Featured Species
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Office works with many threatened and endangered species. Explore the Washington species under our purview below. (Note: this list does not contain those federally listed species that are solely under the National Marine Fisheries Service’s jurisdiction)
You can access a species list tailored to individual projects and learn how to minimize conflicts with natural resources through the Information, Planning, and Conservation (IPaC) tool.
Mammals
Canada lynx - Threatened
Columbian white-tailed deer (Columbia River population) - Threatened
Gray wolf - Endangered in Washington, with the exception of the population in the eastern third of the state
Grizzly bear - Threatened
North American wolverine- Threatened
Northern sea otter - Protected
Pygmy rabbit (Columbia Basin population) - Endangered
Woodland caribou - Endangered
Olympia pocket gopher - Threatened
Roy Prairie pocket gopher - Threatened
Tenino pocket gopher - Threatened
Yelm pocket gopher - Threatened
Birds
Marbled murrelet - Threatened
Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan- Proposed as threatened
Northern spotted owl- Threatened
Short-tailed albatross - Endangered
Streaked horned lark - Threatened
Western snowy plover - Threatened
Yellow-billed cuckoo - Threatened
Reptiles and Amphibians
Green sea turtle - Endangered
Leatherback sea turtle - Endangered
Loggerhead sea turtle (North Pacific Ocean population) - Endangered
Olive Ridley sea turtle - Endangered
Oregon spotted frog - Threatened
Western pond turtle- Proposed as threatened
Fish
Bull trout - Threatened
Invertebrates
Island marble butterfly - Endangered
Oregon silverspot butterfly - Threatened
Taylor's checkerspot butterfly - Endangered
Plants
Check out a story map detailing federally listed plants in Washington State.
Golden paintbrush - Delisted due to recovery, previously threatened
Kincaid's lupine - Threatened
Marsh sandwort- Endangered
Nelson's checker-mallow - Delisted due to recovery, previously threatened
Showy stickseed - Endangered
Spalding's catchfly - Threatened
Umtanum desert buckwheat - Threatened
Ute ladies'-tresses - Threatened
Wenatchee Mountains checker-mallow - Endangered
Whitebark pine - Threatened
White Bluffs bladderpod - Threatened