Washington Department of Fish and WildlifeWDFW Region 6 - Coastal Washington
WDFW Region 6

Michele Culver
Regional Director

48 Devonshire Road
Montesano, Washington 98563
Office Hours: Monday-Friday
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Telephone (360) 249-4628
Fax (360) 664-0689
TeamMontesano@dfw.wa.gov

Razor Clam Season Updates
Region 6 Wildlife Areas and Water Access Sites
Local License Vendors

Local news:
Low numbers of returning wild chinook lead to Chehalis River closure
Local lakes planted with trout for spring break fishing
Blue-green Algae in Water May Harm Dogs

Hunting/Fishing:
Latest hunting and fishing opportunities
Razor Clamming
Winter Steelhead Fishing Reports
Coastal Fishing Reports
Puget Sound Fishing Reports
Tribal Net Schedules for Coastal Rivers
2008 Catchable Trout Plants
Groundfish of Washington State
(Recreational Bottomfish Fishery)
Albacore Tuna
[Commercial and Recreational Fishery in Washington]
Purse Seine Fishery for Pacific Sardines (Sardinops Sagax)
Coastal Commercial Crab Regulations and Information
Recreational Halibut

Wildlife Viewing:
Visit the Sol Duc Hatchery Interpretive Center
Wildlife Viewing Guide
Latest wildlife viewing opportunities
Eagle watching tower at Dosewallips State Park
Seal watching from Duckabush river dike
River otter viewing in the Point Whitney sea water ponds
More local viewing opportunities!

The coastal counties from the Long Beach Peninsula in the south to the Strait of Juan de Fuca in the north along with the counties surrounding southern Puget Sound and Hood Canal comprise this region.

The area is rich in fish and wildlife. Unique to this region are Roosevelt elk that make their home on the Olympic Peninsula. The region also includes two major esturine environments, Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay and the most significant remaining natural prairie ecosystems, which hosts unique species of plants and animals. Bowerman Basin, an arm of Grays Harbor, is a world renown bird watching area, particulary during spring and fall shore bird migration. Ocean Shores is Washington's most unique area to watch birds; 290 species have been identified in the area--70 percent of the species that occur statewide. Fish, bald eagles, western gray squirrels, marine birds, Quilcene and Olympic oysters, and clams, including the unique geoduck clam also are found in the region.

Recreational opportunities such as fish and wildlife viewing, hiking, scuba diving, hunting, fishing, and shellfish gathering abound. The region also includes Olympic National Park and a portion of Mt. Rainier National Park, and the Hood Canal Watershed Project Center, which is a nationally recognized environmental learning and interpretive site.


Coastal Washington - Region 6 Office
We are open to serve you from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.

48 Devonshire Road
Montesano, Washington 98563
Telephone (360) 249-4628
Fax (360) 664-0689

Our customer service staff will be happy to help you with information about the area's watchable wildlife opportunities and other fish and wildlife recreation in the area. Hunting and fishing regulation pamphlets as well as various other fish and wildlife information are available at the office free of charge.

To reach this office: from State Highway 12, take the Lake Wynoochee - Devonshire Road exit. Follow the signs to the office located on the southwest corner of the interchange. Parking is available.

License sales
Licenses can easily be purchased over the Internet, or in person at one of over 500 license dealers statewide. For a list of dealers located closest to you, click here.

 

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