Not an Isolated Incident
OLYMPIA, WA (March 7, 2008) — So-called exempt wells could potentially run our rivers dry. Our rivers are connected to the ground waters and what affects one affects the other.…
USGS mapping Skagit Bay, Deception Pass
The Skagit Valley Herald (subscription required) had an article Sunday about a USGS project to map the ocean floor of Skagit Bay and Deception Pass to show how the seabed looks today and how it looked 150 years ago.
For the scientists with the Skagit River System Cooperative, an agency of the Sauk-Suiattle and Swinomish Indian tribes that works to improve the fisheries in the river basin, the maps of before and after may help them prove a theory.
Confining the river to two channels causes silt-laden fresh water to squirt like a “fire hose” into the Skagit Bay, said Greg Hood, senior restoration ecologist for the tribal cooperative.
Salmon habitat restoration at Clear Creek
The Suquamish Tribe has been involved with a new salmon habitat restoration project near Silverdale on Clear Creek. The project will add new sorts of habitat features to the creek that supports coho and chum salmon, along with trout.