Much of Puget Sound appears to be vibrant, clean, and healthy, but our scientific studies show that this unique marine estuary has a variety of environmental issues and problems. Changing water ...

We offer scientific services to support environmental inquiry for projects funded through public dollars. We provide accurate, credible, and defensible analyses using the latest accredited methods and ...

We value receiving comments from the public and regulated community we serve. A comment can express support, disagreement, or give general information related to a project. Public input helps us in ...

Generate new environmental data. Analyze existing environmental data. Model the environment. These examples of approved Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs) describe different types of projects in ...

The Quality Assurance project plan process for National Estuary Program (NEP) grantees in Washington state is illustrated below, from the time a project manager sends the NEP quality coordinator a ...

If you receive grant money for environmental projects, you are likely to be required to provide a quality assurance project plan, or QAPP (pronounced "kwap"), for approval before beginning work. QAPPs ...

Our robust quality assurance, or QA, system gives confidence in our regulatory and scientific decisions. We rely on quality assurance policies, guidance, and requirements to monitor, improve, and ...

Historically, around 70 percent of the money we manage is passed through to local communities across the state to be used on environmental projects. Some of this is provided directly to local ...

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 invite interested members of the public, local, and tribal governments to review and comment on required 5-year updates to industry-written oil spill contingency plans. Washington Administrative ...

Ecology, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Walla Walla Watershed Management Partnership, and other partners in the Walla Walla Water 2050 Strategic Plan Advisory ...