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The local Save Our Marsh citizens group has initiated a petition drive to request Gov. Jay Inslee dedicate the state property adjacent to the Edmonds Marsh for salmon recovery, estuary restoration, and wildlife conservation. The petition can be accessed online at chng.it/4Kg7wdtZcT.

Background

The old Unocal site on the southern edge of the Edmonds Marsh was purchased by the Washington Department of Transportation in 2005 for the purpose of building a new ferry terminal. But Washington State Ferries abandoned that plan some time ago.

Thus, that state property, if transferred to another s...