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Community engagement

Communities are important partners in our mission to protect a healthy, flourishing environment for all people in Washington. We seek to engage with communities so that everyone impacted by our work can have a say in how decisions are made.
Communities are important partners in our mission to protect a healthy, flourishing environment for all people in Washington. We seek to engage with communities so that everyone impacted by our work can have a say in how decisions are made.

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Building stronger connections: new guidelines describe how we engage with communities

We have a new Community Engagement Plan describing how we seek to engage with communities impacted by our work. This is part of our ongoing Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act implementation.

What We Do
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.

What We Do
Findings from the 2025 report on overburdened communities highly impacted by air pollution

Lower wildfire activity and changing traffic patterns stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic reduced air pollution in sensitive areas, but communities still face air quality inequities.

Science
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.

What You Can Do
Tacoma Smelter Plume: Recap of Tacoma Public Meetings

Last week Ecology held two public meetings on the progress of the Tacoma Smelter Plume project. Over 50 people came out to learn about yard sampling and cleanup in Tacoma neighborhoods.

What You Can Do
Working together in Whatcom County to understand the manure-groundwater connection

This is a story about a gracious landowner who was willing to work with us so we could better understand connections between the use of manure on land and nitrate in groundwater.

What We Do

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