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Join Ecology Director Casey Sixkiller for an update and community feedback session about PFAS contamination in East Selah.
Tips for finding safer school supplies that protect students's health and the environment, and support learning all year long ...
We'd like your input on a legal agreement and other documents to clean up PFAS contamination at Paine Field in Everett.
We're sharing the notable updates we are proposing for the Sand and Gravel General permit as well as information about how ...
The “wettest” county east of the Cascades in June was Pend Oreille, which checked in with less than an inch of rain - a whopping 0.8 inches. Which, for the record, was still Pend Oreille’s ...
We issued million-dollar penalties for dangerous waste violations at two Anacortes refineries, Tesoro and HF Sinclair.
Water Quality Combined Funding program applications open July 22 The application period for state fiscal year 2027 funding is now open. Applications can be submitted July 22, 2025, through Sept. 3, ...
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 ...
Join our Virtual Open House on August 19 from 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. The Department of Ecology is updating the rules that shape how local governments manage and protect shorelines across the state along ...
After researchers pinpointed the toxic chemical that is killing coho salmon in freshwater, we got to work, alongside several partners, to protect coho salmon.