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Skagit Watershed Council’s Role in Barnaby Reach Project 0
- Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information
- June 6, 2015
The Skagit Watershed Council (SWC) functions as a “Lead Entity” with respect to proposed salmon restoration projects. The SWC is based in Mount Vernon and it’s director is Richard Brocksmith, (360-419-9326). In a nutshell, the SWC is the local group that solicits for proposals, conducts technical evaluations, then citizen rankings, prior to submitting their ranked list of project
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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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Skagit River System Cooperative (SRSC) & the Barnaby Reach Project 0
- Barnaby Project, Barnaby Project Information
- May 4, 2015
The Skagit River System Cooperative (SRSC) is a tribal organization set up by two indian tribes, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe. It’s activities include promoting restoration of salmon habitat. Its “Barnaby Reach Project” is the focus of many posts on this website, as the project poses serious threats to our
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Skagit River Near Martin Road 1937 vs. 2015 0
- Articles, Barnaby Project Information
- December 18, 2015
From Beth Easterday The Skagit River used to flow much farther north of Martin Road then it does nowadays. The following image is from an aerial photograph taken in 1937. The bottom image was taken in 2015. See the difference. What have you observed? 1937: 2015:
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Skagit River Basin Climate Change Impacts 0
- Barnaby Project Information, News Items
- November 14, 2016
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
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Skagit County Historic Flood Article Archive 0
- Barnaby Project Information
- November 15, 2015
Here is a very fine resource of articles relating to floods in Skagit County, the “Historic Flood Articles Archives.” http://www.skagitcounty.net/
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