City Light Land Purchase to Protect Important Fish Habitat
Seattle City Light acquired this property to protect important fish and wildlife habitat. City Light has purchased two properties totaling more than 32 acres of fish habitat through a Salmon...
View ArticleSeattle City Light Acquires 640 Acres of Old-Growth Forest in Skagit...
The Pressentin Creek property Seattle City Light is acquiring contains old-growth forest that provides important wildlife habitat. Seattle City Light will receive 640 acres of old-growth forest in...
View ArticleSkagit Steelhead Coming Back in Record Numbers
By Dave Pflug, Seattle City Light fisheries biologist A researcher takes measurements from a steelhead in the Skagit River. Natural Resources and Environmental Planning field surveys carried out this...
View ArticleCity Light Uses Rubberized Covers on High Voltage Lines to Protect Duwamish...
Seattle City Light workers remove an osprey nest near the Duwamish River that caused a short circuit. Osprey and electrical equipment don’t belong together, and City Light is working hard to separate...
View ArticleCity Light Acquires More Fish Habitat for Preservation
Seattle City Light recently purchased three separate riverfront properties to protect salmonid habitat in our region. The purchases cover 44.5 acres on Pressentin Creek, one acre on the Skagit River...
View ArticleCity Light Manages Skagit Flows to Protect 300,000 Salmon Eggs
Salmon eggs and fry in a redd, or nest. Summer Chinook salmon spawn in the Skagit river from August through October each year — Photo by Dave Bickford, courtesty of U.S. Forest Service Many Chinook...
View ArticlePublic Comment Sought on Proposal to Enhance Woodland Caribou Endangered...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking public comments on a proposal to amend the endangered species listing of the southern Selkirk Mountains population of woodland caribou to recognize a anew...
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