ABOUT Wolves have returned to Washington after being wiped off the state map by the livestock industry. Unlike other Western states like Idaho, the Washington public firmly supports wolf recovery. But the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is radically out of touch with the values of average Washingtonians, and continues to use taxpayer dollars [...]
Washington Wildlife First attends every meeting of the state Fish and Wildlife Commission to make sure Commissioners know that all Washingtonians have a stake in the future of our fish and wildlife. We hope you will show up at the Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting from April 6-8 in Anacortes to give public comment on an [...]
Test your wildlife knowledge while learning more about Washington’s wolves! Bring your friends and join Washington Wildlife First and Head in the Clouds Trivia (run by Jeopardy! champions Leah Caglio and Sally Neumann) to compete for prizes in a special wildlife-themed trivia night. At the same time, learn more about Washington’s wolves from Washington Wildlife First, the Humane Society [...]
Wild salmon, steelhead, and Southern Resident killer whales: These icons of the Pacific Northwest are facing extinction, requiring urgent and immediate intervention. Yet the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is pushing through policies that ignore best available science and harm these iconic species. Join Washington Wildlife First and the Wild Fish Conservancy for a discussion of how you can help [...]
Come learn about how you can help stop Washington’s war on apex predators. Did you know the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife facilitates the killing of about 300 cougars a year, out of a population of only about 2,300? That it enacted new rules increasing the number of bears killed each year by 50%, even [...]