Looks like a fantastic project, huge potential. I hope you will strive to give the floodplain areas permanent protection if they are not already to prevent future development.
It's ok to call this thing an oxbow lake. You will want to make sure ground water is entering the river directly without warming as it passes through the oxbow. Take a closer look at the composition of the substrates between the oxbow and the river to predict critical ground water transmission rates.
Creating a larger flood plain and potentially pushing home owners out is not gonna fix the steelhead populations. Diverting the 3rd largest river in the state and expecting it to go where you want it to? If you wanna save what's left of a nearly demolished fishery, close the river to not only sport fishing, but tribal as well. Open your eyes and see the real problems
it's exciting to watch the Skagit recover
Where is part 2? I'd like to see what happened after the restoration?
Fabulous
Looks like a fantastic project, huge potential. I hope you will strive to give the floodplain areas permanent protection if they are not already to prevent future development.
can city light improve restoration by removing the gorge dam and producing hydropower from the other dams
Every sq mile counts.
2 miles above a culvert or small dam. X 100. Fish.
It's ok to call this thing an oxbow lake. You will want to make sure ground water is entering the river directly without warming as it passes through the oxbow. Take a closer look at the composition of the substrates between the oxbow and the river to predict critical ground water transmission rates.
this guy sounds high as a kite
Creating a larger flood plain and potentially pushing home owners out is not gonna fix the steelhead populations. Diverting the 3rd largest river in the state and expecting it to go where you want it to? If you wanna save what's left of a nearly demolished fishery, close the river to not only sport fishing, but tribal as well. Open your eyes and see the real problems