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Two people stand under tree branches in a shallow river with a long measuring stick and a notepad to record river depth.

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Join our 2026 watershed health technician crew

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A map of Washington snowpack, showing many of the state's river basins below 50% of normal.

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Statewide drought declared due to dismal snowpack

April 08 - Ecology has declared a statewide drought emergency due to exceptionally low snowpack and projected water short...

An old wood stove is being picked up by a metal claw for recycling in front of a large scrap metal pile.

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Two decades later, popular grant program keeps costs and air pollution down

April 03 - Ecology's Wood Smoke Reduction Grant Program continues to fund popular wood stove recycle and replaceme...

A rocky spot along a river with tall trees running along each side.

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Grant program promotes healthy Puget Sound stream and river habitats

April 02 - We are accepting grant applications for projects that improve, restore and protect habitat areas in and alo...

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Echoes from the deep: A scuba diver’s ocean footprint and his path to protecting the Columbia River at Hanford

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In this edition of Behind t...

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Amazon and Walmart penalized for illegally selling climate-polluting products

March 19 - The penalties, totaling over $1.1 million, come after years of efforts to bring the companies into compliance...
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Findings from the 2025 report on overburdened communities highly impacted by air pollution

March 19 - Lower wildfire activity and changing traffic patterns stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic reduced air pollu...
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How restoring an estuary will help restore a crucial part of the past

March 17 - Many locals have never seen the dense Olympia area exist without Capitol Lake at its center; they don&rsquo...
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Filing deadline for water rights claims extended to June 2027

March 16 - Water users affected by Water Resources Inventory Area 1 water rights adjudication have had their filing deadl...
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Ecology grants and strong partnerships drive innovative methane reduction at landfills

March 12 - Grant recipients of Ecology's landfill methane emissions reduction grant program are having success red...
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Three comment periods for the Lower Duwamish Waterway begin in March

March 11 - We invite you to comment on two cleanup sites in the Lower Duwamish Waterway as well as a consent decree se...
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