Critical Habitat

The Coalition is currently asking the state legislature for $100 million for the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP) in the capital construction budget.

WWRP grants for Critical Habitat fund the acquisition of forests and wetlands that provide habitat for fish and wildlife, such as winter range for threatened and endangered species.

Since 1990, the Coalition has secured $118 million for state grants to protect 75 Critical Habitat projects in Washington State. Funding is only available for land acquisition.

Below are lists and a map of proposed and funded WWRP projects.

2009 Funded Projects

Methow Watershed Phase 6 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $3,500,000

Goal: Conserve the ecological integrity and extraordinary biological diversity of...

Okanogan Similkameen Phase 2 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $503,748

Objectives: 1. Protect the most viable wildlife movement corridor linking...

West Branch Little Spokane River Phase II - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $6,472,252

The West Branch Little Spokane Phase 2 property is located...

1990 - 2008 Funded Projects

Altoona - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $143,001

Asotin Creek - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $1,115,000

Asotin Creek Watershed - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $831,402

Balch Lake - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $339,150

Blue Mountain Elk Winter Range - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $1,425,335

Colockum Inholdings & Additions - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $534,638

Columbia Basin Upland Wildlife Ph. 1 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $1,707,587

Columbia Basin Upland Wildlife, Ph. 2 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $498,814

Columbia River - State Parks - $167,726

Cowiche Watershed - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $1,349,418

Cowiche Watershed - Phase 2 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $607,494

Cowiche/Tieton Watershed Phase 3 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $607,302

Coyote Canyon - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $49,332

Duckabush Wetlands - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $67,000

Dungeness River Match - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $1,227,862

East Hood Canal Riparian - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $1,000,000

East Slope Inholdings - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $2,336,100

Fortson Ponds - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $264,029

Hatten/Tracy Rock - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $637,884

Heart of the Cascades, Phase 1 (Bald Mountain) - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $1,922,100

Heron Rookery - State Parks - $1,608

Hood Canal Plateau - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $313,118

Klickitat Steppe, Columbia Hills - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $608,002

Klickitat Wildlife Area 1 & 2 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $570,350

Loon Lake - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $95,078

Lost Lake - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $19,764

Methow Watershed Phase 1 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $5,810,416

Methow Watershed Phase 2 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $6,705,037

Methow Watershed Phase 3 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $1,604,990

Methow Watershed Phase 4 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $2,839,200

Methow Wildlife Corridor Phase 1 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $1,864,494

Methow Wildlife Corridor Phase 2 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $5,823,342

Methow Wildlife Corridor Phase 3 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $10,050,000

Methow Wildlife Corridor Phase 4 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $2,480,000

Mid-Columbia Shrub Steppe - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $905,436

Mount Si NRCA - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,412,046

Okanogan Sharp-tailed Grouse - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $3,630,324

Peregrine Eyrie, Ph. 1 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $1,741,565

Peregrine Falcon Habitat Ph. 2 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $566,788

Point Roberts - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $421,428

Reardan's Audubon Lake - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $555,721

S. Puget Sound Prairies & Oak Woodland - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $1,705,651

S. Puget Sound Prairies- Mima Mounds - Dept of Natural Resources - $870,765

Sagebrush Flat NAP - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $450,868

Salmon & Snow Creek Estuary - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $100,000

Sauk Mountain 93 - State Parks - $669,854

Sharp-Tailed Grouse Ph. 2 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $2,763,324

Sharp-tailed Grouse Phase 5 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $915,331

Sharp-tailed Grouse Phase 4 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $496,280

Sharp-tailed Grouse, Phase 3 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $4,528,060

Sharptailed Grouse Phase 6 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $526,260

Silverspot Butterfly Habitat - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $437,483

Skagit Delta Wetlands - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $1,787,595

Skagit Peregrine Eyrie #1 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $1,664,747

Skagit Peregrine Eyrie #2 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $927,120

Skookumchuck Watershed - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $3,113,461

Skookumchuck Watershed Phase 1 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $1,854,789

Sondino Pond - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $128,966

Table Mountain NRCA - Dept of Natural Resources - $2,728,349

Table Mountain NRCA Acquisition - Dept of Natural Resources - $2,500,000

Tarboo Creek - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $472,704

Tieton River Canyon - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $2,548,980

Tieton River Canyon - Phase 2 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $2,806,650

Trout Lake Wetlands NAP 04 - Dept of Natural Resources - $1,454,565

Trout Lake Wetlands NAP 96 - Dept of Natural Resources - $2,350,187

Trout Lake, Wetlands NAP - Dept of Natural Resources - $900,000

Union River Wetlands - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $170,434

Upper Yakima River Acquisitions - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $107,500

Washington Harbor - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $1,873,886

