TECHNICAL & FINANCIAL RESOURCES

Local Soil & Water Conservation Districts

Oregon’s Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) provide technical assistance, educational outreach, and other services to landowners, managers, and citizens working on local conservation efforts.

Staff at individual SWCDs can help with assessing your resources, developing a conservation plan for your property, designing practices, monitoring resource conditions, or following-up on installed conservation practices.

Find your local Soil and Water Conservation District office at this website.

OSU Extension

Oregon State University Extension is available to provide information and expertise to help Oregonians address critical natural resource management issues.

Find your OSU Extension office at https://extension.oregonstate.edu/find-us

Land Trusts

Land trusts specialize in conservation easements as a way to offer landowners incentives to permanently protect land with conservation value.

Find a local land trust at the Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts (COLT) website.

Restoration Contractors
There are a number of private contractors that can help with various components of an oak restoration project from planning to tree thinning to planting.

This a list of contractors. We are not affiliated with any of them nor do we take any responsibility for their work. It is up to you to vet any company you hire just as you would for any other service.

Native Plants & Seeds

Here are some places to purchase native plants or seeds for restoration projects:

Heritage Seedlings
Mahonia Nursery
Native Seeds of Oregon
Scholls Valley Native Nursery
Native Seeds of Oregon

Visit the Native Seed Network to locate other sources of native seed.

Visit Plant Native for an index of other native plant nurseries in Oregon.

Supplies & Equipment

Here are some places to purchase materials that might be part of a restoration project:

Grants

There are a few grant programs in Oregon that landowners can apply to in order to secure funds for oak restoration projects. These grants require some form of “cost share” meaning that there needs to be a contribution to the budget from an additional source.

NRCS Environmental Incentives Program Grants

OWEB Technical Assistance Grants

Oregon Ag Heritage Program Grants

ODF Small Forestland Grant Program

Oregon Wildlife Foundation

USFWS Partners for Fish & Wildlife

General

Oregon Conservation Strategy

WVOPC Strategic Action Plan

Good Oak Conservation Websites

Clackamas SWCD Oak page

Tualitin SWCD Oak Habitat page

Know Your Forest Guide

Oak Initiatives

The Oak Accord

Backyard Habitat

LIVE Certification

Other Groups That Work on Oak Conservation Issues

Greenbelt Land Trust

Institute for Applied Ecology

Long Tom Watershed Council

Oregon Agricultural Trust

Pacific Birds Habitat Joint Venture

Rivers to Ridges

Zena Forest Products