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December 4th, 2013 | Tags: 1996 agreement, 2001, 2001 Instream Flow Rule, April 14, City of Anacortes, Commissioner Sharon Dillon, Department of Ecology and Skagit County, Jacque Klug, John Roozen, Kyle Brown, Loranger, rural landowners, Skagit landowners, Skagit PUD, Skagit River Basin, state Department of Ecology, Supreme Court ruling, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Tom Loranger, water meeting | Category: Feature, Legal, News, United States, Washington | Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Wash.
By Rachel Lerman | Posted: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 8:00 am
MOUNT VERNON — State officials urged Skagit landowners Tuesday to “start fresh” and not rehash the past fights over water rights as the state searches for solutions.
“We’ve lost 12 years. And now we’re back to where we started from,” said Tom Loranger, program manager of the water resources program at the state Department of Ecology. “My hope is that we can start…with […]
Continue reading Wash. Dept. of Ecology Seeks to Ease Tensions at Water Meeting
December 2nd, 2013 | Tags: 2001 Instream Flow Rule, 2001 rule, 2006 amendment, battle over water rights, buying senior water rights, County Assessor Don Munks, extending public water lines, groundwater storage, Kyle Brown, property values, Skagit County, Skagit River Basin, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Wash. Dept. of Ecology, Wash. Supreme Court ruling, Water Wars | Category: Action Alerts, Events, Feature, Grassroots Movements, News, Towns, other, United States, Washington | Skagit County, Western Wash.
Wash. Dept. of Ecology to hold water rights workshop on Dec. 2 in Mount Vernon.
By Rachel Lerman/Posted: Sunday, December 1, 2013 9:00 am
Potential builders and landowners face a state of limbo as the state Department of Ecology searches for solutions in a water rights battle that has lasted decades.
The battle over water rights in the Skagit River basin reached a plateau Oct. 3 with the state Supreme Court’s ruling against Ecology in a […]
Continue reading Wash. Water Ruling Could Have Far-Reaching Effects, Including Dropping Property Values
November 22nd, 2013 | Tags: Brian Cladoosby, Jacque Klug, Salmon, Skagit County, Skagit River, Skagit River Basin, Stillaguamish River, Sun Peaks Estates, Swinomish Tribe, Wash. State Dept. of Ecology, water rights | Category: Feature, Legal, News, United States, Washington | Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Wash.
By Rachel Lerman | Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2013 8:00 am
Seven landowners in the Skagit River’s Carpenter-Fisher sub-basin have reached a settlement with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and the state Department of Ecology that will allow them to get water to their properties.
Landowners in the Sun Peak Estates subdivision, located about one mile south of the Skagit County line and east of Interstate 5, will each be able to use 350 […]
Continue reading Tribal & Wash. State Pact Allows Some in Carpenter-Fisher Sub-Basin to Use Water
December 15th, 2012 | Tags: Anacortes, Defending Water in the Skagit River Basin, Just Water Alliance, lawsuit, Sandra Spargo, Skagit County, Skagit River Basin, Swinomish | Category: California, Defending Water Newsletters, Feature, Letters to the Editor / Op-Ed, Maine, News, Oregon, Resources, United States, Washington | Sandra Spargo, Defending Water in the Skagit River Basin, Dec. 15, 2012 Please find below an article in the Skagit Valley Herald that is entitled, County suggests Swinomish dismiss its lawsuit. The Swinomish lawsuit (supported by the City of Anacortes without citizen input), if successful, could lead to all rural and agricultural landowners in the Skagit River Basin losing access to well water if they had drilled their well in 2001 or after, Ecology officials have said.
Moreover, if the […]
Continue reading Skagit County Suggests Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Dismisses Its [Water]Lawsuit
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