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May 12—Despite Seattle City Light expanding its study plan associated with the relicensing process of its Skagit River dams, at least 17 commenting government agencies, tribes and nonprofits ...
A huge fight against an enormity of epic proportions…along with the other Skagit River Tribes,” said Robert Howard, Sauk-Suiattle general manager and member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe.
Of particular emphasis are the Skagit River chinook and steelhead that have been listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act since the last dam license was issued in 1995.
One current project funded in part by City Light, at one point involved plans to build a 300-foot-wide channel to divert part of the Skagit River into a slough near homes and farms.
Its dam impacts to salmon are far worse than any hydro project on the Columbia River. Seattle talks green, but its actions don’t measure up. Historically, Seattle City Light has opposed even ...
Gorge Dam, seen here Tuesday, is the most western dam of the three on the Skagit River. The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe is calling for a study of the dam’s removal.
Beneath the city of Seattle’s Gorge Dam an unnatural silence reigns. This stretch of the Skagit River, known as the bypass reach, is a sacred gateway to the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe’s Valley ...
The Skagit River flows from the Canadian Cascades of British Columbia. As the river crosses the international border, it widens into Ross Lake, where it’s halted by Ross Dam.
SEATTLE — A Canadian company has applied for an exploratory gold and copper mining permit in the headwaters of the Skagit River, which flows from British Columbia and through Northwest ...
Apr. 4—After several days of tense meetings in January and February and submitting hundreds of pages in feedback in early March, the government agencies, tribes and nonprofits that are ...
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