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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 Brenda Kane, WDFW, 360-902-2349, FAX: 360-902-2392
or Email: kanebkk@dfw.wa.gov
Remember,
rules and guidelines at each site vary.
Please follow the rules
so others will be welcomed back.
Leave
no trace, pick up litter
(including empty shells)
and pack it out! |
