Campaigning for clean water and a healthy environment for humans and wildlife
Subcategory for creek related blog posts.
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/
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.
May 14, 2024
Posted: April 28, 2024
Link to My Edmonds News article
Posted: October 5, 2023
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.
Continue reading “Reader view: Can we stop the demise of Edmonds salmon streams?”Department of Ecology
January 25, 2023
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.
Continue reading “Saving Washington’s salmon from toxic tire dust”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.
Continue reading “Reader view: Community volunteers dig in to restore Edmonds Marsh”Posted: August 10, 2022
Link to My Edmonds News article
Community volunteers are tackling the “motherlode” of invasive bittersweet nightshade in the Edmonds Marsh along Highway 104.
Continue reading “Restoring the Edmonds Marsh: Volunteers making a difference”Posted: September 26, 2021
Link to My Edmonds News article
(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.”
Continue reading “Letter to the editor: What’s the status of Perrinville Creek restoration project?”Posted: August 25, 2021
Link to My Edmonds News article
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.
Continue reading “Volunteers making a difference at Edmonds Marsh”Posted: August 5, 2021
Link to My Edmonds News article
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.
Continue reading “Volunteers making progress on Edmonds Marsh restoration”Posted: July 31, 2021
Link to My Edmonds News article
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.
Continue reading “Scene in Edmonds: Volunteers help restore the Edmonds Marsh”Posted: July 26, 2021
Link to My Edmonds News Article
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.
Continue reading “Edmonds Marsh restoration volunteer work parties set for July 29, 31”Posted: March 2, 2021
Link to My Edmonds News article
Citing heavy rainfall that overwhelmed the lower portion of Perrinville Creek, causing floods in December and January that washed out Talbot Road, damaged private property and threatened critical infrastructure, Edmonds Mayor Mike Nelson on Tuesday called for “immediate creation” of a plan to restore Perrinville Creek.
Continue reading “Mayor proposes Perrinville Creek Restoration Project to address long-term flooding, threats to fish”
