Western gray squirrels are getting harder and harder to find in Washington state. They are the largest species of tree squirrels and traditionally make their homes in low to mid-elevation forests ...

Two recent incidents prompted me to look into this subject — squirrels damaging trees and garden plants: A highly valued ...

Western gray squirrels had been considered a threatened species since 1993. The state implemented a recovery plan in 2007 to try and bring population numbers back up. Despite that, the squirrels ...

OLYMPIA, Wash.— The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission today voted to uplist western gray squirrels from threatened to endangered under the state’s endangered species act. Population estimates ...

The original squirrel species in Longview is continuing to lose its habitat. The western gray squirrel has been reclassified from threatened to endangered in Washington state after a unanimous ...

Western gray squirrels will now be listed as endangered in Washington. The state Fish and Wildlife Commission’s decision Friday comes after a periodic status review of the large tree squirrels.

SPANAWAY, Wash. — The endangered western gray squirrel is the latest controversy surrounding a planned tiny home village in Spanaway. The multi-million dollar development for the homeless has ...

Washington’s Western gray squirrels are in trouble. So much so that state officials are considering uplisting the squirrels from threatened to endangered. The change comes after a periodic ...

The Western gray was and they are a different subspec The abundant squirrels we have locally are Eastern grays (“Squirrels are not endangered,” Our Readers’ Views, June 1). They are not a ...

Washington’s Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is pushing to label the western gray squirrel as an endangered species. This comes in the form of a proposal from WDFW to change the squirrel ...

“The county completely failed to analyze or consider the project’s likely impacts on the endangered western gray squirrel or its primary habitat,” said Zack Griefen, an attorney representing ...

But by 1922, Californians were looking around and wondering: Where did all the squirrels go? There are few native species quite like the western gray squirrel. With their voluminous tails ...