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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.

• Horseneck Farm: Preserved for agriculture, now increasing access for diverse growers — Keeping King County Green

  By KC Water and Land Resources Division on September 28, 2021

  

  The goal is for marginalized and beginning farmers to have land access to grow their agricultural businesses despite increasingly expensive property prices across the county.

• Cherry Valley revival: Working together to advance fish habitat restoration, farming, and flood risk reduction

  By KC Water and Land Resources Division on February 3, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  The Snoqualmie Watershed Forum has been working since 1998 with partners to address salmon recovery, water quality, and flooding. Nowhere is this more evident than in Cherry Valley, where the partners are working to revive the landscape.

• King County prepares for flooding: More than 500 river facilities inspected for damage

  By KC Water and Land Resources Division on December 30, 2020

  

  Despite the additional challenges pandemic restrictions placed on field inspections, staff were able to complete inspections on all 511 river facilities this year – normally a task that spans a two-year cycle.

• From forests to flagellates: The Water and Land Resources Division is a resilient watershed utility

  By KC Water and Land Resources Division on December 10, 2020

  

  The people in the Water and Land Resources Division work on everything from the broadest environmental issues of our landscape, to the microscopic work that takes place in our lab.

• New King County road across Mary Olson Creek improves transportation for people and salmon

  By KC Water and Land Resources Division on November 6, 2020

  

  Just like people rely on roads to cross over creeks as they move throughout the region, salmon and steelhead rely on barrier-free creeks flowing under roads to reach vital upstream habitats.

• Help wanted: Must love benthic macroinvertebrates. [The Water and Land Resources Division at work.]

  By KC Water and Land Resources Division on September 30, 2020

  

  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.

• King County scientists see unprecedented harmful algal bloom in Puget Sound

  By KC Water and Land Resources Division on June 29, 2020

  

  King County scientists identify unprecedented harmful algal bloom in Puget Sound that is of concern for fish.

• Making meat local: King County helps develop USDA meat processing in Carnation

  By KC Water and Land Resources Division on July 29, 2019

  

  USDA meat processing this close to King County markets will significantly help King County farmers and the region economically.