Barnaby Project

Letter to Robert Everitt, Regional Director, WDFW 0
- Barnaby Project, Letters
- March 23, 2015
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

By Dave Hallock
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Original Letter of Inquiry to Marc Duboiski, Grant Manager, Salmon Recovery Board 0
- Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information, Letters
- March 22, 2015
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

By Dave Hallock
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Dear Jenny Baker of The Nature Conservancy 0
- Articles, Barnaby Project, Letters
- March 19, 2015
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

By Dave Hallock
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Letter to Lisa Janicki Asking for Support 0
- Articles, Barnaby Project, Letters
- March 18, 2015
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

By Dave Hallock
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Skagit Valley Herald Account of Sedro-Woolley Meeting 0
- Articles, Barnaby Project, News Items
- February 26, 2015
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

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A Big Hose Across a Flat Table 0
- Articles, Barnaby Project
- February 25, 2015
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,

By Dave Hallock
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Exposure to Catastrophic Risk that Cannot be Mitigated 0
- Articles, Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information, Featured
- February 24, 2015
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

By Dave Hallock
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Forget About Channeling the Skagit into the Barnaby Slough 0
- Barnaby Project, Featured, Letters
- February 24, 2015
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

By Dave Hallock
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Letter to Rep Dan Kristiansen Asking for Support 0
- Articles, Barnaby Project, Letters
- February 19, 2015
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

By Dave Hallock
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Letter to Senator Kirk Pearson Asking for Support 0
- Barnaby Project, Letters
- February 19, 2015
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

By Dave Hallock
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