By Dave Hallock Several days ago I had occasion to talk with a professional actuary regarding the Barnaby Project and, specifically, about the desire of project sponsors to divert a portion of the Skagit River into the Barnaby Slough by constructing a long, wide and deep channel. Actuaries are experts in assessing risk and the
READ MORELetter 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
READ MOREBy Elizabeth Scott, State Representative I have grown increasingly concerned about the assaults on property rights in our state. The people of East Skagit County were not consulted on their opinion about elk being transplanted there with tax dollars, causing hundreds of traffic accidents, thousands of dollars of crop damage on many farms, damage to
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