I have spent much time over the past several years photographing wildlife at the Edmonds marsh. Information on the marsh copied from the Bird Fest website:
The Edmonds Marsh is one of the few urban saltwater estuaries remaining in the Puget Sound area. Before settlement this salt marsh occupied nearly 40 acres of barrier estuary and marsh complex, a rare geologic and biologically rich coastal ecosytem. Development reduced the marsh to its present area of 22.5 acres, which is now being restored and preserved for wildlife habitat, water quality and public enjoyment.
When I first started photographing the marsh, the marsh side of the paved walkway between the #2 (main) and #4 (eastern) viewing platforms was a series of blackberry brambles. EarthCorps and the Puget Sound Stewards, a volunteer group that works with EarthCorps, removed the brambles and replaced them with native plants under a grant from the Hazel Miller Foundation. The City of Edmonds has since provided some funding and contracted with EarthCorps to keep supporting the program. The stewards continue working in the marsh, as well as many other parks in Edmonds.
Students from the Students Saving Salmon program at Edmonds-Woodway and Meadowdale High Schools work with volunteer Joe Scordino on monitoring the water quality of the marsh and the two creeks that feed it.
The Edmonds City Council has established a fund to help support restoration and preservation of the marsh. Anyone wishing to make a tax deductible contribution to the Marsh fund can submit a check designated for the Marsh Restoration Fund to the City of Edmonds, 121 5th Ave. N., Edmonds, WA 98020, attention Carrie Hite.
This is what it looks like today (
4-2-18) just east of the #2 platform.
Where you now see native plants was once blackberry brambles.