Ecology is working with other state and local government agencies to reduce nitrate contamination so everyone in the Lower ...

On the morning of July 18, a dual-tanker truck carrying thousands of gallons of gasoline and diesel left the roadway on U.S.

We are starting a new statewide study to evaluate potential environmental impacts surrounding the production and distribution ...

We are partnering with the Office of the Insurance Commissioner, Emergency Management Division, and the Department of Natural ...

We're dispelling rumors and sharing critical truths about adjudication for Water Resources Inventory Area 1 (WRIA), also ...

It is far less expensive to prevent an oil spill than it is to clean one up. No spill is acceptable — once oil is released into the environment, harmful consequences have already occurred. All oil ...

The Dungeness water management rule was adopted in late 2012 to protect flows in a critical basin for endangered fish. Elements of the Dungeness water management rule include: Setting instream flow ...

A transboundary workgroup is collaborating to improve water quality in the Nooksack River watershed. Due to those efforts, ...

Coho salmon returning to rivers and streams often die before they can spawn. Photo by Roger Tabor, US Fish and Wildlife For over 20 years, scientists faced a toxic mystery: coho salmon returning to ...

Wildfire smoke from the 2024 Pioneer Fire, near Lake Chelan Things are heating up in the PNW, and with the excitement of warm weather comes the threat of wildfires. Cities across the Midwest and ...

Lewis’ Moon Snail with its dark brown, hard operculum. Courtesy of Linda Schroeder—PNW Shell Club. With its easily recognizable shell (the largest found on Puget Sound beaches), we are certainly over ...

On Sept. 10, a super massive plume of smoke from Oregon wildfires began moving into Washington. The record-shattering smoke storm of 2020 is now behind us. Rain clouds have replaced the choking fog of ...