Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) presented the City of Kenmore with a $1.3 million ceremonial check to support fish migration and habitat restoration efforts. The Swamp Creek Tributary Culvert Replacement Project will replace a culvert that is currently blocking the passage of migrating salmon and other fish. By opening this […]
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We need your help! Consider making a donation today! Sno-King Watershed Council is appealing the Subject Planning and Development (PDS) decision to allow differences to be made to the Snow Ridge development site (permit #18*113924-SPA). The current plan is to install 26 residential units on 3.94 acres on 3101 and […]
These students are really working on improving the salmon habitat in Edmonds! Students Saving Salmon is a a club made up of Edmonds-Woodway High School students who are interested in learning about salmon and their habitat. https://www.facebook.com/Students-Saving-Salmon-Edmonds-Stream-Team-1094875650565724/
by AARON KUNKLER, Bothell Reporter Reporter Salmon runs used to be a prominent feature of Lake Washington and Puget Sound, but their numbers have dramatically declined following decades of shoreline development, contamination and increasing wetland urbanization, prompting ecology experts to galvanize governments and private landowners to try and carve out a […]
Squire’s Landing Park Riparian Restoration A $70,000 SRFB grant was given to the Sno-King Watershed Council, partnering with the City of Kenmore and Adopt-A-Stream Foundation to initiate restoration of riparian forest habitat at the confluence of the Sammamish River and Swamp Creek. The long term goal of this effort is […]
There are a lot of watershed and salmon recovery groups in Puget Sound. Did you ever wonder what they all do, and how they inter-relate? Maybe only if you are already part of a group. This somewhat technical report from Puget Sound Partnership lays it all out. Follow the link […]
From the Seattle Times online: Filtering rain runoff reduces its threat to salmon, study suggests Stormwater runoff that results from everyday activities — oils from leaky cars, pesticides from lawns and other pollutants — killed fish within four hours in a recent study. The salmon were fine when the same […]