Author: John Brock

Fall 2024

On July 9, 2024, the Edmonds Environmental Council was incorporated as a Washington State non-profit organization. The EEC was formed to educate and inform the public on environmental issues, to constructively engage with local and regional governments, working through the unintended consequences of some of their policy decisions. With your help, the EEC will be a strong voice to protect natural areas, to ensure clean water, and to promote a healthy environment critical for both humans and wildlife.

We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, making your generous donations tax deductible.

Current projects include:

• We are involved in an appeal with the City of Edmonds to the State Growth Management Board . A new ordinance is allowing stormwater contaminated with PFAS “forever chemicals” to be injected into the Deer Creek Springs Critical Aquifer Recharge Area (CARA). This aquifer supplies water for Edmonds south of 220th St SW and all of Woodway. We are currently in mediation with the city to avoid the costs associated with the appeal, with the goal of prohibiting PFAS from being allowed into our drinking water.
  For more details, please visit: https://edmondsenvironmentalcouncil.org/deer-creek/
  
• Faced with an anticipated population growth of 30% over the next 20 years, the City of Edmonds is struggling through a major Comprehensive Plan update. The EEC is actively advocating for responsible development standards that protect people and wildlife, and mitigate impacts to water and the environment.
  For more details, please visit: https://edmondsenvironmentalcouncil.org/edmonds-comp-plan/
  
• Restoring salmon runs to the Edmonds Marsh system has been an active, multifaceted effort by Board President Joe Scordino and VP Diane Buckshnis for over a decade.
  This includes:
  1. Removing and controlling invasive plant species (including Bittersweet Nightshade and Purple Loosestrife) to restore Shellabarger Creek water flow under and along WA 104 into the marsh.
  2. Fully completing the environmental cleanup of Chevron’s Unocal site
  3. Acquisition of the Unocal property by the City of Edmonds
  4. Connecting the Marsh to Puget Sound with a clean open channel

For more details, please visit: https://edmondsenvironmentalcouncil.org/marsh/

• Edmonds used to enjoy several salmon spawning creeks including Shell, Shellabarger, Perrinville, and Lund’s Gulch. Years of development without appropriate environmental safeguards has all but destroyed this rich heritage. Allies of EEC, Sound Salmon Solutions and the Edmonds Stream Team volunteer organizations, are working to return salmon runs to this watershed.
  For more details, please visit: https://edmondsenvironmentalcouncil.org/salmon-restoration/

Please visit us on the Web at 

• Edmonds Environmental Council
• Facebook

Thank you and welcome aboard!

EEC Board: Joe Scordino, Diane Buckshnis, John Brock, Ken Reidy, Dianna Maish, Clint Wright