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 you can share your feedback.

The “wettest” county east of the Cascades in June was Pend Oreille, which checked in with less than an inch of rain - a whopping 0.8 inches. Which, for the record, was still Pend Oreille’s ...

Streams that wind through Western Washington’s forests are essential habitat for frogs, bugs, and lots of other tiny critters. These streams are also a critical source of clean, cool water downstream.

In many parts of western Washington, population growth and development is spreading into once-rural areas, putting new pressures on water supplies and potentially impacting the water needed by fish in ...

The Department of Ecology is beginning a rulemaking for a new rule, Chapter 173-217 WAC to establish a formal permitting program for projects that could alter or impact wetlands, streams, and other ...

The Washington Department of Ecology is expanding the drought emergency declared in April to include areas in the North and Central Cascade Mountains and parts of the Puget Sound area.

The Washington Department of Ecology fined 23 plastic producers a combined $277,000 for not complying with a 2021 state law requiring them to use a minimum amount of recycled material in single-use ...

Department of Ecology seeks public comment on restrictions and reporting requirements for PFAS in 12 product categories.

Brownfields transform neglected areas into valuable community assets through environmental cleanup and redevelopment, fostering economic growth and improving public health.

Ecology proposed regulatory updates plus over $130 million in state funding will get more zero-emission semi-trucks operating in Washington.

A new study from the Washington Department of Ecology shows that years of local efforts to reduce pollution in the Spokane River are producing a healthier river. Since 2010, Ecology and partners ...