May 17, 2026
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Several thousand baby coho salmon from the Willow Creek Salmon Hatchery in Edmonds were released into local streams on Saturday.
This hatchery has raised salmon since the mid-1980s, and in recent years, under management by Sound Salmon Solutions, has focused on re-introducing and bolstering coho salmon populations in Edmonds’ streams, such as Shell Creek, Perrinville Creek, Willow Creek, Shellabarger Creek, Lunds Gulch Creek and Northstream Creek.
Releases of baby coho salmon (called ‘salmon fry’) into local streams now involve volunteers of all ages to promote public engagement in enhancement of the quality stream habitat that these fish need to survive.
Saturday was no different with adults, students, and young families helping release the salmon fry into Shell Creek in Yost Park and into Willow Creek next to the Hatchery.
