Oregon Wildlife Foundation

🎬 Film Screening: Follow the Beaten Path

Join us for a special screening of the environmental documentary Follow the Beaten Path.

📍 Volcanic Theater Pub – Bend, OR
📅 March 10
⏰ 6:00 PM

#OregonWildlife #Conservation #PublicLands #OregonEvents #WildlifeConservation

Historic funding for wildlife passes Oregon Legislature, heads to Gov. Kotek for signature - Oregon Wild Vote of 36 to 22 moves the bill to the Oregon Senate.

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We did it! As a result of your advocacy, the Oregon state legislature passed HB 4134, also known as the “1.25% for Wildlife” bill.

Northwest Nature Matters Podcast | Discover Conservation Insights — Oregon Wildlife Foundation Explore expert discussions on natural history and conservation in the Pacific Northwest with the Northwest Nature Matters Podcast.

🎙️ A special thank you to our Northwest Nature Matters podcast season sponsor, OnPoint Community Credit Union.

You can listen to Northwest Nature Matters on all major podcast platforms.

🔗 Learn more: myOWF.org/nwnm

#NorthwestNatureMatters #OregonWildlife #Conservation #Podcast

Coming to Bend, Oregon…

How people are helping breeding frogs dodge cars - High Country News Imperiled northern red-legged frogs need to cross a 4-lane highway in Oregon to lay their eggs. Every winter, volunteers carry them across.

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🌿 Help protect Oregon’s sage-grouse — become an Adopt-A-Lek volunteer!

📧 Interested in applying? Email Skyler.T.VOLD@odfw.oregon.gov

#OregonWildlife #AdoptALek #SageGrouse #VolunteerForWildlife #ODFW

☕️🌲 NEW OWF TRAVEL MUG PERK! 🌲☕️

🟢 Buy a mug and get 25% off your entire initial purchase
🟢 PLUS 10% off drinks in this mug… for LIFE!

Not to be combined with other discounts. Available only at OWF Gift Shops.

#OregonWildlifeFoundation #WildAndFreeWeRoam #OregonWildlifegiftshop #OWF #bonneville

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📍 Oregon’s Top Winter Wildlife Viewing Spots ❄️🦆🦌

From migrating waterfowl to elk & raptors, winter in Oregon is a prime time to explore nature’s coolest moments! 🌲✨

👉 Read the full guides & spots here: myowf.org/blog/oregons...

🦌 Ready to take action for Oregon’s wildlife?

Help support 1.25% for Wildlife (HB 4134)

📣 Take action today:

Visit www.1percent4wildlife.org

Together, we can make a lasting difference for Oregon’s wildlife. 🌲🐾

#OregonWildlife #wildlife #Conservation #oregon #animals

Chinook salmon

🍁 What do Oregon animals eat to fatten up for winter? 🍁
Short answer: everything they can.

As colder weather approaches, many animals shift into hyperphagia — a period of intense eating to store fat that helps them survive winter.

#OregonWildlife #WinterIsComing #NatureFacts #PacificNorthwest

Western Monarch butterfly

You can help protect these incredible pollinators by planting native milkweed, avoiding pesticides, and supporting habitat conservation efforts.

Let’s keep the West a place where monarchs can thrive—for generations to come.

#WesternMonarchDay #MonarchButterfly #PollinatorPower #NativePlants

🐾 Locals Supporting Locals 🐾

Join us at Ferment Brewing Company for an evening in support of the OSP Fish and Wildlife Conservation K9 Team—and come meet two very good dogs while you’re at it. 💙

#LocalsSupportingLocals #SupportConservation #K9Heroes #OregonWildlife #FermentBrewing

Trail cameras capture footage of rare wildlife in Portland-area wetlands Our trail camera set up for beavers keeps catching a bobcat in a Beaverton wetland near a busy four-lane road — six sightings since August 2025.

Our trail camera set up for beavers keeps catching a bobcat in a Beaverton wetland near a busy four-lane road — six sightings since August 2025.

