In addition to managing game animals, WDFW’s Wildlife
Program has stewardship responsibility for more than 500 species
of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and terrestrial invertebrates
in Washington that are not hunted or fished. Some of these
species are common, others are classified as endangered or
threatened. Lead management responsibility for these species
is vested in the Wildlife Diversity Division, which is guided
by three primary objectives:
Maintaining healthy populations of nongame species,
Restoring populations of species that have declined to
the point of being listed as endangered, threatened, or
sensitive, and
Providing opportunities for the public to observe wildlife
in Washington.
