A Capitol Campus advisory committee will consider a proposal to rename the state’s Natural Resources Building the Jennifer Belcher Building.

A Capitol Campus advisory committee will consider a proposal to rename the state’s Natural Resources Building the Jennifer Belcher Building.

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources is actively responding to the Second Creek Fire, located nearly eight miles north of Leavenworth.

This coordinated effort fosters what DNR terms an “all lands, all hands” approach: Washington currently has the nation’s largest federal forest management partnership.

The bill aims to encourage the leasing of lands owned by DNR to develop affordable housing units by creating a tax exemption for developers.

CAPITOL STATE FOREST, Thurston County — The Washington State Department of Natural Resources released its first-ever recreation plan Monday, seeking new funding for the agency to manage surging ...

Officials say state fire agencies are preparing to receive less aid from the U.S. Forest Service after it lost around 7,400 employees to DOGE cuts in February.

LGBTQ+ Washingtonians joined state officials Wednesday in raising the Pride flag outside the state Capitol building in Olympia. Their message: Washington will continue to welcome — and fight to ...

The DNR enacted a statewide burn ban that began at 1 p.m. Wednesday as hot, dry weather conditions increase wildfire dangers.

Washington state lawmakers also reduced DNR's wildfire prevention fund from the previously promised $125 million per biennium to $60 million for the next two years.

(The Center Square) – The Building Industry Association of Washington has refiled its lawsuit against the Washington State Building Code Council over delays in updating the state’s energy code ...

The state DNR was asked to map the WUI in Washington State for the purpose of building code adoptions and the map uses federal definitions to define what land is in the WUI.