On a Washington Conservation Corps (WCC) field crew, you play a vital role in protecting and restoring Washington’s environment while gaining a deeper appreciation of the natural world and building ...

The Breazeale Interpretive Center is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. Mask optional. Our trails and parking lot are open dawn to dusk. Staff are available by phone at 360-428-1558, ...

The features that make Puget Sound such a stunning scenic, environmental, and economic resource also make it uniquely sensitive to pollution. Its long, narrow shape limits the circulation of water, ...

The state Shoreline Management Act (SMA) defines a special category of shorelines where statewide interests take priority and specific uses are preferred. These "shorelines of statewide significance" ...

We conducted a statewide survey to learn about the general areas and regions in Washington where wetland-mapping work is completed or underway. There is an interactive map and other resources below to ...

We work in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to certify and regulate wetland mitigation banks. Our guidance is designed to help people interested in establishing a wetland mitigation ...

The Excel spreadsheets and statistical packages on this page can help you plan cleanups, calculate cleanup levels, and show that your cleanup is happening as planned. Download these Excel files to ...

The Washington State Hydrography Dataset Program (WASHD) coordinates the mapping of the surface waters of the State. Historically this has been as the steward of the USGS National Hydrography Dataset ...

Most of the progress we've made on the Rayonier Mill cleanup has been behind the scenes, gathering the information we need to plan cleanup actions. We can only conduct long-lasting and effective ...

There are many freshwater streams and creeks that drain into South Skagit Bay, where shellfish farming takes place. Since 2017, Ecology has worked to discover where and why some of these creeks are ...

"That mark that will be found by examining the bed and banks and ascertaining where the presence and action of waters are so common and usual, and so long continued in all ordinary years, as to mark ...

In early 2022, the Washington departments of Ecology, Agriculture, Fish and Wildlife, and Natural Resources released a guidance document for Commercial Marine Finfish Net Pen Aquaculture in Puget ...