Oregon Wildlife Foundation
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Oregon Wildlife Foundation is an apolitical operating charitable foundation dedicated to increasing private and public funding support for wildlife conservation projects in Oregon. For more information visit myowf.org. A raccoon runs our account.
🎙️ New Episode Alert!
Dive into the wild with Episode “Umpqua Watersheds” of Northwest Nature Matters!
👉 Tap the link in our bio (or visit nwnaturematters.libsyn.com/umpqua-water...) to listen now and learn how you can get involved.
Dive into the wild with Episode “Umpqua Watersheds” of Northwest Nature Matters!
👉 Tap the link in our bio (or visit nwnaturematters.libsyn.com/umpqua-water...) to listen now and learn how you can get involved.
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
🎙️ New Episode Alert!
Dive into the wild with Episode “Umpqua Watersheds” of Northwest Nature Matters!
👉 Tap the link in our bio (or visit nwnaturematters.libsyn.com/umpqua-water...) to listen now and learn how you can get involved.
Dive into the wild with Episode “Umpqua Watersheds” of Northwest Nature Matters!
👉 Tap the link in our bio (or visit nwnaturematters.libsyn.com/umpqua-water...) to listen now and learn how you can get involved.
🦌 Watch for Wildlife this fall! 🍂
As days get shorter and nights longer, many animals are on the move — from deer crossing roadways during mating season to amphibians migrating to wintering spots.
Stay alert, especially around dawn and dusk.
#WatchForWildlife #OregonWildlife #RoadSafety
As days get shorter and nights longer, many animals are on the move — from deer crossing roadways during mating season to amphibians migrating to wintering spots.
Stay alert, especially around dawn and dusk.
#WatchForWildlife #OregonWildlife #RoadSafety
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
🦌 Watch for Wildlife this fall! 🍂
As days get shorter and nights longer, many animals are on the move — from deer crossing roadways during mating season to amphibians migrating to wintering spots.
Stay alert, especially around dawn and dusk.
#WatchForWildlife #OregonWildlife #RoadSafety
As days get shorter and nights longer, many animals are on the move — from deer crossing roadways during mating season to amphibians migrating to wintering spots.
Stay alert, especially around dawn and dusk.
#WatchForWildlife #OregonWildlife #RoadSafety
🐸 We’ve teamed up with @fermentbrewing to launch Red Legged Ale, a hoppy red ale supporting Northern red-legged frog conservation in Forest Park.
Proceeds help fund the Harborton Frog Crossing Project — giving frogs a safe way under Hwy 30.
Learn more: myowf.org/frogs
#beer #frogs #frog #ferment
Proceeds help fund the Harborton Frog Crossing Project — giving frogs a safe way under Hwy 30.
Learn more: myowf.org/frogs
#beer #frogs #frog #ferment
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
🐸 We’ve teamed up with @fermentbrewing to launch Red Legged Ale, a hoppy red ale supporting Northern red-legged frog conservation in Forest Park.
Proceeds help fund the Harborton Frog Crossing Project — giving frogs a safe way under Hwy 30.
Learn more: myowf.org/frogs
#beer #frogs #frog #ferment
Proceeds help fund the Harborton Frog Crossing Project — giving frogs a safe way under Hwy 30.
Learn more: myowf.org/frogs
#beer #frogs #frog #ferment
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Grateful to spend two days on the Klamath watching chinook, liberated by dam removal, return to streams from which they’d been precluded since the Titanic sank. Fish are everywhere, in numbers that stagger the mind & locations that biologists figured would take years to repopulate. Too beautiful.
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Grateful to spend two days on the Klamath watching chinook, liberated by dam removal, return to streams from which they’d been precluded since the Titanic sank. Fish are everywhere, in numbers that stagger the mind & locations that biologists figured would take years to repopulate. Too beautiful.
🎃 Pumpkins may fill every Oregon porch this time of year, but did you know they aren’t native to the West Coast?
Pumpkins originated in Central America and Mexico around 7,000–9,000 years ago, where Indigenous peoples first grew them as part of the “Three Sisters” — corn, beans, and squash.
Pumpkins originated in Central America and Mexico around 7,000–9,000 years ago, where Indigenous peoples first grew them as part of the “Three Sisters” — corn, beans, and squash.
