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Cleaning up: An outdoor cleanup plan inside a river bend
We're taking comments on a cleanup plan for exterior walls and adjacent soil at the former Anacortes water treatment plant at Mount Vernon.
Better living through Green Chemistry
After nearly a century of manufacturing dangerous toxic chemicals, a new perspective in the field has emerged called "Green Chemistry."
Fecal Matters: Discovery Park is open for water contact recreation, King County
Public Health Seattle & King County lifted the no water contact advisory at Discovery Park in King County.
Fecal Matters: A portion of Alki Beach Park is closed to water recreation, King County
Alki Beach Park in King County near Bonair Drive SW is closed to water recreation due to a sewer overflow.
Nuclear Waste Program intern gains new appreciation for the scope of work at Hanford
During his summer internship with Ecology's Nuclear Waste Program, Tri-Cities native Isaac Leggett expanded his knowledge about Hanford beyond anything he'd learned growing up in the area.
Celebrate Pride! The ornate tube worm sports all the colors of the rainbow
Our benthic taxonomists share details on critters in sediment habitats, including life history, and the role each critter plays in the community. This month's focus is the Ornate Tube Worm.
Testing for toxics
New testing by our product testing team found chemicals that could be toxic in children’s products.
Our WCC crews support wildfire response statewide
Raging wildfires across Central and Eastern Washington have kept firefighters busy across the state, including some of our own Washington Conservation Corps (WCC) crews.
WCC Fish Response: Crews help fish battle the drought
The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) called on our AmeriCorps members to complete critical fish passage projects through the Governor's Drought Relief funding package.
Going nuts over the peanut worms
Peanut worms belong to the phylum Sipuncula, meaning "little tube or siphon." They can retract their bodies into a tubular trunk like a balled up pair of socks.