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.
We invite media to email communications@dfw.wa.gov to start receiving WDFW news releases in your inbox.
Planning an event or program and want WDFW to be involved? Submit your request through our online form, and our team will be in touch if we can participate.
Invitamos a los medios de comunicación a enviar un correo electrónico a la dirección: communications@dfw.wa.gov para que comiencen a recibir comunicados de prensa del Departamento de Pesca y Vida Silvestre (WDFW) en su bandeja de entrada.
Media Contacts
Communications Division
Office: 360-902-2250
Eryn Couch
Communications Division Manager
Cell: 360-890-6604
Ben Anderson
WDFW-managed lands & water access areas, habitat restoration & protection, southern resident killer whales, recreation
Cell: 360-480-4465
Amber Brooks
Invasive mussels, clean, drain, dry campaign
Cell: 564-669-9644
Becky Elder
WDFW Police, enforcement issues, poaching, public safety response
Cell: 360-701-7026
Anour Esa
Biodiversity
Cell: 564-233-8339
Kelly Hall
Columbia River fisheries, warmwater fisheries, fishing regulations
Cell: 360-742-1820
Lisa Hoang
Puget Sound toxic contaminants
Cell: 564-233-8554
Mikaela Legarsky
European green crabs, other aquatic invasive species
564-669-1469
Jennifer Sepulveda
Wildlife, birds, whales, hunter education, hunting regulations, threatened and endangered species, climate change
Cell: 564-669-0850
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 Region (Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, and Whitman counties)
Cell: 509-710-4511
Nicole Jordan
Region 2, North Central Region (Chelan, Okanogan, Douglas, Adams, and Grant counties)
Cell: 509-906-6837
Jennifer Johnson
Region 3, South Central Region (Benton, Franklin, Kittitas, and Yakima counties)
Cell: 509-864-1973
Chase Gunnell
Western Washington issues
Region 4, North Puget Sound Region (Island, King, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, and Whatcom counties)
Cell: 360-704-0258
Britton Ransford
Region 5, Southwest Region (Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Lewis, Skamania, and Wahkiakum counties) including lower Columbia River and tributaries
Cell: 564-236-5672
Bridget Mire
Region 6, Coastal Region (Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Kitsap, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, and Thurston counties) including Olympic Peninsula and Chehalis Basin
Cell: 564-224-0845
