Science & Management

Terrestrial Mammals
For threatened and endangered species status reports and recovery plans, click here.

Game Management Plans and Information

• 2009-2015 Game Management Plan Development
• Game Management Plan July 2003-June 2009
  • Game Management Plan Accomplishments: July 2003 - June 2007 [PDF Format]
  • Game Management Plan July 2003-June 2009 Final Environmental Impact Statement
• Game Status and Trend Reports

Priority Habitats and Species

• Priority Habitats and Species (PHS) Program
• The PHS List
• Species and Habitat Management Recommendations

Eartagged Game

• Is Your Harvest Safe to Consume?

Black Bear

• Implant- versus collar-transmitter use on black bears
• Job Progress Report Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration: Large Carnivore Ecology and Populations Status
• Power Analysis of Bait Station Surveys in Idaho and Washington

Caribou

• Selkirk Mountains Woodland Caribou Research

Cougar & Lynx

• Lynx Recovery Plan
• Pilot Cougar Control Program: 2008 Legislative Report
• Job Progress Report Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration: Large Carnivore Ecology and Populations Status

Deer, Elk, Moose & Caribou

• Job Progress Report Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration: Ungulate Ecology and Population Dynamics in Washington
• Selkirk Mountains Woodland Caribou
• WDFW’s Chronic Wasting Disease Program 1996-2003
• Elk Herd Manangement Plans
  • Draft Plans
    • Selkirk
  • Final Plans
    • Blue Mountains
    • Colockum
    • Mount St. Helens
    • North Cascade (Nooksack)
    • North Rainier
    • Olympic
    • Rattlesnake Hills (Hanford)
    • South Rainier
    • Yakima

Fishers

• Fishers in Washington State
• Assessment of Fisher Habitat in Washington State
• Feasibility Assessment for Reintroducing Fishers to Washington
• Fisher Status Report
• Implementation Plan for Reintroducing Fishers to Olympic National Park

Gopher

• South Puget Sound Prairie Species: Mazama Pocket Gopher, Streaked Horned Lark, and Taylor’s Checkerspot

Gray Wolf

• Washington Gray Wolf Conservation and Management
• Methods to Assess Prey Abundance for Possible Wolf Reintroductions on the Olympic Peninsula,Washington, Using DNA from Pellets

Rabbit

• Pygmy Rabbit Recovery Plan
• Pygmy Rabbit Recovery Plan Addendum: Emergency Action Plan for Species Survival
• Wildlife at Risk: Pygmy Rabbit

Shrubsteppe Wildlife

• Wildlife of Eastside Shrubland and Grassland Habitats
• Wildlife on Conservation Reserve Program lands and native shrubsteppe in Washington Progress Report: 2004
• Wildlife at Risk: Pygmy Rabbit

Squirrels

• Washington Ground Squirrel Surveys in Adams, Douglas, and Grant Counties, Washington, 2004
• Western Gray Squirrels and Other Squirrels of Washington
• Washington State Recovery Plan for the Western Gray Squirrel: Executive Summary
• Surveys for Western Gray Squirrel Nests On Sites Harvested Under Approved Forest Practice Guidelines: Analysis of Nest Use and Operator Compliance
• Ecology of the Western Gray Squirrel in South-Central Washington: January 2005 Progress Report
• Implementation Plan for Augmentation of the Western Gray Squirrel Population, Fort Lewis, Washington
• Notoedric Mange in Western Gray Squirrels from Washington - PDF Format [2.23MB]
• Eastern Washington Ground Squirrel Placemat [Placemat with Activities - PDF Format 3.62 MB]