My Edmonds News – Page 2 – Edmonds Environmental Council

Public workshop on Edmonds critical areas July 18

July 14, 2025

The Edmonds Environmental Council is hosting a public workshop on critical areas in Edmonds from 7-9 p.m. Friday, July 18 in the Port of Edmonds Administration Building 2nd floor meeting room, 471 Admiral Way, Edmonds.

Letter to the editor: Edmonds School District must address PFAS contamination near Madrona School

July 12, 2025

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The following is a summary of a comments made to the Edmonds School Board. The link to the full text can be found here:

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U.S. Rep. Larsen briefed on federal funding cuts threatening Sound Salmon Solutions operations

June 30, 2025

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Mary Brueggerman, Sound Salmon Solutions executive director, briefs U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen Monday on the impacts of federal budget cuts. (Photos by Larry Vogel)

U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen (D-2nd District) visited Edmonds’ Willow Creek Hatchery Monday afternoon for a staff briefing on federal funding cuts that threaten hatchery operations and education programs.

Citizen of the Year Joe Scordino honored by Edmonds Chamber, Kiwanis

by Larry Vogel
June 11, 2025

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Joe receives the Citizen of the Year certificate from members of the Edmonds Kiwanis. L-R: Scordino, Tina Wilson, Mike Spano, Juliana Van Buskirk, Molly Boyce and Martha Kreiman.

Edmonds’ 2025 Citizen of the Year Joe Scordino was honored by the Edmonds Chamber Wednesday morning at the group’s monthly “Morning Buzz” coffee and networking event.

Citizen of the Year Joe Scordino to be honored at June 11 Edmonds Chamber event

June 4, 2025

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Edmonds Citizen of the Year Joe Scordino will be honored by the Edmonds Kiwanis Club during the Edmonds Chamber of Commerce Morning Buzz Networking event, set from 7:30-9 a.m. Wednesday, June 11 at the Edmonds Waterfront Center, 220 Railroad Ave., Edmonds.

Water district says it intends to sue over chemicals found in Edmonds school’s stormwater system

by Rick Sinnett
Posted: May 29, 2025

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Madrona K-8 School sits on top of the Deer Creek Aquifer, the source of the area’s drinking water. (Photo courtesy of the Edmonds School District.)

The Olympic View Water and Sewer District has issued a letter of intent to sue the Edmonds School District over chemicals found in the stormwater system at Edmonds’ Madrona K-8 School.

Council mulls middle housing code updates, hears report from Keep Edmonds Vibrant

by Teresa Wippel
May 28, 2025

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A group of about 30 people attended Tuesday’s Edmonds City Council meeting. (Photos by Nick Ng)

The Edmonds City Council spent much of its time Tuesday talking about updating the city’s middle housing development code — a process that must be completed by the end of the month. The council also heard from four community volunteers representing Keep Edmonds Vibrant, who presented the results of their month-long civic engagement initiative.

Scene at Meadowdale Beach Park: Students helping salmon

May 20, 2025
Edmonds Stream Team

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Christopher Erwert checks coho fry before release. (Photos courtesy Edmonds Stream Team)

Students from Meadowdale High School’s Eco Club joined community volunteers with the Edmonds Stream Team and Sound Salmon Solutions in releasing several thousand baby coho salmon into Lunds Gulch Creek Sunday.

Joe Scordino, ‘the environmental conscience of Edmonds,’ is Edmonds Citizen of the Year

by Larry Vogel
Posted: May 7, 2025

Longtime Edmonds resident, retired fisheries biologist and tireless advocate for preserving the city’s salmon-bearing streams, creeks and wetlands, Joe Scordino has been selected as Edmonds Citizen of the Year by the Edmonds Kiwanis Club.

Scene in Edmonds: WSDOT helping Edmonds Marsh restoration volunteers.

Posted: April 30, 2025

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: Citizen’s Planning Board public hearing – are you listening?

Posted: April 29, 2025
Larry Williamson
on behalf of Alliance of Citizens for Edmonds

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Editor:

The hearing concerning Residential Zoning (4/23/25) drew a full house with 18 diverse, longtime residents who spoke passionately about the negative residential impacts (increased building heights, lot coverages and density) of the proposed code update. The first, Kim Bayer-Augustavo, chair of the Architectural Design Board, became a de facto keynote for the hearing. Sixteen presenters, including former Planning Board and Housing Commission members, strongly endorsed her comments.

Letter to the editor: Stop planned overdevelopment of our neighborhoods

Posted: April 29, 2025

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Note – There are several excellent comments in the article.

Editor:

Last week’s Planning Board meeting was a packed house, with speakers requesting that the board and staff only implement the state’s minimum requirements to comply with housing legislation due June 25. Citizens clearly voiced they want to prevent negative environmental impacts and overdevelopment of our neighborhoods.

Scene in Edmonds: Salmon fry released in Yost Park

Posted: April 13, 2025
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Edmonds Stream Team’s Maya LaBelle, Emma Roberts and Maija Jinneman net baby salmon from the Willow Creek Salmon Hatchery.

Edmonds Rotary, Perrinville neighbors help repopulate streams with salmon

by Joe Scordino
April 7th, 2025

Volunteers used a “bucket brigade” to get coho babies down to Perrinville Creek. (Photos courtesy Joe Scordino)

Letter to the editor: Hummingbird Hill Park supporters not ‘misinformed’

Posted: April 3, 2025
By Chelsea Rudd
Edmonds

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Editor:

At Tuesday’s city council meeting, 250 Edmonds residents filled the chambers, with over 60 pleading with the council to remove Hummingbird Hill Park and Frances Anderson Center from consideration for rezoning, sale and commercial development. However, the next day it was reported by King 5, “Multiple city leaders say the public is misinformed.”