Together, we can protect the wild places and wild neighbors that make Oregon special — now and for future generations. 💚

👉 Visit www.1percent4wildlife.org to learn more and take action.

#wildlife #oregon #animals #raccoon #OR #bill #takeaction #supportwildlife

If this image startled you, congratulations—you now know owls have legs.
Long ones.
We’re all coping in our own way. 🦉😶

Oregon Wildlife Foundation Hosts Fundraiser To Support OSP Conservation K-9s - KXL HOOD RIVER, OR – The Oregon Wildlife Foundation is inviting the community to support local wildlife conservation...

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This month, Monty speaks with Jeremy Austin, Wildlands & Water Program Director for Central Oregon Land Watch, about wildlife crossing initiatives. Listen on any major podcasting platform or nwnaturematters.libsyn.com/bend-2-suttl...

Oregon ecologist discusses efforts to create safe wildlife corridors over busy roadways The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife estimates 14.5 million wild vertebrate animals are killed on Oregon’s roadways each year. One effective way to mitigate animal fatalities is by redirecting t...

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Grant-making webpage at myOWF.org

🌿Did you know the Oregon Wildlife Foundation offers grant funding to support on-the-ground conservation projects across our state? 💚

🔗 Learn more & apply at myowf.org/grants%EF%BF...

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Your Support Carries Us Forward

From restoring waterways on the mid-coast to conserving winter range habitat in central Oregon, 2025 was a year of big wins for wildlife, and you made them possible.

Help protect Oregon’s wildlife at myowf.org/give

"Just stand still....they will think we're Christmas decor." - small herd of deer

#WatchForWildlife #OregonWildlife #HolidayTravel #DriveSafeOregon #WildlifeCrossing #KeepWildlifeWild #PNWWildlife #OregonRoads #WildlifeSafety #WinterDriving #OregonOutdoors

Red-legged ale from Ferment Brewing Co.

Red-legged frog

🚨 Last call for Red-Legged Ale! 🍺🐸

It’s your final chance to enjoy Red-Legged Ale from Ferment Brewing Co. — now pouring on draft at Ferment’s Hood River tasting room and still available in cans at select shops for a limited time.

Northwest Nature Matters: Middle-Aged Wolfman This month Monty and Jess speak with Jim Holyan, longtime Wolf Biologist with the Nez Perce Tribe and published author. His book, I Was a Middle-Aged Wolfman, is available for purchase now.

New Episode Alert! 🎙🐺

Monty and Jess are joined by Jim Holyan, respected Wolf Biologist with the Nez Perce Tribe and author of the newly released book I Was a Middle-Aged Wolfman.

👉 nwnaturematters.libsyn.com/middle-aged-wolfman or on all major podcast platforms

Shiras moose in Oregon snow

Oregon’s Shiras moose are solitary, secretive, and perfectly adapted to our riparian valleys and dense woodlands. These gentle giants are the smallest moose subspecies in North America, but still impressive at up to ~700–1,000 lbs.

📸: ODFW #moose #oregon #oregonwildlife #wildlife #owf #shirasmoose

Snake of Oregon 🐍
#snakes #reptile #herping #oregonwildlife #animalart

An Oregon endemic, the Oregon slender salamander of the Cascade mountain forests.



#salamanders #batrachoseps #oregonwildlife #amphibians #macro #fieldherping #wildlifephotography #pacificnorthwest #herpphotography #oregonherps

Ways to Give — Oregon Wildlife Foundation Ways to donate to Oregon Wildlife Foundation.

Restoring and protecting habitat is at the heart of our mission, because, as Mark Twain said, “they’re not making land anymore.”

Help us continue this momentum into 2026. Donate at myowf.org/give

A wild turkey walks on a road in Central Oregon.

🦃 Wild Turkeys in Oregon: A Fall Favorite

Did you know wild turkeys aren’t actually native to Oregon? They were introduced in the 1960s and adapted astonishingly well to our mixed forests, oak woodlands, and even suburban edges.

🎙️ 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.