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Wetland rating system

We recently developed an online application, the Washington Tool for Online Rating (WATOR), to support the Washington Wetland Rating System. The application is designed to assist users in completing ...
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Cleaning up Northport waterfront

Ecology cleaned up smelting contamination on the Columbia River public waterfront in Northport using state funding to remove ...
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Paving the path toward clean energy

The state Clean Energy Council took a thoughtful, informed look at potential actions and policies to move clean energy ...
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2025 wildfire season: air quality in review

The Wenatchee area continues to see some smoke impacts from the Labor Mountain Fire, but recent rain and cooler weather mean wildfire season is winding down. It's a good time to look back at this year ...
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Dwindling water supplies force new restrictions in Yakima Basin beginning Oct. 6

In the Yakima Basin, a third consecutive year of drought has caused historically low reservoir storage and streamflows. To address those conditions, the Washington Department of Ecology is issuing an ...
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Strategy in action

As the fall rains return to Washington, it’s easy to forget that we just exited one of the warmest summers in our state’s recorded history. June to August of 2025 was, according to the Washington ...
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Community solutions for improving air quality

Public meetings, like one held by a grant partner in Ellensburg, are an essential tool to develop community support for air pollution reduction projects. Amid robust demand, we awarded $10 million ...
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Dominion tug sinking in Bremerton

(Information on this site is considered to be accurate at the time of posting, but is subject to change as new information becomes available.) Washington Dept. of Ecology and U.S. Coast Guard are ...
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Spokane County farmer fined $100,000 for repeated illegal water use

The Washington Department of Ecology fined a Spokane County farmer $100,000 for repeatedly irrigating 69 acres at Wild Rose Prairie, near Deer Park, without authorization. The violations continued ...
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Cleaning up: Addressing PFAS contamination at Paine Field Airport

Like other airports in Washington and across the nation, Paine Field Airport is addressing per- and poly-fluoroalkyl (PFAS) contamination from decades of activities that involved their use. Known as ...
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I thought this was called summer?

We’ve seen the comments. On social media. On news articles. A few via email. We hear you. When we talk about drought, there are thoughts. Questions. Opinions. Some of those… helpful. Others… mmmm.
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Washington Water Supply Update

This U.S. Drought Monitor map shows most of Washington is in a state of moderate or severe drought. Asotin, Garfield, and Whitman Counties are now considered to be in a state of “extreme drought”.