Interesting article in the Seattle Times about a jetty at the mouth of the Skagit between it and the Swinomish channel that hasn't been maintained for 50+ years and is now killing baby salmon as they out-migrate. US Army Corps of Engineers are dumping rocks onto the jetty to try and plug the holes.
www.seattletimes.com
If that is paywalled, here's another version form last week that shouldn't be blocked:
www.nwpb.org
One good thing is that it sounds like they are looking at breaching the jetty as a long term solution.
Emergency repairs underway at Skagit River jetty after hundreds of dead baby salmon were found
The emergency work will continue through June 9, but a long-term plan is in the works.
www.seattletimes.com
If that is paywalled, here's another version form last week that shouldn't be blocked:
Dead salmon prompt Army Corps of Engineers to repair Skagit River jetty - Northwest Public Broadcasting
The Army Corps of Engineers began emergency repair work May 22 on a jetty that sits at the mouth of the Skagit River’s North Fork, near La Conner. Crews will use cobble and sediment to essentially plug porous areas of the McGlinn Island Jetty. Those gaps have stranded, harmed or killed...
www.nwpb.org
One good thing is that it sounds like they are looking at breaching the jetty as a long term solution.
