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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.
May the fourth be with you: the Arctic sand star
The deep-sea-dwelling Arctic sand star may be even more of a hermit than Obe-Wan Kenobi, but that won't keep us from digging into what makes it a force of nature in sediment communities.
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.
Yakima Basin water supply update
On April 8, we declared a statewide drought emergency, the fourth in a row for the Yakima Basin. Here are the water supply conditions that may lead to restrictions on water use later this summer.
Delivering tools for healthy water
Our 2025 Nonpoint Plan and Clean Water Guidance are published.
Celebrating Earth Day one drawing at a time
Announcing our Earth Day clean water coloring book design contest winners!
Join our 2026 watershed health technician crew
Every summer, technicians play a vital role in collecting environmental data about rivers and streams. Apply to join our crew and gain field experience that can help launch your science career.
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.
Grant program promotes healthy Puget Sound stream and river habitats
We are accepting grant applications for projects that improve, restore and protect habitat areas in and along streams and rivers that flow to Puget Sound.
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.