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Edmonds Marsh and Shellabarger Creek restoration complete

My Edmonds News
Posted: September 30, 2024

Edmonds Marsh and Shellabarger Creek restoration complete

‘Give them a chance’: The fight to bring salmon back to Edmonds stream

For years, locals have begged the city to remove fish barriers in Perrinville Creek. A federal grant could help.

by Ta’Leah Van Sistine
Saturday, September 21, 2024 6:30am

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/give-them-a-chance-the-fight-to-bring-salmon-back-to-edmonds-stream/

An overflow diversion structure sits along a section of Perrinville Creek near Talbot Road on Monday in Edmonds. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Future stewards lend a hand to baby salmon

My Edmonds News
Posted: May 27, 2024

Last week marked the final releases this year of “baby” coho salmon from Edmonds’ Willow Creek Salmon Hatchery into local streams to help the salmon populations in Puget Sound. On hand to help were community volunteers including future stewards of the environment and even Edmonds Mayor Mike Rosen.

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Salmon fry released into upper Perrinville Creek

Posted: April 28, 2024

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Brothers Theo (age 6) and Elliot (age 4)Turner help with the release of salmon fry Saturday. (Photo by Clint Wright)

Edmonds Marsh volunteers conclude their restoration work for the year

Posted: October 5, 2023

Edmonds Marsh volunteers conclude their restoration work for the year

Reader view: Can we stop the demise of Edmonds salmon streams?

By Joe Scordino
Posted: August 26, 2023

First it was Perrinville Creek and now it is Shell Creek that is losing its natural functions and salmon habitat — this time because of neglect and inaction by city administration in Edmonds’ Yost Park.

In the case of Perrinville Creek, the loss of salmon is due to both inaction to implement a watershed restoration plan (as promised by Mayor Nelson in a press release over two years ago), and an apparent illegal action the city took in January 2021 to totally block salmon access to Perrinville Creek.

Saving Washington’s salmon from toxic tire dust

Department of Ecology
January 25, 2023

We are taking action to reduce 6PPD-quinone, a chemical that is deadly to coho salmon

Coho salmon returning to rivers and streams often die before they can spawn. Photo by Roger Tabor, US Fish and Wildlife

For over 20 years, scientists faced a toxic mystery: coho salmon returning to urban streams and rivers in the Puget Sound region were dying before they could lay their eggs. The culprit was unknown, but it seemed linked to toxic chemicals running off our roads and highways.

Reader view: Community volunteers dig in to restore Edmonds Marsh

By Joe Scordino
Posted: September 17, 2022

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.

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.

Letter to the editor: What’s the status of Perrinville Creek restoration project?

Posted: September 26, 2021

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(The following letter was sent to Edmonds Mayor Mike Nelson and is being published here at the author’s request)

Mayor Nelson:

Last March, you put out a press release titled “Mayor Nelson Calls for Perrinville Creek Restoration Project” that acknowledged the stormwater damage to Perrinville Creek and said “Once staff have formulated a better idea of the full effort and cost required to pursue a restoration project, they will present it to City Council for their review and direction, which will also include an opportunity for public input.”

Volunteers making a difference at Edmonds Marsh

Posted: August 25, 2021

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Before: Nightshade thicket on fence and waterway preventing water flow.
After: Volunteers removed nightshade leaving only fence posts and open channel for freshwater flow. Note large pile of nightshade vines in foreground.

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.

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.

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.

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.