When ospreys return to the Duwamish River this spring to take advantage of the easy fishing and tall power line towers for nesting, they will find a new set of barriers designed to protect Seattle City Light’s power lines and keep the birds safe. They will also find new nesting platforms nearby, where they can raise their chicks in peace.
Osprey and electrical equipment don’t belong together, and City Light is working hard to separate the two.
Skagit Hydroelectric Project visitor Steve Hall shared this photo of the first bear spotted this season during the ride across DiabloLake on Seattle City Light’s boat, the Cascadian.
Seattle City Light customer and bird watcher Trileigh Tucker helped the utility protect several chickadees that were nesting in an old utility pole that was about to be removed.
Two Western Washington University graduate student wildlife researchers who received some of their funding from Seattle City Light’s Wildlife Research Program won awards from the Washington and Oregon chapters of The Wildlife Society during the organization’s 2013 annual meeting.
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.
Seattle City Light employees will be volunteering their time to support the 2012 Skagit Eagle Festival each weekend throughout January.
Seattle City Light is working with the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service to conduct the annual wintering bald eagle surveys on the Skagit River from Newhalem to Sedro Woolley.
