Echo Lake Photo by Gidget Terpstra Stefan Grozev, Senior Surface Water Program Specialist for the City of Shoreline, reopened Echo Lake to t...

Lake Ballinger Park, Wednesday evening 8-5-2026 Photo by David Carlos Wildfire smoke settled into our area during the afternoon and early ev...

 StreamKeepers is a project of the LFP Stewardship Foundation and the City of Lake Forest Park that utilizes volunteers to regularly test ...

Photo from previous toxic algae bloom in Echo Lake Photo courtesy City of Shoreline Based on results from 7/21/2026, Echo Lake currently has...

Hood Canal Paralytic Shellfish Poison at lethal levels OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is warning residents and vi...

Animal Safety Alert! Log Boom Park Charlie and I stopped by Log Boom Park to wander by the lake. This Animal Safety Alert is posted at the ...

Barnacle Creek in NW Shoreline OMA Construction, Inc. will begin construction activities for the Barnacle Creek Culvert Replacement Project ...

Completion of Phase 1 with the creation of a restored Boeing Creek Photo by Keith McGlashan Boeing Creek Culvert Replacement Project (Hidden...

Map by Stefan Freelan By Diane Hettrick The beautiful map of the Salish Sea that we published last week  stirred up a lot of conversation ab...

Map courtesy the Salish Sea Institute The Salish Sea — an inland sea — is one of the most biologically diverse inland waterways in the world...

The reported sewage leak is south of the county line Due to a reported sewage leak localized in the northern part of Lake Forest Park near 3...

Major floodplain restoration projects completed in recent years by the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks has reduced flo...

Photo by Austin Carpp Water levels are coming down in local rivers, but Snoqualmie Fall is still spectacular.  

The Firlands giant sequoia at 185th and Aurora stands over the old Bank of America property. Shoreline has twice passed emergency ordinances...

A sampling of flood events from Snohomish county, south King county, and east. King, Snohomish & Skagit counties are experiencing record...

As part of NEMCo training, volunteers got familiar with the equipment used to fill, move and place a sandbag. Photo courtesy NEMCo Need a Sa...

Lake Forest Park is now an Adopt-a-Drain community What is Adopt-a-Drain? Adopt-a-Drain is a free community program where residents commit t...

Ballinger Way fish culvert construction. Noon October 15, 2025 Photo by David Carlos The SR 104 Lyon Creek fish passage project marked a ma...

Riparian Ecosystems Vol 1: Science Synthesis and Management Implications   2020 WDFW Critical Areas Code Update: Draft regulations available...

Public Health is closing Echo Lake due to high toxic algae levels.   Do not fish, wade, swim, or enter Echo Lake.  Do not allow dogs to ente...