Skagit County proposes raising taxes to save salmon
Skagit County commissioners proposed raising property taxes to create streamside buffers around the Skagit River and its tributaries.
A proposal announced Thursday and headed to the county’s voters in the summer would cost the average homeowner about $25 a year. The county commissioners say raising public money to buy land from willing sellers would not only preserve land along the river and streams and boost salmon survival, but it might even help endangered orcas.