About DNRP

Summary The King County Council recently approved Executive Dow Constantine’s proposal to allocate nearly $30 million in grants funded by the King County Parks Levy that will support 53 projects led by cities, park districts, school districts, and community organizations throughout the region.

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell secured a $25 million grant administrated by the U.S. Department of Transportation that will help King County Parks complete the southern segment of Eastrail, an emerging 42-mile regional trail connected to high-capacity transit. 

King County set a big goal to plant, protect, and get ready for a total of 3 million trees by the end of 2025. This helps us fight climate change, keep our forests healthy, make better homes for salmon, and add more trees in our cities.

Outdoor movies will return to King County’s Marymoor Park on July 10, when the BECU Movies at Marymoor series opens its 20th season of outdoor films, entertainment, and food trucks. The series runs weekly through Aug. 28.

Learn about what’s fresh in King County and join us for a full-day of food-centric fun with local farmers, free activities and live music, food vendors and more at King County’s CHOMP! Aug. 17, at Marymoor Park in Redmond.

Learn more about Clean Water Healthy Habitat, a King County initiative to protect water quality and habitat. It will benefit the people, salmon, and orcas that call our region home.

King County’s state-of-the-art Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station is one of several climate-resilient capital projects that are better protecting Puget Sound from stormwater and wastewater.

Find information about the volunteer advisory committee that evaluates CFT grant proposals. 

Apply for Conservation Futures funding to add parks and open spaces to your community

Who to contact for customer service in King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks and its divisions. 

Our talented workforce protects and restores the natural environment for the people, fish, and wildlife of King County, promoting more resilient, sustainable, equitable communities. We restore habitat, build and operate major infrastructure that protects Puget Sound, transform waste management to reduce carbon emissions, and expand and enhance regional parks and trails, all of which contribute to our region’s unique quality of life.

Crews with unique expertise in underwater construction are placing pipe under the East Channel of Lake Washington. When completed, the new conveyance line will provide reliable sewer service to Eastside cities, while improving lake habitat and the popular I-90 Trail.

Information on eligibility for WaterWorks grant funding.

This information is for the competitive track. For information on evaluation in the council allocated track, contact your councilmember’s office directly. For a map of council districts and contact information, visit the council district finder.

More than 50 projects across King County will receive a combined $109 million in open space preservation funding after a plan proposed by Executive Constantine was approved by the King County Council. This is the first round of funding for open space preservation since King County voters last year approved restoring Conservation Futures Program to its original rate.

This year’s recipients of the John D. Spellman Awards include a city that transformed an historic post office into an arts and culture center, and a parks district that rehabilitated an abandoned farmstead into an agricultural hub for local producers and educational programming.

King County successfully completed the 145-acre Fall City Floodplain Restoration Project, improving habitat and protecting farmland and homes along the Snoqualmie River.

King County’s Wastewater Treatment Division delivered on an emergency declaration signed by Executive Constantine to provide West Point Treatment Plant with onsite batteries for high-quality power to Puget Sound’s largest wastewater treatment facility.

View complete lists of projects that have been funded and read stories about specific projects in the links below.

If funded, your grant agreement will include details of requirements which may include updates to some of the information here; the grant agreement language will supersede any differences.

This detailed timeline is for the competitive track.

Apply for funds to help reduce water pollution, improve parks, conserve land, prevent waste, reduce flood risk and improve ecological health and provide other public benefits.

Guidance on requesting public records from King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks.

At least 6,800 adult kokanee salmon have returned from Lake Sammamish to their spawning ground this season following an eight-year period when an average of less than 400 kokanee returned. King County biologists say the sharp increase is the result of several actions that include restoring access to historic habitat.

Conservation Futures is an open space acquisition grant program. Our grants help buy parks and open spaces such as natural lands, urban greenspaces, forests, community gardens, farms, and trails. The grant round is open between November and February of each year, visit Application process for information about applying.

King County will host two online meetings – on Feb. 15 and March 7 – where the public can learn about and comment on the final draft of the Flood Management Plan, which will guide actions to better prepare the region for increasing flood risks.

A public-private partnership that includes Washington’s Climate Commitment Act, Amazon, the City of Bellevue, Kaiser Permanente, and the King County Parks Levy started transforming the 120-year-old Wilburton Trestle into a trail bridge that will be added to the emerging 42-mile Eastrail.   

King County wastewater crews quickly restored full operation at a wet weather treatment station in north Seattle during Tuesday’s record rainfall, while disinfected stormwater and wastewater flows were temporarily diverted from South Treatment Plant in Renton to a deepwater outfall in Puget Sound during the storm. 

The King County Wastewater Treatment Division secured a $498.3 million loan package from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to complete 14 infrastructure projects that will help improve water quality, while saving millions in interest costs.

The former site of a run-down hotel along the Duwamish River is now healthy habitat where young salmon can safely transition from freshwater to saltwater on their way to Puget Sound thanks to an innovative project led by the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks.

King County’s new flood plan – shaped by frontline communities during an extensive public engagement – capitalizes on the latest climate science to better prepare communities for changing flood risks.

The Local Food Initiative is King County’s policy roadmap to grow the local food economy and make locally grown food accessible to all. The original Local Food Initiative was published in 2015, and it is being updated for the first time right now! King County and King Conservation District are partnering to update the Local Food Initiative policy and programs.

