Occurring in Washington State under the Jurisdiction of USFWS

Wolf photo by Gerald and Buff Corsi California Academy of Sciences

• Endangered Species
• Threatened Species
• Proposed Species
• Candidate Species
• Species of Concern
• Designated Critical Habitat
• Proposed Critical Habitat
   

Species

The following species have been identified by the USFWS to occur in the State of Washington. The WSDOT Environmental Services Office is dedicated to the protection of these species and their respective habitats.  

The USFWS provides species lists by county for eastern and Western Washington:

• Eastern Washington counties
• Western Washington counties       

Endangered

Bradshaw's desert-parsley (Lomatium bradshawii)
Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Columbian white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus leucurus)
Gray wolf (Canis lupus) [ESA Protections Reinstated for Northern Rocky Mtn gray wolf DPS on July 18, 2008]
Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochleys coriacea)
Marsh sandwort (Arenaria paludicola )
Pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis )
Short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus ) 
Showy stickseed (Hackelia venusta )
Wenatchee Mountains checkermallow (Sidalcea oregana var. calva )
Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou )    

Threatened

Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) [Columbia River D.P.S.]
Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) [Coastal-Puget Sound D.P.S.]
Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)
Golden paintbrush (Castilleja levisecta)
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos/horribilis)
Kincaid's lupine (Lupinus sulphureus var. kincaidii)
Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
Marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus marmoratus)
Nelson's checkermallow (Sidalcea nelsoniana)
Northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina)
Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)
Oregon silverspot butterfly (Speyeria zerene hippolyta)
Spalding’s catchfly (Silene spaldingii)
Ute ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes diluvialis)
Water howellia (Howellia aquatilis) 
Western snowy plover (Charadrius alexanfrinus nivosus)  

Proposed

Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) (proposed under the ESA "similarity of appearance provision, section 4(e))  

Candidate

Fisher West Coast DPS (Martes pennanti)
Greater sage grouse (Centrocercus Urophasianus phaios)
Mardon Skipper (Polites mardon)
Northern Wormwood (Artemisia campestris var. wormskioldii)
Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa)
Streaked horned lark (Eremophila alpestris strigata)
Umtanum desert buckwheat (Eriogonum codium)
Washington ground squirrel (Spermophilus washingtoni)
Western (Mazama) Pocket Gopher (Thomomys mazama, all subspecies) 
White Bluffs Bladderpod (Physaria tuplashensis)
Taylor's Checkerspot butterfly (Euphydrya editha taylori)
Yellow Billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)     
Yellow-billed loon (Gavia adamsii)

Species of Concern

Federal Species of Concern  

Designated Critical Habitat

USFWS Critical Habitat Portal

Canada lynx
Columbia River DPS bull trout
Costal/Puget Sound DPS bull trout
Kincaid's lupine
Marbled Murrelet
Northern Spotted Owl
Wenatchee Mountain Checkermallow
Western Snowy Plover

Proposed Critical Habitat

Southern DPS North American Green Sturgeon

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