Celebrate National Estuaries Week (Sep. 17–24)

Working to restore, conserve, and protect estuary habitat to benefit fish, wildlife, and people

Nisqually estuary in south South Sound.

What is an estuary?

Juvenile Chinook salmon are one of nine types of anadromous salmonids that rely on healthy estuaries. Other salmonid species include chum, pink, coho, and sockeye salmon; steelhead, sea-run coastal cutthroat trout, Dolly Varden, and bull trout. Photo by Morgan Bond.

Are estuaries in trouble?

Spartina (left), European green crab (center), New Zealand mudsnails (right)
Bulkheads like this one can confine the beach to a narrow strip of gravel, and cut off the connection between land and water. Photo by Christopher Dunagan.
Fir Island Farm Unit of the Skagit Wildlife Area managed by WDFW. Photo by Marlin Greene, One Earth Images.

What is WDFW doing to help?

Protect

Restore

Programs to Support Other Work

What can I do to help?

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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is dedicated to preserving, protecting and perpetuating the state’s fish and wildlife resources.

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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is dedicated to preserving, protecting and perpetuating the state’s fish and wildlife resources.