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Re-elect Peter Browning 0
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- October 8, 2024
We support Peter Browning for re-election to the Skagit County Board of Commissioners. Commissioner Browning has demonstrated strong leadership on Skagit Valley environmental safety matters of great concern to us, notably in securing a flood protection agreement from Seattle City Light. As this article notes, Browning’s opponent Richard Brocksmith was, “the only elected official in

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
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- 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
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- 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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Conversation With Dr. Jon Riedel About Barnaby Project Concerns 0
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- 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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Barnaby Stakeholder Advisory Committee Meeting, Sept 7th 0
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- September 27, 2017
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

By Dave Hallock
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Encouraging Words 0
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- January 27, 2017
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
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Time to Respect Mother Nature 1
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- November 11, 2016
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

By Dave Hallock
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Letter to Skagit River System Cooperative Barnaby Project Leaders 0
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- August 18, 2016
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

By Dave Hallock
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