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Tackling Toxics: Flame Retardants
Evidence is mounting that shows flame-retarding chemicals don’t effectively slow fires and have negative health effects, yet consumer products widely contain these chemicals.
Cleaning up: It’s about turf in two Everett parks
We’re pulling up sod and replacing soil in two northeast Everett parks. Toxic metals and other particles from the Everett Smelter contaminated the grounds.
Boots on the ground: Members’ service impact spans from Washington to Louisiana
On Oct. 5, nearly 300 AmeriCorps members started a new term in the Washington Conservation Corps (WCC). Activities have even extended to Louisiana through a virtual disaster response assignment.
PFAS Sampling in Lake Washington
Scientists from our Toxic Studies Unit recently completed the first round of sampling as part of a new PFAS study in Lake Washington and its tributaries.
Around the Sound: Moving ahead in Port Gamble
A major cleanup in Port Gamble Bay will launch in the coming weeks and months.
Drought Watch: Saving crops in Skagit County
Skagit Valley farmers who produce much of our nation's vegetable seed supply got a needed shot in the arm thanks to their local public utility district.
How bad is the drought?
All but a smidgen of Washington state is in a "severe" drought and more than 31 percent of our state is in an "extreme" drought.
Floating the Yakima River with a purpose
Warm water is becoming all too common in the summer months. So much so, that we have teams floating the river to document refuges of cooler water.
Proper care of your water well can be a matter of life and death
Every year people and animals are injured or killed from a fall into an abandoned or improperly covered water well.
Recent rain welcome bonus for water supply
We’ve seen some wet weather across the state in the weeks since drought was declared in a few Central Washington watersheds on April 4.