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

One wetland that typically dries completely is a vernal pool. These wetlands hold water early in the growing season and then ...

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

Crews are responding to a tanker truck rollover and spill into Indian Creek on July 18, 2025 at 11:30 a.m. A dual-tanker ...

With great enthusiasm, 19 community-based organizations partnered with Ecology and King County to distribute thousands of ...

Join the 2025 Washington Brownfields Conference in Yakima to explore environmental cleanup, redevelopment, and sustainable practices with experts and professionals.

Ecology is beginning rulemaking to amend five instream flow rules, chapters 173-507, 173-508, 173-513, 173-514, and 173-515 WAC. Ecology is starting rulemaking to amend five Instream Flow Rules in ...

In many parts of western Washington, population growth and development is spreading into once-rural areas, putting new pressures on water supplies and potentially impacting the water needed by fish in ...

The Washington Department of Ecology released on Wednesday the results of its tenth quarterly Cap-and-Invest auction of emissions allowances. All allowances sold, pushing the total revenue raised for ...

We invite you to comment on documents and attend an open house for the Rayonier Mill cleanup site on the shores of Port Angeles. The study area of this site is moving to the next phase of cleanup.

The Department of Ecology is beginning a rulemaking for a new rule, Chapter 173-217 WAC to establish a formal permitting program for projects that could alter or impact wetlands, streams, and other ...