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
Columbia basin fisheries, non-salmon fisheries and hatcheries, shellfish, Western Native Trout Initiative, seals and sea lions
Cell: 360-480-4465
Jennifer Becar
Wildlife, birds, whales, hunter education, hunting regulations, threatened and endangered species, climate change
Cell: 564-669-0850
Eryn Couch
WDFW-managed lands & water access areas; habitat restoration & protection; southern resident killer whales; recreation
Cell: 360-890-6604
Becky Elder - On leave until spring 2023, please contact communications@dfw.wa.gov or 360-902-2250
WDFW Police, enforcement issues, poaching, public safety response
Chase Gunnell
Western Washington and North Puget Sound Region (Region 4) issues, North Cascades elk herd, Puget Sound steelhead, aquatic invasive species including European green crab emergency
Cell: 360-704-0258
Staci Lehman
Wolves and Eastern Washington issues (Regions 1, 2, and 3)
Cell: 509-710-4511
Mark Yuasa
Saltwater fisheries, coastal steelhead, salmon hatcheries, fishing regulations
Cell: 360-338-5494
