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Ecology field crew sampling wetlands statewide this summer
May is American Wetlands Month and our wetland field crew will begin collecting data at wetlands across Washington as part of the 2026 National Wetland Condition Assessment.
Cleaner yards, cleaner future: Ridgefield neighborhood enters last stage of soil contamination cleanup
This yard cleanup program is reaching a pivotal cleanup step spring 2026 as it decontaminates the last participating yards in a Ridgefield neighborhood. But the soil there wasn’t always toxic.
Hop aboard Ecology's latest electric bus grant!
Ecology's latest grant to support electric school bus purchases can also be used to renew and update existing electric bus fleets.
Building stronger connections: new guidelines describe how we engage with communities
We have a new Community Engagement Plan describing how we seek to engage with communities impacted by our work. This is part of our ongoing Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act implementation.
Spokane River Toxics Reduction Grant supports clean water and healthier communities
This grant program is part of a larger multi-partner effort to reduce toxics and protect the health of the river through technical assistance, monitoring and research, and education and outreach.
Air Quality Awareness Week is here!
Air Quality Awareness Week (May 4–8, 2026) is a great time to improve your knowledge of all things related to air quality. Here is a week's worth of information organized around themes for each day.
Two decades later, popular grant program keeps costs and air pollution down
Ecology's Wood Smoke Reduction Grant Program continues to fund popular wood stove recycle and replacement programs across the state.
Echoes from the deep: A scuba diver’s ocean footprint and his path to protecting the Columbia River at Hanford
In this edition of Behind the Scenes at the Nuclear Waste Program, we sat down with Ben Prueitt, one of our program's Community Outreach and Environmental Education Specialists.
How restoring an estuary will help restore a crucial part of the past
Many locals have never seen the dense Olympia area exist without Capitol Lake at its center; they don’t know that the mouth of the Deschutes River exists within the heart of the Capitol.
Ecology grants and strong partnerships drive innovative methane reduction at landfills
Grant recipients of Ecology's landfill methane emissions reduction grant program are having success reducing methane emissions with grant-funded projects.