Weatherly Ranch - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $704,550

West Branch Little Spokane River Phase 1 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $3,661,966

West Rocky Prairie Phase 2 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $2,725,575

Western Gray Squirrel Ph. 1 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $1,100,000

Western Pond Turtle - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $351,937

Western Pond Turtle Phase 3 - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $258,405

White River - Dept of Fish & Wildlife - $2,032,558

Altoona: Acquisition of 25 acres of mature riparian conifer/broadleaf forest along...; 46.31 -123.7
Asotin Creek: This proposal is for acquisition of 4,444 acres of critical...; 46.21 -117.31
Asotin Creek Watershed: WDFW proposes to acquire the 8,500-acre Schlee Ranch comprised of...; 46.2 -117.3
Balch Lake: Acquisition of 50 acres in Klickitat County which includes a...; 45.72 -121.3
Blue Mountain Elk Winter Range: Acquisition of 7,000 acres of Eastern Washington elk habitat. This...; 46.28 -117.18
Colockum Inholdings & Additions: Acquisition of 7,760 acres of shrub-steppe habitat to provide perpetual...; 47.19 -120.15
Columbia Basin Upland Wildlife, Ph. 2: Acquisition of hundreds of strategically located five to ten acre...; 47.25 -119.67
Columbia River: Acquisition of approximately 16 acres of pheasant habitat lands adjacent...; 45.62 -122.02
Cowiche Watershed: The Cowiche Watershed project objectives are to preserve listed priority...; 46.66 -120.83
Cowiche Watershed - Phase 2: The Cowiche Watershed Phase 2 project in Yakima County seeks...; 46.63 -120.87
Cowiche/Tieton Watershed Phase 3: Cowiche/Tieton Watershed Phase III will protect approximately 5705 acres of...; 46.68 -120.88
Coyote Canyon: Acquisition of 240 acres located on channed scabland topography in...; 47.52 -119.68
Duckabush Wetlands: Acquisition of approximately 65 acres to expand the Duckabush River...; 47.65 -122.93
Dungeness River Match: The Dungeness River Match project seeks to perpetually protect 2...; 48.08 -123.15
East Hood Canal Riparian: This acquisition in Kitsap County of over 500 acres of...; 47.58 -122.91
East Slope Inholdings: Acquisition of more than 8,500 acres for three habitat areas...; 46.94 -120.87
Fortson Ponds: The acquisition of up to 200 acres of habitat spawning...; 48.27 -121.73
Hatten/Tracy Rock: Acquisition of 2,376 acres of shrub-steppe habitat in Lincoln County....; 47.58 -118.49
Heart of the Cascades, Phase 1 (Bald Mountain): The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will use this...; 47.1446639752 -120.946083069
Heron Rookery: Acquire 30 acres of undeveloped land along the east side...; 48.9 -122.76
Hood Canal Plateau: The Hood Canal Plateau project targets acquisition of 604 acres...; 47.53 -122.88
Klickitat Steppe, Columbia Hills: This is a 540 acre acquisition in Klickitat County near...; 45.72 -121.05
Klickitat Wildlife Area 1 & 2: Acquisition of 1,313 acres along the Klickitat River drainage. Relatively...; 45.82 -121.12
Loon Lake: Acquisition of 14 acres of wetland areas on Loon Lake,...; 48.05 -117.64
Lost Lake: Acquisition of 4 acres of freshwater marsh at the southern...; 48.85 -119.05
Methow Watershed Phase 1: This project proposes to protect about 5,400 acres of critical...; 48.46 -120.17
Methow Watershed Phase 2: Securing habitat needed to maintain all ecological processes and sustain...; 48.55 -120.34
Methow Watershed Phase 3: Securing habitat needed to maintain all ecological processes and sustain...; 48.55 -120.34
Methow Watershed Phase 4: The goal of the Methow Watershed project in Okanogan County...; 48.51 -120.26
Methow Wildlife Corridor Phase 1: Acquisition of 1,090 acres of winter range for migrating mule...; 48.39 -120.2
Methow Wildlife Corridor Phase 2: Acquisition of mule deer winter range in the Methow Valley....; 48.39 -120.2
Methow Wildlife Corridor Phase 3: Acquisition of 5,500 acres of critical winter range and migration...; 48.39 -120.2
Methow Wildlife Corridor Phase 4: This project includes acquisition of several priority sites in the...; 48.39 -120.2
Mid-Columbia Shrub Steppe: Most of Washington's shrub-steppe habitats have been converted to agriculture....; 47.94 -119.71
Mount Si NRCA: Mount Si is an extremely popular conservation area due to...; 47.5 -121.7
