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- November 5, 2015
By Lisa Fenley and Dave Hallock Rockport neighbors have offered insightful views, concerns and perspectives on a proposed project intended to improve Martin Road drainage. Skagit River System Cooperative (SRSC) submitted a “pre-approval” application on February 16, 2018, for funding a project to replace culverts on Martin Road. Neighbors are generally supportive of the project
Skagit River System Cooperative (SRSC) has submitted a “pre-application” for funding a project to improve drainage along Martin Road in Rockport. The pre-application will be screened along with others and, if approved, SRSC will be invited to submit a “full application.” The screening process is expected to be completed by mid-March, 2018. A copy of the
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
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
A special issue of the Northwest Scientific Association’s journal, Northwest Science, has been published that focuses on climate change impacts on the Skagit River Basin. It was written by the scientists of the Skagit Climate Science Consortium (SCSC). We are grateful to the Northwest Scientific Association for making articles from this special issue available in PDF format
Letter to the Editor Concrete Herald By Artie Olson January 2016 After attending the December 10th Skagit River Systems Cooperative (SRSC) meeting on the Barnaby Reach “construction” project (NOT “restoration” project, as they insist on calling it), I noticed a number of changes from their last meeting, many months before. Most noticeably changed were their
Community meeting planned with our State Representative, Elizabeth Scott. 6:30 p.m., January 7, 2016. Marblemount Community Hall. Elizabeth Scott, State Representative, has expressed keen interest in meeting with people in our community regarding the Barnaby Project. Thanks so much, Christie Fairchild, for taking the lead in setting up a meeting now planned for 6:30 p.m., January
Rising temperatures or 2.9 to 5.4 F. over the coming decades are forecast to cause more flooding in our region. So says a significant new report on climate change just published by the University of Washington. It is called, “State of Knowledge Report – Climage Change in Puget Sound.” You can access the report at this University
By Beth Easterday Minutes of the Barnaby Project stakeholder advisory committee meeting of September 28, 2015, in Marblemount have been published by the Skagit River System Cooperative. The notes and the overview of the meeting are thorough and pretty accurate. Three residents of the Martin Road area of Rockport participate on this committee: Howard Stafford,