SepticSmart Week serves as a great reminder for homeowners to check their on-site septic systems. In Washington, about one-third of households rely on septic. That's close to one million homes!

In this edition of Behind the Scenes at the Nuclear Waste Program, we hear from George Peck, the program's Toxicologist.

Our permit allows appropriate pesticide use to control noxious weeds that harm local ecosystems or disrupt agricultural ...

Meet us this month at the Georgetown Community Council meeting, at the old city hall.

Today the Washington Department of Ecology issued an official rebuke of a draft report by the U.S. Department of Energy being used to justify the Trump Administration’s rollback of federal climate ...

We manage the Padilla Bay Reserve, which provides research and stewardship opportunities as well as educational classes and professional trainings on a variety of environmental topics. The Breazeale ...

We updated the air quality map, adding new features to the classic ones. Now it works the same on desktop, laptop, tablet, and smartphone. Find tips in the short user guide. Current air quality ...

Working for Ecology offers great benefits — health care, retirement, vacation. But the biggest benefit of all is knowing that your work is helping create a cleaner, healthier, more beautiful state for ...

We regulate the air, water, and hazardous waste activities at the Cosmo Specialty Fibers pulp mill in Cosmopolis. This is a sulfite pulp mill. With around 200 employees, the mill makes about 550 tons ...

In 2023, the Legislature passed a law creating a product stewardship program for batteries. This new law requires battery producers to create a statewide collection system for portable batteries by ...

We’re working with our partners to protect the water quality in the Spokane watershed, clean up toxic chemicals, and manage and conserve water for local communities and the natural environment. The ...

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.