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In response to worsening wildfires, EPA held a prize competition encouraging the creation of more affordable air filters. Ecology supported the competition during its first phase. 

Did you know that March contains not one but TWO bubble-themed holidays? Not to be left out of the fun, this month’s Critter is the bubbliest of them all: the bubble snails.

Washington's drought shows no sign of ending as we approach spring. 

Despite January winter storms, snowpack and water supply forecasts are below normal according to the experts who recently gathered for the first Water Supply Availability Committee Meeting of 2024.

A new Sprague Lake hydrology study identifies flood risk solutions for the area.

With its bright coloring, the Pacific blood star Henricia leviuscula is a recognizable sight in rocky tide pools. Read on to learn about the crimson critter with a few tricks up its spindly sleeves.

The Yakima Health District and Ecology are using thermal imaging to assess the underground fire at the DTG-Anderson Landfill in Yakima. Here's how we took the photos and what the data show us.

Our list of Puget Sound invertebrates is over 1,200 and growing! We have compiled photos, descriptions, and reference materials of all documented invertebrates in a new interactive dashboard.

Because of a May heatwave, state watersheds lost almost half their snowpack in just 18 days. Now summer river forecasts in some watersheds predict low flows.

Snowpack is up and streamflows are down. The cold and dry conditions of early spring had some surprising impacts on Washington’s water supply outlook, but warm weather is on the way.