The Metropolitan Water Pollution Abatement Advisory Committee, or MWPAAC, advises the Metropolitan King County Council and the King County Executive on matters related to the wastewater collection and treatment system.

Sixty-one community-led projects will receive $5.4 million in King County WaterWorks grant funding after the County Council approved Executive Constantine’s proposal.

Sixty-three projects throughout King County will receive a combined $5 million in King County Parks grant funding that will make it possible for more young people to stay healthy and connected, particularly in underserved communities.

Learn about our advisory committees and boards and how to get involved.

Department of Natural Resources and Parks

Conservation Futures grants for open space acquisition may be available to nature conservancy and historic preservation nonprofits.

Conservation Futures is the primary source of funding for the Land Conservation Initiative (LCI). The LCI has a goal to preserve our most important natural lands and urban green spaces. The LCI also seeks to add open spaces in underserved communities. Learn more about the Land Conservation Initiative goals in this short video.

Các nhà nghiên cứu của Ban Tài nguyên Đất và Nước Quận King và Trung tâm Dịch vụ Liên đoàn Người tị nạn đã hợp tác với những người đánh bắt cá địa phương từ cộng đồng người nhập cư và người tị nạn trong một dự án nghiên cứu kéo dài ba năm nhằm giám sát các hóa chất độc hại trong cá từ các hồ của Quận King và bờ biển của Puget Sound.

Apply for a grant to help with outreach and promotion of the RainWise program in King County combined sewer overflow basins.

Find out why polluted stormwater runoff is a threat to regional water quality and aquatic life and learn what King County plans to do to keep the waters clean.

The examples below will help guide you in developing proposals that address the criteria: "Demonstrate that water quality benefits are related to WTD's regional water quality responsibilities."

Use the following tools and information to help research and write your grant proposal and find other grant programs.

This information is for organizations that have received funding through WaterWorks and have active grants. Below you’ll find information on reporting, payments and logo use.

Led by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and implemented by the City of Seattle, King County, and Boeing, sediment cleanup work has begun in the upper reach of the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site, where over a century of urbanization and industrial activity has polluted the riverbed with toxic contaminants.

An online presentation Nov. 6 will highlight upcoming King County projects on the Cedar, Snoqualmie, Green, and Tolt rivers, and Issaquah Creek where placing large wood will be used to reduce flood risks, restore floodplains, and improve habitat.

The Snoqualmie Watershed Forum is looking for a resident of the Snoqualmie and South Fork Skykomish river areas of unincorporated King County to join their group that helps guide salmon recovery efforts. The application deadline is Feb. 18.

Twenty years of data collected by King County scientists indicates widespread improvements in the health of local streams even as the population grew by over a half-million people, suggesting that effective growth management can protect urban streams.

Major initiatives by King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks in collaboration with other agencies.

Stay informed on the latest WaterWorks Grant Program news and updates.

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Facing a wave of retirements in the wastewater treatment industry, King County's Wastewater Treatment Division transformed its approach to workforce development to recruit and train the next generation of talent.

The success of a statewide rule that holds producers responsible for their own products, such as leftover paint, is a key component of Re+, King County’s initiative to prevent pollution, protect human and environmental health, and keep waste management costs in check.

As the region’s beaver population recovers, King County ecologists are modernizing their approach to salmon habitat restoration to accommodate a native species that improves water quality and adds ecological complexity.

Los investigadores de la División de Recursos Hídricos y Terrestres del Condado de King y el Centro de Servicios de la Federación de Refugiados colaboraron con pescadores locales de comunidades de inmigrantes y refugiados en un proyecto de tres años en el que analizaron las sustancias químicas tóxicas de los peces de los lagos del Condado de King y las costas del estrecho de Puget

King County is off to a strong start restoring access to historic salmon habitat while also making county roads safer and offering more outdoor recreation opportunities. Executive Constantine’s proposed 2025 budget would maintain that accelerated pace. 

King County’s Solid Waste Division is building a workforce trained in deconstruction, an effective alternative to demolition that dramatically reduces the amount of worksite material that end up in the regional landfill.

King County Water and Land Resources Division researchers and the Refugee Federation Service Center partnered with local fishers from immigrant and refugee communities on a three-year research project monitoring toxic chemicals in fish from King County lakes and shorelines of Puget Sound.

King County’s Forest Carbon Program has produced lasting results in the five years since Executive Constantine launched the first-of-its-kind initiative.

Identifying how King County can improve water quality for communities and the environment. 

The WaterWorks Grant Program provides approximately $5 million in funding every two years to organizations carrying out a variety of water quality improvement projects in the service area for King County's regional wastewater system.

About King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks

ផ្នែកធនធានទឹក និងដីរបស់ King County និងមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលសេវាសហព័ន្ធជនភៀសខ្លួន ធ្វើការងារក្នុងភាពជាដៃគូ ជាមួយនឹងអ្នកនេសាទមកពីសហគមន៍ជនអន្តោប្រវេសន៍ និងសហគមនជនភៀសខ្លួនដើម្បីអនុវត្តគម្រោងស្រាវជ្រាវរយៈពេលបីឆ្នាំពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងការតាមដាន សារធាតុពុលក្នុងខ្លួនត្រីដែលស្ថិតនៅក្នុងតំបន់បឹង King County និងឆ្នេរតំបន់ Puget Sound។