In 2023, the Northwest Seaport Alliance’s Water Quality team implemented an environmental drone program with a focus on stormwater management. This project's purpose is to implement drones to assist with permit-regulated inspections and environmental mapping, modeling and monitoring needs. Incorporating the use of a drone into this work has proved useful in assisting with nearly all inspections of site conditions and stormwater assets required by the various NPDES permits held by the Port of Tacoma. Examples of these inspections include IDDE and outfall inspections; ditch assessments; source control inspections; spill tracing and investigation; pre- and post-construction BMP inspections and monitoring; and derelict vessel monitoring. The driving cause to implement the drone program was to promote inspector safety in dangerous areas. The ability to preprogram flight paths and use artificial intelligence to activate obstacle avoidance also promotes the safety of the equipment and eliminates human error while flying in critical and/or sensitive areas such as an industrial site or port terminal. This presentation will explore key benefits of drones, including the real-time, up-to-date, high-resolution data and the ability to fully integrate the imagery into a GIS system.