Science & Management

Terrestrial Mammals

• 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
• Implant- versus collar-transmitter use on black bears
• Job Progress Report Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration:
  • Large Carnivore Ecology and Populations Status
  • Ungulate Ecology and Population Dynamics in Washington
• Power Analysis of Bait Station Surveys in Idaho and Washington
• WDFW’s Chronic Wasting Disease Program 1996-2003
• Wildlife of Eastside Shrubland and Grassland Habitats
• Wildlife at Risk: Pygmy Rabbit
• Wildlife on Conservation Reserve Program lands and native shrubsteppe in Washington Progress Report: 2004

Cougar

• Pilot Cougar Control Program: 2008 Legislative Report

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

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

Gray Wolf

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

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]