Did Feds Block Tide Gate Fixes in Ploy to Take Skagit Farmland?

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After federal authorities blocked not one, but two seemingly straightforward fixes to tide gates protecting Skagit County farmland, troubling questions are surfacing about the true motives behind the decision. Skagit dairy farmer and dike district commissioner Jason Vander Kooy joins Dillon with details on the predicament that puts hundreds of acres of fertile farmland at risk of destruction.

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Did Feds Block Tide Gate Fixes in Ploy to Take Skagit Farmland?

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