Okanogan Sharp-tailed Grouse: Acquisition of grassland habitat areas in Okanogan County, totaling 12,627...; 48.95 -119.08
Peregrine Eyrie, Ph. 1: Acquisition of one of the six peregrine eyries located on...; 48.68 -122.65
Peregrine Falcon Habitat Ph. 2: Acquisition of 356 acres of peregrine falcon habitat which includes...; 48.43 -122.63
Point Roberts: Acquisition of 15 acre Heron Rookery. To provide perpetual habitat...; 48.98 -123.03
Reardan's Audubon Lake: Reardan's Audubon Lake in Lincoln County is 277 acres of...; 47.68 -117.87
S. Puget Sound Prairies & Oak Woodland: This is a joint project between WDFW & WDNR. Several...; 46.9 -122.74
S. Puget Sound Prairies- Mima Mounds: The South Puget Sound Prairies is a joint project between...; 46.88 -123.06
Sagebrush Flat NAP: This project begins site acquisiitons in Douglas County that protect...; 47.48 -119.68
Salmon & Snow Creek Estuary: The Salmon and Snow Creek Estuary project will protect premier...; 47.99 -122.89
Sauk Mountain 93: Acquisition of Sauk Mountain area, east of Concrete, to protect...; 48.49 -121.61
Sharp-Tailed Grouse Ph. 2: Acquisition of 12,500 acres of critical habitat for sharp-tailed grouse,...; 48.55 -119.41
Sharp-tailed Grouse Phase 5: This Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) proposal will...; 47.99 -119.73
Sharp-tailed Grouse Phase 4: The Columbian sharp-tailed grouse is threatened in Washington and a...; 47.99 -119.7
Sharp-tailed Grouse, Phase 3: This project proposes to protect 10,000 acres of habitat crucial...; 47.96 -119.66
Sharptailed Grouse Phase 6: The Scotch Creek Wildlife Area in Okanogan County is a...; 48.56 -119.67
Silverspot Butterfly Habitat: Acquisition of 50 acres located on Loomis Lake on the...; 46.44 -124.05
Skagit Delta Wetlands: Acquisition of approximately 4,427 acres of critical wetlands, including both...; 48.22 -122.34
Skagit Peregrine Eyrie #1: Acquisition of a productive peregrine falcon eyrie. The 244 acre...; 48.68 -122.65
Skagit Peregrine Eyrie #2: Acquisition of 38 acres, in Skagit County, which provide habitat...; 48.68 -122.65
Skookumchuck Watershed: The Skookumchuck Watershed proposal is a partnership between WDFW and...; 47.0 -120.32
Skookumchuck Watershed Phase 1: The Skookumchuck Watershed project in Kittitas County is a unique...; 47.05 -120.04
Sondino Pond: This project is to acquire a 15 acre tract of...; 45.71 -121.31
Table Mountain NRCA: Located within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Table...; 45.7 -121.99
Table Mountain NRCA Acquisition: This site in Skamania County contains spectacular views, unusual plant...; 45.7 -121.99
Tarboo Creek: Lower Tarboo Creek is a rare example of an undeveloped...; 47.88 -122.83
Tieton River Canyon: This project will acquire 1,920 acres of land in the...; 46.7 -120.89
Tieton River Canyon - Phase 2: The Tieton River Canyon project In Yakima County seeks to...; 46.7 -120.94
Trout Lake Wetlands NAP 04: This proposal in Klickitat County will acquire property which provides...; 46.02 -121.56
Trout Lake Wetlands NAP 96: This site provides extremely critical habitat for a variety of...; 46.0 -121.55
Trout Lake, Wetlands NAP: This site in Klickitat county provides extremely critical habitat for...; 46.0 -121.55
Union River Wetlands: Acquisition of a site that is important to shellfish, trumpeter...; 47.45 -122.84
Upper Yakima River Acquisitions: Acquire approximately 2,000 acres of forest and riparian habitat along...; 47.25 -121.24
Washington Harbor: This purchase of 700 acres in Clallam County protects the...; 48.1 -123.06
Weatherly Ranch: Acquisition of 3,021 acres of high quality range as an...; 46.26 -117.43
West Branch Little Spokane River Phase 1: The West Branch Little Spokane Habitat Area is located 30...; 48.06 -117.41
West Rocky Prairie Phase 2: This site represents one of the last opportunities to protect...; 46.89 -122.89
Western Gray Squirrel Ph. 1: This acquisition of 640 acres in Klickitat County is adjacent...; 45.82 -121.14
Western Pond Turtle: Acquisition of three sites which provide habitat for Western Pond...; 45.71 -121.32
Western Pond Turtle Phase 3: The main objective of this project is to acquire an...; 45.71 -121.31
White River: Few opportunities remain to protect healthy runs of wild salmon...; 47.88 -120.87

Note: Not all projects are shown.

Personal tools

Sections

Critical Habitat

Document Actions