12-5-2018
ROCKPORT, Wash. — A stretch of riverfront along the Skagit River near Rockport totaling 61 acres is now permanently protected by Seattle City Light for fish and wildlife habitat.
The Seattle Times reports the land connects to other protected parcels to create a wildlife corridor for elk and other wildlife.
The purchase was made with funds from the Seattle City Light Endangered Species Act Lands Program, and a grant from the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office Salmon Recovery Funding Board.
The Skagit is Puget Sound’s premier salmon river, home to chum, king, sockeye, coho and pinks, as well as steelhead.