitat just upriver from
Dear Senator Pearson, I am writing to you on behalf of my neighbors who live and own homes and land in the Martin Road area of Rockport. We are very concerned about the potential for an increase in our exposure to flood risk associated with a developing project to improve fish habitat just upriver from