Department of Natural Resources

Washington’s lands commissioner says the state has had an active but, so far, not unusually destructive wildfire season.

Washington’s Covid vaccine mandate for state employees goes into effect two weeks from today. Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz says her agency is still…

Residents of the town of Malden in Whitman County finally know the cause of the fire that destroyed their homes last Labor Day, and they say that…

Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced today [Monday] that some of the state’s recreation areas will reopen, beginning May 5."The restrictions being…

The head of the department of natural resources is asking state lawmakers to provide more money for efforts to both reduce the threat of wildfires and be…