Author Archives
We protect, restore, and manage King County's water and land using the best available science, innovation, and through collaboration with our partners and the community.
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Cherry Valley revival: Working together to advance fish habitat restoration, farming, and flood risk reduction
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King County prepares for flooding: More than 500 river facilities inspected for damage
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From forests to flagellates: The Water and Land Resources Division is a resilient watershed utility
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New King County road across Mary Olson Creek improves transportation for people and salmon
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Help wanted: Must love benthic macroinvertebrates. [The Water and Land Resources Division at work.]
Bugs play a crucial role in the stream nutrient cycle. If bug populations are suffering it will affect the whole ecosystem. That means that without bugs, growing fish have nothing to eat, and without fish, ocean predators have nothing to eat, and so on and so forth in a trophic cascade that is bad for everyone.
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King County scientists see unprecedented harmful algal bloom in Puget Sound
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Making meat local: King County helps develop USDA meat processing in Carnation