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Date Range: 1980-2006. Despite recent gains by wolves and Chinook salmon, key wildlife populations are well below their historic abundance. For the full report, see Northwest Wildlife Icons Still at Risk.
For maps showing current and historic ranges of some of the Northwest’s wildlife species, see Maps: Current and Historic Wildlife Ranges. Also see the following charts:
- Caribou: Selkirk Mountains Caribou Herd Population
- Chinook salmon: Columbia River Chinook Salmon
- Orcas: Southern Resident Killer Whale Population
- Orcas: Southern Puget Sound Resident Orcas
- Orcas: Puget Sound Orca Populations, by Pod
- Otters: The Increasing Otter Population in Washington
- Otters and wolves: Sea Otter and Gray Wolf Populations
- Wolves: Gray Wolves in Idaho and Montana
- Wolves: Northern Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf Population
- Sage-grouse: Greater Sage-Grouse in Oregon
This research is part of the Cascadia Scorecard project.