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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Fire safety burn bans Fire safety burn bans are called by the Washington Department of Natural Resources, local fire districts, and Tribes to protect people and property when wildfire danger is high.

On July 21, 2025, Ecology adopted amendments to address new and revised offset protocols in the Climate Commitment Act Program Rule, Chapter 173-446 WAC. We adopted amendments in sections 173-446-505 ...

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 ...

Three Washington counties have been designated primary natural disaster areas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and are ...

After researchers pinpointed the toxic chemical that is killing coho salmon in freshwater, we got to work, alongside several partners, to protect coho salmon.