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

EDMONDS — In 2026, hundreds of coho salmon will try to return to Perrinville Creek for spawning — like clockwork.

Over the past two years, with approval from the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, retired fishery biologist Joe Scordino and volunteers with the Edmonds Stream Team have released 8,000 coho fry in an upper stretch of the creek. Volunteers placed fish in other local creeks as well, with the larger goal of reestablishing salmon runs in small streams that coho, in particular, depend on for rearing and spawning.

Coho fry, at 1 to 2 inches with long parr marks on their sides, will spend their first year of life in a portion of Perrinville Creek that starts near the post office on Olympic View Drive, winds through Southwest County Park and flows into storm drains near Talbot Road before entering Puget Sound from a culvert underneath the railroad tracks.

After that first year, the salmon will swim toward saltwater and forage for months in the ocean before returning home — bringing with them energy and nutrients that support the surrounding ecosystem.

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