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For additional information,
please contact

Dolores Noyes
360-902-2349
FAX: 360-902-2392
Dolores.Noyes@dfw.wa.gov

2013 pamphlet will be
available June 1st

2012 Road Access Entry Program Pamphlet

Road Access Entry Program Pamphlet for Hunters with Disabilities

The Department of Fish and Wildlife encourages all persons to experience recreation in Washington's wonderful outdoors. The Department has an ADA (Americans with Disability Act) Committee comprised of representation from all the Department's programs and regions. This ADA Committee is proactive and dedicated to providing persons with disabilities access to hunting, fishing and wildlife viewing opportunities.

The Advisory Committee to the Fish and Wildlife Commission for Persons with Disabilities works closely with the Department's ADA Committee to create more recreational opportunities for persons with disabilities.

Accessible duck and goose hunting or wildlife viewing blinds are available in all regions of the state. The sites were selected for the quality experience they provide. These sites are available because of agreements with many different land managers.

These projects are good examples of accomplishments through the cooperative efforts of public-private partnerships. The dedicated members of the Disabled Sportsman Association, many individuals, Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) personnel, and corporate and sporting organizations volunteered their time, dollars and efforts to make these many projects successful. Some of the duck and goose blinds have use restrictions. These blinds are for everyone's enjoyment, but especially for those persons with disabilities who would not otherwise have an opportunity to access outdoor recreation.

The Department partners with private landowners, US Forest Service and the Department of Natural Resources to open up land behind locked gates for hunters with disabilities. Hunters must have a Disabled Hunter Permit (and in most cases permits from the land managers) in order to access hunting areas behind locked gates by driving on the roads that are normally open only to walk-ins. For additional information, please call or write to Dolores Noyes, WDFW, 360-902-2349, FAX: 360-902-2392 or Email: Dolores.Noyes@dfw.wa.gov

2013 Hunters with a Disability Family Access Permit
DOWNLOAD Application

Washington State
Accessible Outdoor
Recreation Guide

WDFW Accessibility

Water Access Sites

Wildlife Areas

Fishing
•	Public Fishing Piers of Puget Sound
•	Fishing Licenses
•	Fishing Regulations

Hunting
•	Duck and Goose Blinds
•	Hunting Licenses
•	Hunting Regulations

Reasonable Accommodation Request for Services Form

Please use one of the following forms for filing your suggestions, requests and/or complaints:

The State of Washington is an equal opportunity employer. Persons with disabilities who need assistance in the application or testing process, or those needing this booklet in an alternative format, may call (360) 902-2349 or Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (360) 902-2207.This program receives Federal financial assistance from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It is the policy of the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to adhere to the following: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The U.S. Department of the Interior and its bureaus prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability and sex (in educational programs). If you believe that you have been discriminated against in any program, activity or facility, please contact the WDFW ADA Coordinator at 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, Washington 98501-1091 or write to:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of External Programs
4040 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 130
Arlington, VA 2220