Objective
Edmonds Environmental Council seeks to assist statewide efforts to return salmon to local streams and address impediments to improving stream habitat such as stormwater damage and fish passage blockages.
Approach
- Early generations of Edmonds residents used to enjoy healthy fish populations in our local creeks. We can boast several salmon spawning streams including Shell, Shellabarger, Perrinville, and Lund’s Gulch, all connecting Edmonds neighborhoods to Puget Sound.
- Years of upland development without appropriate environmental mitigation has all but destroyed the runs in some creeks and badly impacted the runs in others. Join with us to restore these salmon runs to healthy, sustainable levels for future generations. You can be a part of rebuilding our rich natural heritage.
Current Efforts
- Shell Creek
- Perrinville Creek
- Shellabarger Creek – future
- Lunds Gulch Creek – future
Important Allies
We are monitoring creek conditions and are associated with two important allies of EEC, Sound Salmon Solutions and the Edmonds Stream Team volunteers. Together, we are working to restore healthy salmon populations to our streams and marsh. This involves counting returning salmon, releasing hatchery fry, and working on habitat restoration, all with the goal of restoring salmon runs to our precious watershed.
We connect you with our watersheds for the future of salmon
It takes all of us to help salmon return to our watersheds. Through interactive education, hands-on stewardship, and state-of-the-art habitat restoration we nurture the relationships between people and our wild spaces to support salmon recovery.
Edmonds Stream Team
The Edmonds Stream Team is a community all-volunteer Citizen Science project to monitor and improve the condition of Puget Sound creeks and nearshore wetlands. Their goal is to enhance salmon and wildlife populations, and benefit the people who appreciate preservation of our natural resources.