October 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🎃 Pumpkins may fill every Oregon porch this time of year, but did you know they aren’t native to the West Coast?
Pumpkins originated in Central America and Mexico around 7,000–9,000 years ago, where Indigenous peoples first grew them as part of the “Three Sisters” — corn, beans, and squash.
Pumpkins originated in Central America and Mexico around 7,000–9,000 years ago, where Indigenous peoples first grew them as part of the “Three Sisters” — corn, beans, and squash.
🕷️ Oregon’s “creepy crawlies” aren’t so creepy after all!
From Pacific lamprey to Northern Red-legged frogs and California myotis bats, these species play vital roles in Oregon’s ecosystems — and they’re all listed as Species of Greatest Conservation Need.
Learn more: myowf.org
From Pacific lamprey to Northern Red-legged frogs and California myotis bats, these species play vital roles in Oregon’s ecosystems — and they’re all listed as Species of Greatest Conservation Need.
Learn more: myowf.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🕷️ Oregon’s “creepy crawlies” aren’t so creepy after all!
From Pacific lamprey to Northern Red-legged frogs and California myotis bats, these species play vital roles in Oregon’s ecosystems — and they’re all listed as Species of Greatest Conservation Need.
Learn more: myowf.org
From Pacific lamprey to Northern Red-legged frogs and California myotis bats, these species play vital roles in Oregon’s ecosystems — and they’re all listed as Species of Greatest Conservation Need.
Learn more: myowf.org
🦇 It’s Bat Week!
Oregon is home to 15 bat species that help control insects and pollinate plants — but they need our help.
If you have a project that benefits bats or other wildlife, apply for an Oregon Wildlife Foundation grant to make it happen: myowf.org/grants
#batweek #bats #bat #wildlife
Oregon is home to 15 bat species that help control insects and pollinate plants — but they need our help.
If you have a project that benefits bats or other wildlife, apply for an Oregon Wildlife Foundation grant to make it happen: myowf.org/grants
#batweek #bats #bat #wildlife
October 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🦇 It’s Bat Week!
Oregon is home to 15 bat species that help control insects and pollinate plants — but they need our help.
If you have a project that benefits bats or other wildlife, apply for an Oregon Wildlife Foundation grant to make it happen: myowf.org/grants
#batweek #bats #bat #wildlife
Oregon is home to 15 bat species that help control insects and pollinate plants — but they need our help.
If you have a project that benefits bats or other wildlife, apply for an Oregon Wildlife Foundation grant to make it happen: myowf.org/grants
#batweek #bats #bat #wildlife
Meet Oregon’s stealthy migrator—the Northern red-legged frog 🐸.
Thanks to volunteers with the Harborton Frog Shuttle, thousands now make a trip in Portland safely every season. Learn more about our work to build a safe underpass for them: myowf.org/frogs
#frog #portlandfrog #frogs #oregon
Thanks to volunteers with the Harborton Frog Shuttle, thousands now make a trip in Portland safely every season. Learn more about our work to build a safe underpass for them: myowf.org/frogs
#frog #portlandfrog #frogs #oregon
October 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Meet Oregon’s stealthy migrator—the Northern red-legged frog 🐸.
Thanks to volunteers with the Harborton Frog Shuttle, thousands now make a trip in Portland safely every season. Learn more about our work to build a safe underpass for them: myowf.org/frogs
#frog #portlandfrog #frogs #oregon
Thanks to volunteers with the Harborton Frog Shuttle, thousands now make a trip in Portland safely every season. Learn more about our work to build a safe underpass for them: myowf.org/frogs
#frog #portlandfrog #frogs #oregon
Oregon’s frogs live far beyond the city! 🐸
🌲 Pacific Treefrog – our state amphibian
🏔️ Cascades Frog (Rana cascadae) – mountain meadows
🌊 Red-legged Frog – shady forests
☀️ Great Basin Spadefoot – desert rains
From coast to high desert, frogs keep Oregon’s ecosystems hopping. 🎶
#frog #oregon #frogs
🌲 Pacific Treefrog – our state amphibian
🏔️ Cascades Frog (Rana cascadae) – mountain meadows
🌊 Red-legged Frog – shady forests
☀️ Great Basin Spadefoot – desert rains
From coast to high desert, frogs keep Oregon’s ecosystems hopping. 🎶
#frog #oregon #frogs
October 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🐸 Frogs of Portland
🌿 Pacific Tree Frog – Small, adaptable, and famous for its “ribbit.”
