Scene in Edmonds: WSDOT helping Edmonds Marsh restoration volunteers.

Posted: April 30, 2025

Photo by Joe Scordino

Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) crews were out Wednesday mowing vegetation along State Route 104 to help prepare the Edmonds Marsh Restoration site for upcoming volunteer work coordinated by the Edmonds Stream Team. See our previous story for a complete description of the project.

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Letter to the editor: A request to continue Edmonds Marsh work

By William Alexander
March 30, 2025
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Editor’s note: This letter to Mayor Mike Rosen is being republished here at the author’s request. We did ask the city last week if they had a response but so far have not received one.

Dear Mayor Rosen:

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Letter – Proposal for Edmonds Marsh Near-Shore Estuary restoration plan using a Public/Private Partnership Business Plan

By Diane Buckshnis
November 8, 2024

Proposal for Edmonds Marsh Near-Shore Estuary restoration plan using a Public/Private Partnership Business Plan 

Background:  

In 2021-2022 WRIA 8 Salmon Recovery Manager Jason Mulvihill Kuntz, Edmonds City Council Member and WRIA  8 delegate Diane Buckshnis, and Edmonds citizen Jack Faris were tasked by Puget Sound Partnership (PSP) Salmon Recovery Council to work on establishing a public/private partnership (PPP) with high wealth donor foundations and/or citizens to obtain a private funding strategy to fund all the delayed costs which was estimated at $35M.

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Volunteers complete Edmonds Marsh and creek restoration work

Edmonds Beacon
October 10th, 2024

by Joe Scordino

The Edmonds Marsh Volunteer Restoration Project concluded its work for the year in restoring freshwater connections to the Edmonds Marsh and reestablishing a “new” Shellabarger Creek open channel on the west side of Highway 104. A volunteer tree planting event in October will complete the goals of this habitat restoration project for 2024.

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Reader view: Community volunteers dig in to restore Edmonds Marsh

By Joe Scordino
Posted: September 17, 2022

Joe Scordino
Joe Scordino

After 500 hours of hard labor on 18 days this summer, over 50 community volunteers relished in their success in restoring stream flows in the Edmonds Marsh that had been blocked by chain-link fencing and a huge, spreading mass of an invasive plant called bittersweet nightshade.

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Restoring the Edmonds Marsh: Volunteers making a difference

Posted: August 10, 2022

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Edmonds-Woodway High School students Isis Liaw, Joshua Ly and Makana Apio documenting improved water quality in the Edmonds Marsh.

Community volunteers are tackling the “motherlode” of invasive bittersweet nightshade in the Edmonds Marsh along Highway 104.

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Volunteers making a difference at Edmonds Marsh

Posted: August 25, 2021

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  • Before and after images showing nightshade removal

The “before” and “after” photos show the remarkable difference that community volunteers have made in restoring freshwater connections and native plants in the Edmonds Marsh-Estuary, according to project coordinator Joe Scordino.

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Volunteers making progress on Edmonds Marsh restoration

Posted: August 5, 2021

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Community volunteers and Students Saving Salmon club members made progress Thursday in removing invasive nightshade thickets and several sections of fence in the marsh along Highway 104. Volunteers got creative in putting the fence rails and chainlink down over cleared areas to make it easier to walk across wet areas and thick mud.

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Scene in Edmonds: Volunteers help restore the Edmonds Marsh

Posted: July 31, 2021

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Over 30 Edmonds community volunteers helped remove invasive nightshade and blackberry along Highway 104 over two days under a Washington State Department of Transportation “Adopt-A-Highway” restoration project.

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Edmonds Marsh restoration volunteer work parties set for July 29, 31

Posted: July 26, 2021

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Joe Scordino and Greg Ferguson working to remove nightshade.

Two volunteer work parties are scheduled for this Thursday and Saturday, July 29 and 31, to begin removing the invasive nightshade in the Edmonds Marsh along Highway 104.

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