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Contamination cleanup

Contamination cleanup helps restore habitat for wildlife, provides new opportunities for recreation, and protects people’s health by removing toxic chemicals from the environment.
Contamination cleanup helps restore habitat for wildlife, provides new opportunities for recreation, and protects people’s health by removing toxic chemicals from the environment.

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Thirty years of contamination cleanup help breathe new life into Bellingham’s waterfront

Thanks to a multi-agency cleanup partnership and over $100 million of MTCA funds, Bellingham's waterfront, once a heavy industrial zone, is now the heart of a growing neighborhood.

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Watch the Eatonville Landfill cleanup speed by

The Eatonville Landfill cleanup is almost complete, and you can watch it happen in this timelapse video.

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Good things happen when communities redevelop brownfields

Our return-on-investment research describes tangible outcomes in terms of numbers, such as jobs created, acres redeveloped, and leveraged funding. 

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The last piece of the Georgia-Pacific West site is one step closer to cleanup

We invite you to comment on the legal agreement for cleaning up the final portion of the Georgia-Pacific West site in Bellingham.

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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.

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What’s in your backyard? Public invited to test soil samples for toxics

Three upcoming soil testing events co-hosted by Ecology will allow residents to check whether soils in their yards have traces of historic chemical contamination.

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Three comment periods for the Lower Duwamish Waterway begin in March

We invite you to comment on two cleanup sites in the Lower Duwamish Waterway as well as a consent decree settling who will pay for sediment cleanup in the river.

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SHARP dashboard tracks contaminated site ratings

Two years into using the new SIte Hazard Assessment and Ranking Process, we've assessed over 1,400 sites. Watch our progress and compare sites with an interactive dashboard.

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Bellingham’s Salish Landing Park closer to reality as cleanup construction begins

We're cleaning up contamination in Bellingham Bay in preparation for the new Salish Landing Park.

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Major habitat restoration project completed on Lower Peshastin Creek

The Lower Peshastin Creek Restoration Project cleaned up contamination, reconnected the creek to its historical channel, and improved vital habitat for threatened and endangered fish species.
 

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