Hat Island Natural Resources Conservation Area

Features Protected: Roemer’s fescue – field chickweed – Prairie junegrass grassland community, and Douglas-fir/salal-oceanspray forest community
Ecoregion: Puget Trough (Skagit County)
Ecoregion: Puget Trough (Skagit County)
Science, Research and Monitoring
Public and private universities, other research institutions and individual researchers may contact DNR to propose a research project at the site. If you are interested in pursuing research at Hat Island NRCA, please contact David Wilderman, natural areas ecologist, at david.wilderman@dnr.wa.gov. 

Environmental Education and Public Access
While no formal educational programs are currently available at Hat Island NRCA, the island is ideally located in the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Sanctuary to provide research and education opportunities. The site has no developed public access facilities. For more information, contact the DNR Northwest Region natural areas manager.