Discover Northeast Washington Wildlife
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The Selkirk Mountains of northeast Washington are home to one of the state's two
populations of grizzly bears. As of 2013, at
least seven confirmed packs of gray wolves
could be found in northeast Washington.
Black bear © Chris Weston
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Several herds of bighorn sheep can be spotted along the steep rock
faces of northeast Washington, including populations on Hall Mountain near Sullivan Lake and the Vulcan Mountain area near the Kettle
River west of Curlew in Ferry County.
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The subalpine forests of the Selkirk Mountains support a small
population of mountain caribou, the most endangered mammal in
the lower 48 states.
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Approximately three-hundred bird species have been identified in
northeast Washington; this region also boasts some of the greatest
diversity of owls and woodpeckers in North America.
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Some of the healthiest breeding populations of barred, northern
saw-whet, and northern pygmy owls, pileated woodpecker, chestnutbacked chickadee, winter wren, and Swainson's and varied thrushes
in the interior Northwest can be found in the wet mid-elevation
forests of northeast Washington.
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Golden-mantled ground squirrel.
© Glenn Alexon
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Northeast Washington is the only part of
the state to have a healthy breeding population of golden-mantled ground squirrel.
Several endangered and threatened fish
species such as westslope cutthroat trout,
Columbia Basin redband trout, and bull
trout swim in the creeks and streams of the
Kettle Range and Selkirks.
Northeast Washington
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