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 ...

Two Thurston County property owners were fined $204,000 by the Washington Department of Ecology for unpermitted shoreline development along the Deschutes River near Yelm. Chuck and Austin Rogers ...

Ecology penalized Climate Care Innovations $425,000 for violating rules designed to ensure the state’s emissions market is both fair and secure.

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.

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

Join the walking tour to learn about this cleanup site on the Bellingham Bay waterfront. Ecology is currently asking for public comments on a draft cleanup action plan, agreed order, State ...

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

The record-shattering smoke storm of 2020 is now behind us. Rain clouds have replaced the choking fog of smoke that held Washington in a vice for more than a week, and the annual dread of late-summer ...

Phasing in new state law requirements The 2021 plastics law will reduce the use of covered single-use plastics. This law aims to reduce the production of new plastic and drive the development of new ...

State Route 112 faces numerous climate-related threats. Photo courtesy Washington State Department of Transportation. Washington’s coastlines might be considered the canary in the coal mine for the ...

With its easily recognizable shell (the largest found on Puget Sound beaches), we are certainly over the moon for this month's critter: the Moon Snail.