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We recently completed a report on Columbia River vessel traffic that will help us respond to spills on the Columbia alongside our partners. 

Ecology is taking public comments on the state's proposed Marine Spatial Plan and draft Environmental Impact Statement until Dec. 12, 2017.

We explain how the Salish Sea Model and other scientific computer models help us better understand the world around us.

Our program was incredibly successful in its first year. It prevented 36 million gallons, equal to 55 Olympic-sized swimming pools, of wastewater from flowing into Puget Sound watershed.

New testing by our product testing team found chemicals that could be toxic in children’s products.

We are proposing a new statewide water quality permit for wineries.

Lack of secure funding threatens our ability to test spill response capabilities and a lot more

Nitrate in groundwater is a concern because of the risk of methemoglobinemia, or “blue-baby syndrome."

Sea spiders have segmented bodies, hard exoskeletons, and long, thin legs like land spiders, but they are not closely related.

Per- and poly- fluorinated alkyl substances (aka PFAS, PFCs, PFOS) are building up in waterways and fish, but phasing them out could decrease chemical exposure.