Every year on April 22, millions across the planet celebrate Earth Day. It's an opportunity to honor our planet and a reminder that we all can take action to protect it. For Ecology, Earth Day is more ...

This page provides links and references to information not available inside the Ecology's Administration of Grants and Loans (EAGL) system. The guidance below will give you an idea of requirements ...

We are implementing projects to meet current and future water needs in the Columbia River Basin. By ensuring the region is prepared to respond to droughts, our work supports growing communities, the ...

Watersheds play a crucial role in the environment and human society, as they determine both the availability and quality of water. They supply drinking water, support agriculture, sustain ecosystems, ...

Climate change increases wildfire risks through rising temperatures, which reduces winter snowpack, and produces hotter and drier summers. This directly impacts the number and severity of wildfires ...

The Action Agenda for Puget Sound sets cleanup priorities for contaminated sites at priority bays and any location within a half mile of Puget Sound. We're overseeing — and, in many cases, helping to ...

There's no shortage of ways for individuals and groups to help orca and salmon. Near the coast or far inland, all Washington waters are part of a healthy food web for orcas — and people, too! Much of ...

Puget Sound is critical to our environment, culture, and economy. About two-thirds of the state’s population lives in the Puget Sound region. Our nation’s second largest marine estuary faces a number ...

The Chehalis Basin Strategy is an ambitious collection of potential actions to address the challenges of extreme flooding and degraded aquatic habitat in the Chehalis River basin, the state’s ...

Diverse aquatic and riparian habitat comingles with farmland in the Chehalis Basin. Salmon and other aquatic species in the Chehalis River basin are declining in the face of habitat loss and climate ...

Watersheds are significant for two primary reasons: water availability and preventing water pollution. Water flows through a watershed and into large bodies of water, reservoirs or into groundwater.

The Yakima Basin is home to 400,000 people and a $4.5 billion agriculture industry. With warming winter temperatures threatening aquifers and snowpack, the Basin is facing the challenges of water ...