The “wettest” county east of the Cascades in June was Pend Oreille, which checked in with less than an inch of rain - a ...

On July 10, we received national recognition by national U.S. Water Alliance for our innovative Floodplains by Design program ...

This grant is the latest in a series awarded for cleaning up the historically contaminated Port Gardner Bay. Ecology is now ...

A vernal pool wetland at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge in late May that is seasonally dry. The lighter, cracked soil has dormant seed shrimp eggs scattered on the surface. Did you know that many ...

<p>Three Washington counties have been designated primary natural disaster areas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and are considered to be in a state of extreme drought.</p> ...

Some of our water quality improvement projects, including total maximum daily loads (TMDLs), are active and have webpages that are listed alphabetically (see left navigation menu). However, to find ...

Outdoor dust storms can be very unhealthy. Ecology and farmers have been working to reduce dust from fields. During a dust storm, massive amounts of soil and dust are suspended in air that can harm ...

The Recycling Reform Act will improve Washington’s residential recycling system. Passed by the legislature in 2025, the law creates an extended producer responsibility (EPR) program for residential ...

Streams that wind through Western Washington’s forests are essential habitat for frogs, bugs, and lots of other tiny critters. These streams are also a critical source of clean, cool water downstream.

How Ecology, King County, and community partners sprinted toward cleaner air King County Executive Shannon Braddock (far right) and Ecology's Air Quality program manager Kathy Taylor (second from ...

This tool can help you locate any of these sites within Washington state either in our database, or you can search visually on our interactive mapping tool. For help understanding the codes and terms ...