Burn Ban Takes Effect June 15th in Unincorporated Skagit County
Burn Ban Takes Effect June 15th in Unincorporated Skagit County Due to current and forecasted weather conditions, a modified burn ban for all residential and land-clearing fires in unincorporated Skagit County will go into effect at 8:00 a.m. on June 15, 2025, and continue until further notice. Skagit County will no longer issue permits for burn activities, and existing permits will be suspended. Recreational and cooking fires, limited to 3 feet in diameter and 2 feet high, remain allowed when
Planning Commission Deliberations for Updates to Critical Areas Ordinance and Development Regulation
Community Members, Skagit County is conducting Planning Commission meetings in a hybrid format. A hybrid meeting of the Planning Commission will be held on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.The Planning Commission will hold Deliberations on Updates to the Critical Areas Ordinance and Development Regulations.The Planning Commission will be deliberating on recommendations on the Critical Areas Ordinance and Development Regulations Updates to the Board of County Commissioners. Proposal documents are available
Skagit County Commissioners Appoint Jill Boudreau to Housing Authority Of Skagit County Board
The Skagit County Board of Commissioners voted this week to appoint Jill Boudreau to the vacant Housing Authority of Skagit County (HASC) board seat. The search for a new board member comes in response to the resignation of board member Daniel Valdez, on April 7th.Boudreau currently works in the Whatcom County Executive’s Office as a senior policy and project manager and previously served as mayor for the City of Mount Vernon for 12 years before stepping down in 2023. Boudreau has a long history of being an
Shellfish Harvesting in Skagit County
With the return of warmer weather and daytime low tides, you might be venturing out to harvest shellfish from one of Skagit County’s many beaches. With the help of a diligent group of volunteer harvesters, Skagit County Public Health monitors samples of clams, oysters, and mussels for biotoxins including the toxin that causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP). PSP is a serious illness caused by eating shellfish containing elevated levels of a naturally occurring microscopic organism. What begins as a
Skagit Transit Long Range Transit Plan Open for Public Comment
Skagit Transit has developed a Draft Long-Range Transit Plan. This plan provides Skagit Transit with a framework for enhancing and expanding transit over the next decade to better serve existing riders and attract new riders. The plan and feedback form can be found here. Public comment on this plan is open until Wednesday, May 14th, 2025, and Skagit Transit wants to hear from you! Complete the survey available on their website, email custserv@skagittransit.org, or call (360) 757-4433 to provide feedback.
Skagit County to Host Unclaimed Remains Remembrance Ceremony
The Skagit County Coroner’s Office will host a remembrance ceremony for unclaimed remains at the Mount Vernon Cemetery Chapel, 1200 E Fir Street, Mount Vernon, on Friday, May 2nd, at 11:00 a.m. The ceremony will honor the memory of 59 individuals who have been unclaimed at the Coroner’s Office since 2019. The community is welcome to join the ceremony to recognize those being laid to rest.“While we may not have known who they were in life, we will respect and honor who they are at death,” said Skagit County
Commissioners Select New Public Works Director, County Engineer
The Skagit County Commissioners are pleased to announce the selection of Michael See as the new Public Works Director and the appointment of Tom Weller as County Engineer. Michael was most recently serving as the Acting Director of Public Works, with three previous years of experience as the Assistant Director, and Tom was the Acting County Engineer and Engineering Division Manager for Public Works. “We are thrilled to have Michael and Tom continue to lead our Public Works Department,” said Commissioner
Commissioners Approve Option Agreement to Acquire Haller Farm for Estuary Restoration Project
On Earth Day, April 22nd, the Skagit County Board of Commissioners approved an option agreement to acquire Haller Farm, a 584-acre property at the mouth of the North Fork of the Skagit River, approximately one mile from La Conner. Haller Farm encompasses the majority of the highest ranked Skagit Chinook recovery project area identified by the 2017 Skagit Estuary Restoration Strategic Assessment (“Skagit ERSA”), a strategic approach to Chinook recovery and estuary restoration jointly developed by
