Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) media contacts are listed below along with links to WDFW social media accounts.
Visit the newsroom for news releases, blog posts, and agency, Director, and Fish and Wildlife Commission statements.
Media Contacts
Communications Division
Office: 360-902-2250
Sam Montgomery
Communications Division Manager
Cell: 360-688-0721
Ben Anderson
WDFW-managed lands & water access areas, habitat restoration & protection, southern resident killer whales, recreation
Cell: 360-480-4465
Jennifer Becar
Wildlife, birds, whales, hunter education, hunting regulations, threatened and endangered species, climate change
Cell: 564-669-0850
Becky Elder
WDFW Police, enforcement issues, poaching, public safety response
Cell: 360-701-7026
Anour Esa
Biodiversity
Cell: 564-233-8339
Lisa Hoang
Puget Sound toxic contaminants
Cell: 564-233-8554
Mark Yuasa
Saltwater and salmon fisheries, shellfish, salmon hatcheries, fishing regulations
Cell: 360-338-5494
Regional communications contacts
Staci Lehman
Wolves and Eastern Washington issues
Region 1, Eastern (Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, and Whitman counties)
Cell: 509-710-4511
Nicole Jordan
Region 2, North Central (Chelan, Okanogan, Douglas, Adams and Grant counties)
Cell: 509-906-6837
Jennifer Johnson
Region 3, South Central (Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, and Yakima counties)
Chase Gunnell
Western Washington issues including European green crab emergency
Region 4, North Puget Sound (Island, King, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom counties)
Cell: 360-704-0258
Bridget Mire
Region 6, Coastal Region (Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Kitsap, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, Thurston counties) including Olympic Peninsula and Chehalis Basin
Cell: 564-224-0845