🌧️ Northern Red-Legged Frog – A shy native species that depends on cool, clean wetlands.
⚠️ American Bullfrog – Invasive and voracious, these giants threaten native frogs.
#portland #portlandfrogs #frogs
🌿 Pacific Tree Frog – Small, adaptable, and famous for its “ribbit.”
🌧️ Northern Red-Legged Frog – A shy native species that depends on cool, clean wetlands.
⚠️ American Bullfrog – Invasive and voracious, these giants threaten native frogs.
#portland #portlandfrogs #frogs
October 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🐸 Frogs of Portland
🌿 Pacific Tree Frog – Small, adaptable, and famous for its “ribbit.”
🌧️ Northern Red-Legged Frog – A shy native species that depends on cool, clean wetlands.
⚠️ American Bullfrog – Invasive and voracious, these giants threaten native frogs.
#portland #portlandfrogs #frogs
🌿 Pacific Tree Frog – Small, adaptable, and famous for its “ribbit.”
🌧️ Northern Red-Legged Frog – A shy native species that depends on cool, clean wetlands.
⚠️ American Bullfrog – Invasive and voracious, these giants threaten native frogs.
#portland #portlandfrogs #frogs
🌲 Forest Park is Portland’s wild heart — 5,200 acres of trails, trees, and wildlife right in the city. From deer and owls to salamanders and songbirds, nature thrives here.
#ForestPark #Portland #OregonWildlife #UrbanNature #PNW #NWNatureMatters
#ForestPark #Portland #OregonWildlife #UrbanNature #PNW #NWNatureMatters
October 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🌲 Forest Park is Portland’s wild heart — 5,200 acres of trails, trees, and wildlife right in the city. From deer and owls to salamanders and songbirds, nature thrives here.
#ForestPark #Portland #OregonWildlife #UrbanNature #PNW #NWNatureMatters
#ForestPark #Portland #OregonWildlife #UrbanNature #PNW #NWNatureMatters
🐍 New episode!
Western rattlesnakes in the Willamette Valley — how they live, what threatens them, and why they matter.
🎧 Listen: nwnaturematters.libsyn.com/western-ratt...
#Rattlesnakes #OregonWildlife #Conservation #NWNatureMatters
Western rattlesnakes in the Willamette Valley — how they live, what threatens them, and why they matter.
🎧 Listen: nwnaturematters.libsyn.com/western-ratt...
#Rattlesnakes #OregonWildlife #Conservation #NWNatureMatters
October 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🐍 New episode!
Western rattlesnakes in the Willamette Valley — how they live, what threatens them, and why they matter.
🎧 Listen: nwnaturematters.libsyn.com/western-ratt...
#Rattlesnakes #OregonWildlife #Conservation #NWNatureMatters
Western rattlesnakes in the Willamette Valley — how they live, what threatens them, and why they matter.
🎧 Listen: nwnaturematters.libsyn.com/western-ratt...
#Rattlesnakes #OregonWildlife #Conservation #NWNatureMatters
Wildlife thrives in the heart of Portland 🌿
Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge is home to eagles, otters, beavers, and more — proof that nature belongs in the city too. 🦫🕊️
#OregonWildlifeFoundation #OaksBottom #UrbanNature #PDX #portland #PortlandOregon #wildlife #nature
Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge is home to eagles, otters, beavers, and more — proof that nature belongs in the city too. 🦫🕊️
#OregonWildlifeFoundation #OaksBottom #UrbanNature #PDX #portland #PortlandOregon #wildlife #nature
October 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Wildlife thrives in the heart of Portland 🌿
Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge is home to eagles, otters, beavers, and more — proof that nature belongs in the city too. 🦫🕊️
#OregonWildlifeFoundation #OaksBottom #UrbanNature #PDX #portland #PortlandOregon #wildlife #nature
Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge is home to eagles, otters, beavers, and more — proof that nature belongs in the city too. 🦫🕊️
#OregonWildlifeFoundation #OaksBottom #UrbanNature #PDX #portland #PortlandOregon #wildlife #nature
🪶 Whitaker Ponds Nature Park might be one of Portland’s quietest treasures.
