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Reminding people about the dangers of wildfire smoke has been a key part of Moses’s outreach work. She emphasizes the health ...
We invite you to review and comment on documents, and attend an open house about the Rayonier Mill cleanup site on the shores ...
Things are heating up in the PNW, and with the excitement of warm weather comes the threat of wildfires. Cities across the ...
The Department of Ecology has expanded a drought declaration for the Yakima area to include watersheds in Snohomish, King, Pierce, Lewis, Thurston, Okanagan, Chelan, Clallam, Jefferson and Ferry ...
In this edition of Behind the Scenes at the Nuclear Waste Program, we talk with Heather Hansen, our Resource Center Business ...
The maps display places of use, water bodies, the type of water rights associated with a property, and “water device points” ...
Since we started tracking cleanup site data, we’ve listed over 14,000 contaminated or formerly contaminated sites. While over half of them have been cleaned up, that still leaves more than 6,400 ...
Did you know that May is American Wetlands Month? As we celebrate Washington's wetlands, join us in learning more about these important places and the ways they help make our lives better and richer ...
We all love our daily coffee fix, but the environmental cost of single-use cups is staggering – 50 billion of them are thrown away each year! That jolt of caffeine is essential, but the mountain of ...
For a third consecutive year, the Upper Yakima, Lower Yakima and Naches watersheds are under an emergency drought declaration. Pierce, King, Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom counties, along with Okanogan ...
Stormwater runoff from construction sites can carry muddy water, debris, and chemicals into local waterways. Sediments, chemicals, and debris can harm aquatic life and reduce water quality. We require ...
The Water Supply Availability Committee is a group of experts from various state and federal agencies who meet monthly to discuss conditions affecting Washington’s water supply. According to these ...