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• Land Conservation Initiative: Preserving and protecting farmland and urban green space

  By KC WLR on January 16, 2019

  

  The Land Conservation Initiative sets forth the goal of conserving and preserving 65,000 acres of remaining high conservation value lands throughout King County within the next 30 years.

• The salmon in me

  By KC WLR on December 13, 2018

  

  Moving to the Pacific Northwest, I didn’t know what I was stepping into. I didn’t realize the importance of salmon to this whole region, their cultural significance, and their role in the ecosystem’s balance.

• Farm King County Data Center now live!

  By kcdnrp on December 7, 2018

  Farm King County recently launched its Food Systems Data Center, which combines an interactive mapping platform with information and data on local agriculture to tell the story of King County’s farm and food system.

• Saving SoundGuardian

  By KC WLR on December 4, 2018

  

  “I got a call from Ben Budka, the Lab’s Field Science Unit Supervisor and Trouble Call Coordinator, at about 9 p.m. Saturday night” said Diane McElhaney, Environmental Lab Manager. “He said, ‘It doesn’t look good. Bob and I are going to try to save SoundGuardian.’”

• Executive meets with employees working in science at latest Listening Session

  By KC WLR on August 29, 2018

  Reposted from KC Employee News Jason Argo / 2 hours ago August 29, 2018 King County has hundreds of employees working in the sciences on some of our region’s biggest challenges, from protecting fish habitat to helping people manage and… Read More ›

• 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.

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