The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be removing creosote-treated logs that have washed up on the beach at Seahurst Park in Burien. The DNR, working in collaboration with ...

MARROWSTONE ISLAND — A state Department of Natural Resources official estimates 130 tons of creosote-tainted wood debris was removed from the Fort Worden and Fort Flagler beaches last week. “It was a ...

The Fifth Ward community recently protested at Houston's Union Pacific against contamination caused by creosote used to preserve rail ties. Residents of Houston’s Fifth Ward are renewing calls for the ...

EVERETT — Perhaps the biggest surprise in a recent study of pollution in Puget Sound and other waterways was the amount of toxic material from wood soaked with creosote, a state official said.

The Department of Natural Resources first developed and began a restoration program on aquatic lands in 2002, with creosote removal as a focus. This program has been so successful that the governor ...

INDIAN ISLAND — Work will begin today on cleaning 20 tons of creosote-soaked driftwood debris from the beaches and lagoons at Indian Island County Park. Washington Conservation Corps and Puget Sound ...

Work began Thursday to clean up the shoreline at Sunnyside Beach Park in Steilacoom and will start next month at Pierce County’s Chambers Creek Regional Park in University Place. On the Steilacoom ...

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MUKILTEO — Air quality tests show that the level of fumes created by removing creosote-soaked pilings from the former tank farm pier were many times below what’s considered a health risk, despite of ...

The environmental group, Coastwatch, has claimed that toxic waste dumped at Waterford Port was being removed by agricultural machinery, rather than a licensed operative. The Environmental Protection ...