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Stormwater mapping: A glimpse into the world of tracking where the rain goes

By KC WLR on May 29, 2018

Over the course of this short-term project, the crew of 16 assessed nearly 27,000 stormwater structures in King County.
The Point Williams Buoy

By KC WLR on April 3, 2018

Watch a video of the SoundGuardian crew deploying and anchoring a water quality buoy in Puget Sound at Point Williams, off Lincoln Park in West Seattle.
King County visits the Enumclaw iSTEM Expo

By KC WLR on February 8, 2018

King County will show some of the ways math and science skills apply to jobs in the environment, on Feb. 8 at the Enumclaw Schools Foundation iSTEM Expo, 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the Enumclaw Expo Center.
Beaver Management in King County

By KC WLR on October 20, 2017

This year, King County kicked off a Beaver Management Program to help beavers remain in our landscape and provide their ecological benefits while not negatively impacting private property and critical infrastructure.
Echo Lake Stormwater Study

By KC WLR on October 19, 2017

King County recently did a study to see how effective bioretention planter boxes remained three years after construction.
Modeling Climate Change Impacts on Extreme Precipitation, Stormwater Design Requirements, and Wastewater Conveyance

By KC WLR on October 19, 2017

Preliminary modeling results show about 20 to 40 percent more rain will fall during each year’s heaviest hour of rainfall by the end of this century.
New Fish Resource Monitoring Program

By KC WLR on October 19, 2017

A new King County Fish Resources Monitoring Program will track, and drive improvement, of the overall effectiveness of ongoing strategies to conserve fish resources.
Long-constrained, the lower White River will soon have more room to move

By Leslie Brown on October 16, 2017

The Countyline project is reconnecting the White to its historical floodplain, providing habitat for imperiled salmon runs.

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