Tucked in NE Portland, it’s a restored wetland where herons glide, turtles bask, and the city’s noise fades into birdsong.
#WhitakerPonds #PortlandNature #UrbanWildlife #PNWWildlife #OregonOutdoors #BirdingPortland
Tucked in NE Portland, it’s a restored wetland where herons glide, turtles bask, and the city’s noise fades into birdsong.
#WhitakerPonds #PortlandNature #UrbanWildlife #PNWWildlife #OregonOutdoors #BirdingPortland
October 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🪶 Whitaker Ponds Nature Park might be one of Portland’s quietest treasures.
Tucked in NE Portland, it’s a restored wetland where herons glide, turtles bask, and the city’s noise fades into birdsong.
#WhitakerPonds #PortlandNature #UrbanWildlife #PNWWildlife #OregonOutdoors #BirdingPortland
Tucked in NE Portland, it’s a restored wetland where herons glide, turtles bask, and the city’s noise fades into birdsong.
#WhitakerPonds #PortlandNature #UrbanWildlife #PNWWildlife #OregonOutdoors #BirdingPortland
Portland is wild in the best way. 🌿 From coyotes on our greenways to salmon in the Willamette, from herons gliding over Oaks Bottom to the endless trails of Forest Park—this city is alive.
Protecting these spaces means protecting what makes Portland, Portland. 💚
#Portland #Wildlife #UrbanNature
Protecting these spaces means protecting what makes Portland, Portland. 💚
#Portland #Wildlife #UrbanNature
September 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Portland is wild in the best way. 🌿 From coyotes on our greenways to salmon in the Willamette, from herons gliding over Oaks Bottom to the endless trails of Forest Park—this city is alive.
Protecting these spaces means protecting what makes Portland, Portland. 💚
#Portland #Wildlife #UrbanNature
Protecting these spaces means protecting what makes Portland, Portland. 💚
#Portland #Wildlife #UrbanNature
🍂🐾 Fall in Oregon isn’t just about pretty leaves—wildlife is busy too!
🐻 Bears binge-eat to prep for winter
🦫 Beavers stash food underwater
🕊️ Birds crowd the Pacific Flyway
🦇 Some bats migrate, others hibernate
🍁 Maples + aspens bring the color show
#OregonWildlife #FallVibes #ExploreOregon
🐻 Bears binge-eat to prep for winter
🦫 Beavers stash food underwater
🕊️ Birds crowd the Pacific Flyway
🦇 Some bats migrate, others hibernate
🍁 Maples + aspens bring the color show
#OregonWildlife #FallVibes #ExploreOregon
September 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🍂🐾 Fall in Oregon isn’t just about pretty leaves—wildlife is busy too!
🐻 Bears binge-eat to prep for winter
🦫 Beavers stash food underwater
🕊️ Birds crowd the Pacific Flyway
🦇 Some bats migrate, others hibernate
🍁 Maples + aspens bring the color show
#OregonWildlife #FallVibes #ExploreOregon
🐻 Bears binge-eat to prep for winter
🦫 Beavers stash food underwater
🕊️ Birds crowd the Pacific Flyway
🦇 Some bats migrate, others hibernate
🍁 Maples + aspens bring the color show
#OregonWildlife #FallVibes #ExploreOregon
🍁 New on the OWF blog: Best Wildlife Viewing Destinations in Oregon This Fall 🦌🦅🐳
From elk bugling in the mountains to massive bird migrations in wetlands and seabirds on the coast, fall is one of the best times to explore Oregon’s wild side.
Read more here 👉 myowf.org/blog/best-wi...
From elk bugling in the mountains to massive bird migrations in wetlands and seabirds on the coast, fall is one of the best times to explore Oregon’s wild side.
Read more here 👉 myowf.org/blog/best-wi...
