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  • Rising Temperatures Likely to Cause More Flooding

    Rising Temperatures Likely to Cause More Flooding0

    • Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information, News Items, Pinned
    • November 19, 2015

    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 Dave Hallock
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  • Advisory Committee Minutes for September 28, 2015

    Advisory Committee Minutes for September 28, 20150

    • Barnaby Project, News Items, Pinned
    • November 13, 2015

    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,

    By Dave Hallock
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  • “Too Many Unknowns,” Howard Stafford Tells King 5 News

    “Too Many Unknowns,” Howard Stafford Tells King 5 News3

    • Barnaby Project, Featured, News Items, Pinned
    • November 5, 2015

    Seattle King 5 News visited Rockport this morning and talked with Howard Stafford about our opposition to the Barnaby Reach project plan to divert significant Skagit River flow into the Barnaby Slough upriver from our residential community. The channel would let the river move diagonally across our valley. The design intention is that about thirty

    By Dave Hallock
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  • Interview With Howard Stafford

    Interview With Howard Stafford0

    • Featured, News Items
    • November 1, 2015

    By Dave Hallock Howard Stafford is a life-long resident of Rockport. He is intimately familiar with our valley and the life of the Skagit River here. Howard owns and operates H. O. Stafford Trucking and Excavation, and he’s served our community for over forty years as a member of the Rockport volunteer fire department. Howard

    By Dave Hallock
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  • Reach Assessment for SR 530 and 20 Near the Rockport Bridge

    Reach Assessment for SR 530 and 20 Near the Rockport Bridge0

    • Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information, News Items
    • September 23, 2015

    Here is the finalized version of “Reach Assessment for SR 530 and 20 near the Skagit River Rockport Bridge,” produced by Rob Schanz, Hydrologist, of the Washington State Department of Transportation’s Environmental Services Hydrology Program. What do you make of this report relative to the Barnaby project? 2015/09/sr530_skagitra_final.pdf An immediate concern we may have about

    By Dave Hallock
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  • WDFW Invitation for Conservation/Recreation Area Comments

    WDFW Invitation for Conservation/Recreation Area Comments0

    • Barnaby Project, News Items
    • September 21, 2015

    By Beth Easterday The State Department of Fish and Wildlife is asking for the public’s support and assistance in identifying conservation and recreation areas. The initiative called “Washington’s Wild Future: a Partnership for Fish and Wildlife” is meant to increase the relationship WDFW has with the public, and increase support for conservation and recreation on

    By Dave Hallock
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  • Website Notification Emails

    Website Notification Emails0

    • Barnaby Project, Letters, News Items
    • August 12, 2015

    We’ve sent email notifications regarding this website to individuals and organizations with significant roles relating to the Barnaby Reach project. Recipients include folks with the Washington Department of Recreation and Conservation, the Skagit Watershed Council, The Skagit River System Cooperative, The Nature Conservancy, City of Seattle (Seattle City Light), and the Washington Department of Fish and

    By Dave Hallock
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  • Martin Slough Fish Passage Feasibility and Design

    Martin Slough Fish Passage Feasibility and Design0

    • Articles, News Items
    • August 6, 2015

    Here is a link to information on this project: https://secure.rco.wa.gov/…. “This request would be for a design only project to evaluate road abandonment at the site of a three foot pipe on Martin Slough. This culvert has been identified as a fish passage issue in the Barnaby slough feasibility study (09-1440P) and other documents and

    By Dave Hallock
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  • Martin Road Riparian Restoration

    Martin Road Riparian Restoration1

    • Articles, News Items
    • August 5, 2015

    Here is the link to information regarding this project along the Skagit River and Bow and Martin Sloughs. https://secure.rco.wa.gov/prism/… “This project will restore 26 acres of riparian buffer adjacent to an established Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) along the Skagit River and Bow and Martin Sloughs near Rockport, on the left bank of the Skagit

    By Dave Hallock
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  • New Website for Skagit Upriver Neighbors!

    New Website for Skagit Upriver Neighbors!1

    • Articles, Barnaby Project, News Items, Pinned
    • August 5, 2015

    This website has been created to serve the sharing of information and viewpoints on issues of concern to our neighbors in the greater Rockport, Washington, area. It was inspired by concerns shared by many of our neighbors regarding a large, complex project under development by the Skagit River System Cooperative and it’s organizational partners: Seattle City Light,

    By Dave Hallock
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    "Too Many Unknowns," Howard Stafford Tells King 5 News
    • Barnaby Project, Featured, News Items, Pinned
    • November 5, 2015
  • New Website for Skagit Upriver Neighbors!
    • Articles, Barnaby Project, News Items, Pinned
    • August 5, 2015
  • Interview With Howard Stafford
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    • November 1, 2015
  • Rockport Neighbor Views on Proposed Culvert Replacement Project
    • Articles, Barnaby Project Information, News Items
    • February 24, 2018
  • Martin Road Riparian Restoration
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    • August 5, 2015
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  • Rising Temperatures Likely to Cause More Flooding
    "Too Many Unknowns," Howard Stafford Tells King 5 News
    • Barnaby Project, Featured, News Items, Pinned
    • November 5, 2015
  • Martin Road Riparian Restoration
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    • August 5, 2015
  • New Website for Skagit Upriver Neighbors!
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    • August 5, 2015
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  • “Too Many Unknowns,” Howard Stafford Tells King 5 News
    "Too Many Unknowns," Howard Stafford Tells King 5 News
    • Barnaby Project, Featured, News Items, Pinned
    • November 5, 2015
  • Martin Road Riparian Restoration
    Martin Road Riparian Restoration
    • Articles, News Items
    • August 5, 2015
  • New Website for Skagit Upriver Neighbors!
    New Website for Skagit Upriver Neighbors!
    • Articles, Barnaby Project, News Items, Pinned
    • August 5, 2015
  • Rising Temperatures Likely to Cause More Flooding
    Rising Temperatures Likely to Cause More Flooding
    • Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information, News Items, Pinned
    • November 19, 2015
  • Barnaby Reach Project Update Letter
    Barnaby Reach Project Update Letter
    • Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information, Letters, News Items
    • July 3, 2017
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