Washington State Department of Ecology
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The Washington State Department of Ecology is a state agency whose mission is to protect, preserve, and enhance Washington's land, air, and water for current and future generations. Ecology's innovative partnerships with local, state, federal, and tribal authorities support environmental work throughout the state.
Ecology has a host of diverse programs that affect ecosystem management:
- Shorelands and Environmental Assistance
- Flood Management - including participation in the flood management system, and the Floodplains by Design program.
- Wetlands - including regulation under the Clean Water Act in conjunction with USACE
- Shoreline Management - which includes implementation of the Shoreline Management Act, and Puget Sound Characterization Project
- Management of Washington Coastal Atlas including Oblique Shoreline Photos
- Implementation of National Coastal Wetland Conservation Grants
- Watershed Planning authorized under RCW 90.82
- Coastal monitoring & analysis program (CMAP) - conducts research by mapping and monitoring Washington's coast to better understand physical changes to our beaches, bluffs, and nearshore zones
- Water Quality - including TMDL and NPDES efforts.
- Water Resources - focused on management of water rights and setting in-stream flows
- Waste to Resources
- Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction
- Environmental Assessment Program
- Spill Prevention
- Nuclear Waste
- Toxics Cleanup
- Air Quality
In addition, Ecology integrates these functions through Regional Offices.
Pages associated with WDOE
- Align Grant Coordination Workgroup
- Coastal Protection Fund - Terry Husseman Account
- Conservation Project Budget Standards
- Coordinated Investment
- Culvert Replacement Regulatory Coordination
- Evaluating Puget Sound Beach Services for Protection and Restoration
- Feeder Bluff Mapping
- Flood Control Assistance Account Program (FCAAP)
- Floodplains by Design (FbD)
- French Slough Drainage Management
- High Resolution Aerial Imagery Change Detection
- Integrated Nearshore Priorities Project
- Jimmycomelately Restoration
- Lower Skykomish Floodplain Land Strategy
- Mapping Bluffs and Beaches to Quantify Sediment Supply
- Mapping Bluffs and Beaches to Quantify Sediment Supply 2021
- National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant
- Puget Sound Mapping Project
- Puget Sound Marine Riparian Mapping
- Puget Sound National Estuary Program (NEP)
- Puget Sound Tidal Restriction and Wetland Mapping
- Puget Sound Watershed Characterization Project
- Riparian Restoration and Protection Initiative
- River Delta Consortium
- Smuggler's Slough Restoration
- Sno-Stilly Riparian Zone Management Strategy
- Voluntary Clean Water Guidance for Agriculture
- Washington Coastal Hazards Resilience Network
- Washington Water and Salmon Fund Finder
- Waterman-Hoey 2022 washington greenhouse gas emissions inventory.pdf
- Template:WDOE
- WDOE 2024 climate guidance shoreline management
- Whatcom Drainage Maintenance Guidance
- Woodard Creek Stormwater Retrofit Study
- Zis a Ba Restoration
