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Tag: Skagit River

Seattle City Light Acquires 32.5 Acres of Salmon Habitat

Seattle City Light completed the final purchase of three properties totaling 32.5 acres of land to protect key spawning areas for Chinook salmon in the Skagit River. [More]

Posted: December 19th, 2012 under Power Lines.
Tags: Chinook, conservation, habitat, Recreation and Conservation Office, salmon, Salmon Recovery Funding Board, Seattle City Light, Skagit River

Volunteers Pitch In to Clean Up the Skagit River

[caption id="attachment_3699" align="alignleft" width="300"] Sixty City Light employees with friends and family removed more than a half ton of trash from the Skagit River on Aug. 25.[/caption] Volunteers scan the shoreline for debris. About 60 Seattle City Light employees and their families and friends, including several Boy Scouts, floated down the Skagit[More]

Posted: August 28th, 2012 under Power Lines.
Tags: City Light, cleanup, Seattle City Light, Skagit River, volunteers

Ecology Honors City Light’s Skagit Wastewater Treatment Plants for Outstanding Performance

The Washington State Department of Ecology awarded Seattle City Light two outstanding performance awards for the utility’s wastewater treatment plants at the Skagit Hydroelectric Project. [More]

Posted: June 4th, 2012 under Power Lines.
Tags: Ecology, National Discharge Elimination System, Seattle City Light, Skagit Hydroelectric Project, Skagit River, Washington State Department of Ecology, wastewater, Water Quality

Cameras Give City Light Close Look at Skagit Wildlife

Technology is providing Seattle City Light a better understanding of the wildlife that lives on some of the utility’s property in the Skagit River watershed. [More]

Posted: April 10th, 2012 under Power Lines.
Tags: barn owl, black bear, coyotes, deer, elk, motion-activated cameras, North Cascades National Park, Seattle City Light, Skagit Hydroelectric Project, Skagit River, wolverine

Grant Supports Skagit River Steelhead Research

Seattle City Light, the Upper Skagit Tribe, and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) were awarded a $255,000 grant to conduct research on the productivity and life history of juvenile steelhead in the Skagit River watershed. [More]

Posted: February 7th, 2012 under Power Lines.
Tags: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Puget Sound Partnership, Seattle City Light, Skagit River, steelhead, Upper Skagit Tribe, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Seattle City Light Acquires 640 Acres of Old-Growth Forest in Skagit Watersehd for Wildlife Habitat Conservation

Seattle City Light will receive 640 acres of old-growth forest in the Skagit River watershed for conservation purposes. The land, which is along Pressentin Creek, formerly was managed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. [More]

Posted: December 15th, 2011 under Power Lines.
Tags: endangered species, marbled murrelet, Northern Spotted Owl, old-growth forest, Pressentin Creek, Seattle City Light, Skagit River, Trust Land Transfer Program, Washington State Department of Natural Resources

City Light Land Purchase to Protect Important Fish Habitat

City Light has purchased two properties totaling more than 32 acres of fish habitat through a Salmon Recovery Funding Board grant and the utility’s Endangered Species Act Early Action Program. [More]

Posted: November 29th, 2011 under Power Lines.
Tags: bull trout, Chinook, conservation, Darrington, endangered species, habitat, preservation, salmon, Sauk River, Seattle City Light, Skagit Land Trust, Skagit River, steelhead

City Light Employees Win Awards for River Stewardship

Three Seattle City Light employees were honored recently for their work to protect the rivers that support our hydroelectric operations and the fish that live in them. [More]

Posted: October 25th, 2011 under Power Lines.
Tags: American Fisheries Society, King County, Seattle City Light, Seattle Public Utilities, Skagit River, Skagit Watershed Council, Tolt River

Abundant Snowpack Assures Healthy Electricity Supplies

Seattle City Light Superintendent Jorge Carrasco expressed cautious optimism about power production this year. The utility entered April with near-record amounts of snowpack above its hydroelectric dams on the Pend Oreille and Skagit Rivers, promising a healthy supply of electricity this summer. [More]

Posted: April 7th, 2011 under Power Lines.
Tags: Boundary Dam, Diablo Dam, energy supplies, Gorge Dam, Jorge Carrasco, Pend Oreille River, Ross Dam, Ross Lake, Seattle City Light, Skagit Hydroelectric Project, Skagit River, snowpack, steelhead

Gilligan Creek Habitat Restoration to Start in Skagit County

Seattle City Light will close the mouth of Gilligan Creek in Skagit County to vehicle access March 30 to restore native plants and improve habitat for fish and wildlife. [More]

Posted: March 16th, 2011 under Power Lines.
Tags: Gilligan Creek, habitat, native plants, salmon, Seattle City Light, Skagit County, Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group, Skagit River

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