The Washington Fish and Wildlife Office is part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Ecological Services program. We work closely with partners to conserve fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats throughout Washington for future generations.

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Endangered Species Act
Tumwater O&M Facility HCP and Draft EAS Now Available, Public Comment Period Opening
The Tumwater Operations and Maintenance Facility Habitat Conservation Plan for the Olympia subspecies of the Mazama pocket gopher in Tumwater, Washington and a draft Environmental Action Statement are now available.
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Service Releases 5-Year Status Review and Species Status Assessment for Bull Trout
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has completed a Species Status Assessment (SSA) and 5-year status review to evaluate the current protection status for bull trout in the lower 48 states (i.e., the coterminous population) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The recommendation of ‘no change’...
Endangered Species Act
Service Releases Five-Year Status Review for Marbled Murrelet
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a five-year status review for the marbled murrelet, a threatened species of seabird.
Endangered Species Act
Strategy to Manage Invasive Barred Owls to Protect Imperiled Spotted Owls
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced a decision to adopt a final barred owl management strategy to protect imperiled northern and California spotted owls in Washington, Oregon and California from invasive barred owls.
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Wildlife Wonders
Finding Fascination in Freshwater Mussels
A Service biologist comes to appreciate an unsung hero of the riverbed.
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Habitat Restoration
New Story Map Highlights Conservation in Washington's Sagebrush Country
Take a tour of Washington state's sagebrush steppe and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law restoration projects.
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About Us

The Washington Fish and Wildlife Office and its field offices throughout the state are part of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Ecological Services program. This program works closely with our partners to conserve the nation's fish, wildlife, plants and habitat by providing national leadership for the conservation of species and their habitats under the authorities of the Endangered Species Act, the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, the Coastal Barrier Resources Protection Act, the Clean Water Act and more.

What We Do

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At the Washington Fish and Wildlife Office we:

  • Conserve coastal areas and wetlands
  • Restore natural resources injured by hazardous substances
  • Conduct environmental reviews of federal projects
  • Recover candidate, threatened, and endangered species
  • Review the status of species to determine if they should be listed under the ESA
  • Foster conservation and assist voluntary habitat conservation and restoration

Explore some of the key conservation work we're conducting in Washington.

Our Species

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The Washington Fish and Wildlife Office works with many threatened and endangered species. Explore what species currently stand at the forefront of our recovery work.

Projects and Research

From recovering natives species to habitat restoration, to partnerships, find out what kind of projects we're engaging in throughout the state. Projects include:

Contaminants and Natural Resource Damage Assessments & Restoration

North Cascades Grizzly Bear Restoration

Conservation of Prairies in Western Washington

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