Juvenile salmonids traverse coastal meta-nurseries that connect rivers via the sea

Stuart H Munsch1*, Todd R Bennett2, Jimmy Faukner3, Madison J Halloran4, Karrie M Hanson2, Martin C Liermann2, Michael L McHenry 5, John R McMillan6, Raymond E Moses5, Bob Pagliuco7, George R Pess2, Katherine R Stonecypher4, and Darren M Ward4

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Baby salmon head out to sea. Then they do something unexpected, new research shows

April 30, 2025
By Lynda V. Mapes
Seattle Times environment reporter

Link to Seattle Times article

Coho salmon smolts are collected in a fish trap as researchers assess local salmon populations in an Olympic Peninsula stream. (Karrie Hanson)
Coho salmon smolts are collected in a fish trap as researchers assess local salmon populations in an Olympic Peninsula stream. (Karrie Hanson)

Who knew that baby salmon were such explorers?

The long-held understanding that baby salmon emerge from the streams where they hatched to head out to sea actually is missing a far more complex story — and a far more interesting one, scientists explain in a new paper.

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Letter to the editor: Citizen’s Planning Board public hearing – are you listening?

Posted: April 29, 2025
Larry Williamson
on behalf of Alliance of Citizens for Edmonds

Link to My Edmonds News article and comments:

Editor:

The hearing concerning Residential Zoning (4/23/25) drew a full house with 18 diverse, longtime residents who spoke passionately about the negative residential impacts (increased building heights, lot coverages and density) of the proposed code update. The first, Kim Bayer-Augustavo, chair of the Architectural Design Board, became a de facto keynote for the hearing. Sixteen presenters, including former Planning Board and Housing Commission members, strongly endorsed her comments.

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Letter to the editor: Stop planned overdevelopment of our neighborhoods

Posted: April 29, 2025

Link to My Edmonds News Article
Note – There are several excellent comments in the article.

Editor:

Last week’s Planning Board meeting was a packed house, with speakers requesting that the board and staff only implement the state’s minimum requirements to comply with housing legislation due June 25. Citizens clearly voiced they want to prevent negative environmental impacts and overdevelopment of our neighborhoods.

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Coho fry released in Shell Creek

On Saturday, April 12th, Megan Moran from Sound Salmon Solutions and Joe Scordino released several thousand Coho fry with the help of volunteers and local residents. These “baby” salmon were released in Yost Park near Olympic Avenue and near Holy Rosary parish in Edmonds.
It was great fun.

Here are a few photos:

Coho fry released into Shell creek

Yost Park: Volunteers help save Shell Creek salmon

Posted Sunday, April 13, 2025
By Joe Scordino, Stream Team Project Leader

A large crowd gathered at Yost Park to help release several salmon at a time. They used clear cups so everyone could see the baby salmon. (Photo courtesy Joe Scordino)

Link to Edmonds Beacon aticle

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Letter to the editor: Hummingbird Hill Park supporters not ‘misinformed’

Posted: April 3, 2025
By Chelsea Rudd
Edmonds

Link to My Edmonds News Article

Editor:

At Tuesday’s city council meeting, 250 Edmonds residents filled the chambers, with over 60 pleading with the council to remove Hummingbird Hill Park and Frances Anderson Center from consideration for rezoning, sale and commercial development. However, the next day it was reported by King 5, “Multiple city leaders say the public is misinformed.”

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Edmonds residents show up for Hummingbird Hill Park, Frances Anderson Center

After a two-and-a-half hour public comment session, the council tabled its votes for the two comprehensive plan amendments.

By Jenna Peterson
Wednesday, April 2

Link to Everett Herald Article

Richie Gabriel, 1, jumps off the bottom of the slide as Matthew Gabriel looks down at him from the play structure at Hummingbird Hill Park on Monday, March 31, 2025, in Edmonds, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Richie Gabriel, 1, jumps off the bottom of the slide as Matthew Gabriel looks down at him from the play structure at Hummingbird Hill Park on Monday, March 31, 2025, in Edmonds, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Parks, trees, zoning: 250 fill Edmonds Council chambers Tuesday to have their say

by Teresa Wippel 
Posted: April 2, 2025

Link to My Edmonds News Article

An estimated 250 people attended Tuesday’s council meeting. (Photos by Teresa Wippel)
An estimated 250 people attended Tuesday’s council meeting. (Photos by Teresa Wippel)

An estimated crowd of 250 people packed the Edmonds City Council chambers Tuesday, spilling out into the foyer. Some were fearful that a cherished neighborhood park and community center could eventually be sold to help offset the City of Edmonds’ $20 million budget deficit. Still others mourned the removal of a historic 100-foot redwood tree. And yet another group expressed concerns about how future zoning changes could impact their neighborhood.

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Edmonds Hearing Examiner decides on Perrinville Creek saga

The examiner revoked the city’s Determination of Non-Significance, forcing Edmonds to address infrastructure issues on the creek

By by Eliza Aronson
Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Perrinville creek diversion structures
Perrinville creek diversion structures and blockage

Link to Everett Herald article

EDMONDS — The city of Edmonds has work to do on Perrinville Creek.

On Friday, City Hearing Examiner Phil Olbrechts decided city staff must address safety issues about a corroded pipe that connects the last few hundred feet of stream to Puget Sound, and consequently restore fish passage along the lower portion of the creek.

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