Join the Facebook Live event on our Hanford Facebook page or, Join the Zoom stream up to 15 minutes before the 5:30 p.m.

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 ...

Tips for finding safer school supplies that protect students's health and the environment, and support learning all year long ...

Join Ecology Director Casey Sixkiller for an update and community feedback session about PFAS contamination in East Selah.

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.

Washington's working forests cover millions of acres, with the timber industry playing a vital economic role throughout the state. The Department of Natural Resources oversees the Forest Regulation ...

Southern Resident killer whales, or orcas, are a beloved icon of the Pacific Northwest. We served on Governor Jay Inslee's Southern Resident Killer Whale Recovery Task Force, which developed proposals ...

In 2018, shortly after the Bonasa Breaks Ranch dam breach, Rattlesnake Creek had very little shade from streamside plants. In 2025, the creek is fully shaded, showing a healthy riparian area. On the ...

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 ...

2021 — Washington's Plastic Bag Ban reduces plastic pollution by prohibiting single-use plastic carryout bags. Stores may provide reusable bags for a charge. 2022 — Washington’s single-use serviceware ...