Campaigning for clean water and a healthy environment for humans and wildlife
By Andy Walgamott
Northwest Sportsman
February 4, 2025
A bipartisan group of Washington legislators has filed a bill in Olympia asking Congress and the Trump Administration to modify the Marine Mammal Protection Act to allow lethal removals of sea lions and harbor seals and other actions in more of the state to save ESA-listed Chinook and other salmon populations.
Posted: February 1, 2025
My Edmonds News
Updated Feb. 3 with a comment from the City of Edmonds
The Edmonds Environmental Council (EEC) said Friday night that is has reached an agreement with the City of Edmonds to suspend the EEC’s appeal of city regulations related to the city’s critical aquifer recharge area (CARA) regulation approved by the Edmonds City Council in May.
Continue reading “Edmonds Environmental Council, city reach agreement on appeal of critical aquifer regulations”Posted: February 2, 2025
By Bill Derry
Edmonds resident Bill Derry is the president of the Pilchuck Audubon Society and a member of the Edmonds Marsh Estuary Advocates. He previously served six years on the board of directors for People for Puget Sound.
Part 2 of a 5-part series. You can read part 1 here.
In the first article on Edmonds’ waters, I discussed what happens when old growth forests are replaced by development and rain becomes contaminated stormwater runoff. This article looks specifically at Edmonds’ streams and how our choices are changing them.
Edmonds has four streams that could support salmon, in addition to several smaller streams (see map below). The four salmon streams are Willow, Shellabarger, Shell and Perrinville Creeks, all of which drain toward Puget Sound.
Continue reading “The State of Edmonds Waters: Part 2 — Edmonds streams”Posted Friday, January 31, 2025
By Beacon Staff
The Edmonds Environmental Council (EEC) reports it has reached an agreement with the City of Edmonds on suspending the EEC’s appeal of City regulations pending results of a scientific study on stormwater infiltration and its risks of PFAS and other toxins polluting the drinking water aquifer.
According to the settlement agreement, the City will use the study results to make recommendations to the Edmonds City Council on the Deer Creek Aquifer Critical Area Regulations.
The full text of the settlement agreement is available on the EEC website.
Continue reading “Settlement reached on appeal of Deer Creek regulations”Posted Sunday, January 12, 2025 6:12 pm
By Joe Scordino
Edmonds Stream Team
There’s good news coming from the Edmonds Stream Team after completion of its annual adult salmon surveys last month in Edmonds’ Shell Creek and Lund’s Gulch Creek in Meadowdale Beach Park.
Continue reading “Stream Team report: Record number of salmon in Shell Creek”— Story and photos by Joe Scordino
Project leader, Edmonds Stream Team
January 1, 2025
The Edmonds Stream Team completed its annual adult salmon surveys in Edmonds’ Shell Creek and Lunds Gulch Creek (located in Meadowdale Beach Park) in December. The Stream Team documented the highest number of chum salmon spawners in November 2024 since surveys began in Shell Creek in 2017.
Continue reading “2024 surveys show record number of salmon in Shell Creek”The agency obtained research from 3M in 2003 revealing that sewage sludge, the raw material for the fertilizer, carried toxic “forever chemicals.”
The author reviewed thousands of pages of decades-old documents to report this article.
By Hiroko Tabuchi
Dec. 27, 2024
In early 2000, scientists at 3M, the chemicals giant, made a startling discovery: High levels of PFAS, the virtually indestructible “forever chemicals” used in nonstick pans, stain-resistant carpets and many other products were turning up in the nation’s sewage.
Continue reading “The E.P.A. Promotes Toxic Fertilizer. 3M Told It of Risks Years Ago.”By Teresa Wippel, My Edmonds News
November 11, 2024
Passionate comments about city planning, providing police and fire services, and protecting the character of downtown Edmonds dominated public testimony at Tuesday night’s Edmonds City Council meeting, as advocates for a range of viewpoints packed the council chambers to have their say.
By Joan Bloom
Posted: December 8, 2024
When Edmonds councilmembers claim their draft Comp Plan, soon to be approved, includes “affordable housing,” are they lying or just ignorant?
Continue reading “Reader View: The myth of affordable housing”Story and photos by Chris Walton
Posted: December 6, 2024
On Thursday, a team of Sound Salmon Solutions volunteers processed this year’s batch of coho salmon eggs at the Edmonds Fish Hatchery located at the foot of Pine Street in Edmonds.
Continue reading “Salmon eggs begin Edmonds journey”By Joan Bloom
Posted: December 1, 2024
An open letter to the Edmonds City Council and Mayor:
I can’t imagine how stressful this holiday season has been for all of you, given the financial state of the city, biennial budget deliberations, the Regional Fire Authority issue, and the Edmonds Comprehensive Plan update.
Many of us are extremely concerned that council will finalize the draft Comp Plan by year end. Yet, xouncil has six months after the Comp Plan update deadline of 12-31-24 to finalize the Comp Plan before the State preempts local control and enforces housing mandates.
Continue reading “Reader View: Let’s extend the deadline for finalizing the Edmonds Comprehensive Plan”My Edmonds News
Posted: November 26, 2024
The attached letter was sent to Director Laura Watson, Washington State Department of Ecology, containing EEC’s comments requesting that the Feasibility Study be revised to include additional Alternatives and then re-submitted for public review and comment.
Continue reading “Letter – Unocal Edmonds Bulk Fuel Terminal 0178 cleanup”Letter sent to Edmonds Mayor Mike Rosen, Edmonds City Council, and Edmonds Planning Director
From: Edmonds Environmental Council
November 25, 2025
Please see the linked OpEd piece in My Edmonds News yesterday and the comments to it.
By Joe Scordino
Posted: November 23, 2024
Much of Edmonds shouldn’t be further developed because of inadequate or antiquated infrastructure, or the area is already overbuilt for the existing landscape or it has unique landscapes and critical areas requiring additional restrictions. But our state Legislature didn’t take this into account when it mandated every city to update their Comprehensive (Comp) Plan to allow for increased housing density.
Continue reading “Reader View: A better idea for Edmonds Comprehensive Plan update – ‘Environmentally Sensitive’ zoning”