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Fir Island
See Fir Island (Washington)
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MEETING SCHEDULED OCT. 30 ON FIR ISLAND SNOW GOOSE MANAGEMENT
Oct 24, 2006; The Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife issued the following news release: Citizens can offer their views on Fir...
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MEETING SCHEDULED MAY 30 ON FIR ISLAND SNOW GOOSE MANAGEMENT
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HUNDREDS FIGHT FLOOD IN STATE OF WASHINGTON MOUNT VERNON, WASH. -- HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS JOINED NATIONAL GUARD AND ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TROOPS YESTERDAY IN A BATTLE TO SAVE MOUNT VERNON'S DOWNTOWN FROM THE RAIN-SWOLLEN SKAGIT RIVER. "WE ARE IN A FULL FLOOD FIGHT," SAID DAVE BROOKINGS, SKAGIT COUNTY ASSISTANT FLOOD CONTROL ENGINEER. BUT ELSEWHERE, MANY OF THE MORE THAN 500 RESIDENTS DISPLACED BY NEAR-RECORD FLOOD LEVELS ON SEVEN NORTHWEST WASHINGTON RIVERS WERE RETURNING HOME, AND MOST DIKES AND LEVEES HAD HELD IN LOW-LYING AREAS. THREE HOUSES WERE LOST IN AN ISOLATED RESORT TOWN, AND OFFICIALS SAID DAMAGE TO ROADS, BRIDGES, HOMES AND BUSINESSES FROM FLOODING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WOULD RUN TO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. HIGH WATER, SLIDES AND WASHOUTS CLOSED MANY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS, INCLUDING THE TRANS CANADA HIGHWAY NORTH OF HOPE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, ABOUT 90 MILES EAST OF VANCOUVER. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE THREE-DAY DELUGE WAS PRODUCED BY THE PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NICKNAME FOR A FALL STORM ROUTE FROM HAWAII TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. IN MOUNT VERNON, WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT 14,500, BROOKINGS SAID THAT 400 TO 500 PEOPLE FILLED SANDBAGS AS THE SKAGIT RIVER CRESTED AT 35.2 FEET, 7.2 FEET OVER FLOOD STAGE. THREE TO FOUR FEET OF SANDBAGS WERE PILED ATOP A 34-FOOT REVETMENT PROTECTING THE DOWNTOWN AREA, BROOKINGS SAID. "THIS IS ALL JUST FLAT FARMLAND," HE SAID. "AFTER IT GETS OVER THE LEVEES, THAT WATER JUST KEEPS SPREADING." DOWNSTREAM, ABOUT 60 PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED LATE SATURDAY FROM FIR ISLAND AND 50 OR SO LEFT CONWAY, BROOKINGS SAID. DOZENS OF PEOPLE FILLED SANDBAGS TO SHORE UP SHAKY DIKES NEAR CONWAY TO TRY TO PREVENT THE DISPLACEMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL 500 TO 600 PEOPLE, HE SAID. IN WHATCOM COUNTY, THE HARDEST HIT BY FLOODING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, DAMAGE COULD APPROACH $10 MILLION, OFFICIALS SAID.
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Swans and snow geese return to the Skagit.(NWTraveler)
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HISTORIC SCHOOLHOUSE FACING A BLEAK FUTURE
Jul 17, 1998; AP The Columbian 07-17-1998 CONWAY (AP) - Since World War II, people on Fir Island have gathered at the Skagit City School on the...
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