Environment Web Directory - Government:States:Washington

Growth Management Services - Service of Washington's Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development. Helps communities plan growth and development under Growth Management Act.
King County Surface Water Management - Local government agency protecting water resources through watershed planning, restoration, and community involvement.
Northwest Air Pollution Authority of Washington State - Local agency charged with enforcing air pollution laws in Washington. Our Mission is to preserve protect and enhance air quality.
Puget Sound On-Line - Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team's resource for protecting water quality and resources. Everything from research to recipes.
Puget Sound Update - The annual report on monitoring of water quality and contamination in Puget Sound.
Washington State Department of Ecology - Principal environmental management agency of the State of Washington.
Washington State Land Use Study Commission - Commission established by Washington State Legislature to integrate state land use and environmental legislation.
What's News in Puget Sound? - Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team's resource for what's happening to protect water quality. Includes Sound Waves and Puget Sound Notes newsletters and press releases.

Santa Barbara

Discover the city of Santa Barbara, California, the birthplace of Earth Day. A 1969 oil platform blowout off the coast of Santa Barbara led to a wave of environmental laws nationwide. That gave impetus to what we consider now the cornerstones to the modern environmental movement. A year later, the first Earth Day was held followed by the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. A succession of other laws protecting water, marine life and endangered species followed.