September 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🍁 New on the OWF blog: Best Wildlife Viewing Destinations in Oregon This Fall 🦌🦅🐳
From elk bugling in the mountains to massive bird migrations in wetlands and seabirds on the coast, fall is one of the best times to explore Oregon’s wild side.
Read more here 👉 myowf.org/blog/best-wi...
From elk bugling in the mountains to massive bird migrations in wetlands and seabirds on the coast, fall is one of the best times to explore Oregon’s wild side.
Read more here 👉 myowf.org/blog/best-wi...
🎙️ New Northwest Nature Matters!
Monty continues the Women in Wildlife series with Renee Hollowell, District Wildlife Biologist in the Malheur National Forest. 🌲🦉
Listen here 👉 nwnaturematters.libsyn.com/women-in-wil...
#WomenInWildlife #WildlifeConservation #Oregon
Monty continues the Women in Wildlife series with Renee Hollowell, District Wildlife Biologist in the Malheur National Forest. 🌲🦉
Listen here 👉 nwnaturematters.libsyn.com/women-in-wil...
#WomenInWildlife #WildlifeConservation #Oregon
Northwest Nature Matters: Women in Wildlife: Renee Hollowell
This week, Monty continues the Women in Wildlife series by speaking with Renee Hollowell, District Wildlife Biologist for the Blue Mountain Ranger District in Malheur National Forest.
nwnaturematters.libsyn.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🎙️ New Northwest Nature Matters!
Monty continues the Women in Wildlife series with Renee Hollowell, District Wildlife Biologist in the Malheur National Forest. 🌲🦉
Listen here 👉 nwnaturematters.libsyn.com/women-in-wil...
#WomenInWildlife #WildlifeConservation #Oregon
Monty continues the Women in Wildlife series with Renee Hollowell, District Wildlife Biologist in the Malheur National Forest. 🌲🦉
Listen here 👉 nwnaturematters.libsyn.com/women-in-wil...
#WomenInWildlife #WildlifeConservation #Oregon
🚗🦌 Every year, 5,000+ animals are killed on Oregon roads.
The Watch for Wildlife license plate funds projects that help wildlife move safely — and protect drivers too. 💚
Learn more: myOWF.org/wildlifemoves
#WatchForWildlife #OregonWildlife
The Watch for Wildlife license plate funds projects that help wildlife move safely — and protect drivers too. 💚
Learn more: myOWF.org/wildlifemoves
#WatchForWildlife #OregonWildlife
September 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🚗🦌 Every year, 5,000+ animals are killed on Oregon roads.
The Watch for Wildlife license plate funds projects that help wildlife move safely — and protect drivers too. 💚
Learn more: myOWF.org/wildlifemoves
#WatchForWildlife #OregonWildlife
The Watch for Wildlife license plate funds projects that help wildlife move safely — and protect drivers too. 💚
Learn more: myOWF.org/wildlifemoves
#WatchForWildlife #OregonWildlife
🌲🐾 Limited-edition alert! 🐾🌲
Bi-Mart, ODFW, & OWF teamed up with Pabst for the Case for Conservation — a 30-pack that helps protect Oregon’s most vulnerable wildlife. For every case sold, $1 goes directly to OWF.
🔗 myowf.org/bimart
#CaseForConservation #OregonWildlife #BiMart
Bi-Mart, ODFW, & OWF teamed up with Pabst for the Case for Conservation — a 30-pack that helps protect Oregon’s most vulnerable wildlife. For every case sold, $1 goes directly to OWF.
🔗 myowf.org/bimart
#CaseForConservation #OregonWildlife #BiMart
September 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🌲🐾 Limited-edition alert! 🐾🌲
Bi-Mart, ODFW, & OWF teamed up with Pabst for the Case for Conservation — a 30-pack that helps protect Oregon’s most vulnerable wildlife. For every case sold, $1 goes directly to OWF.
🔗 myowf.org/bimart
#CaseForConservation #OregonWildlife #BiMart
Bi-Mart, ODFW, & OWF teamed up with Pabst for the Case for Conservation — a 30-pack that helps protect Oregon’s most vulnerable wildlife. For every case sold, $1 goes directly to OWF.
🔗 myowf.org/bimart
#CaseForConservation #OregonWildlife #BiMart