The Willamette Riverkeeper is an organization that is dedicated solely to the protection and restoration of the Willamette River.
There are 165 other rivers, bays, inlets and waterbodies united with the Willamette Riverkeeper under the Waterkeeper Alliance. Their strategies include, advocacy, monitoring, education and restoration.
Organization Type: Not-for-Profit
(503) 223-6418
Mission statement: To ensure that parks, regional trail systems, greenways and greenspaces are integrated with the built environment in the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan region; and to promote urban greenspace efforts nationally and internationally.
Motto: “In Livable Cities is Preservation of the wild.”
According to the webpage this motto was “chosen as a correlary to Henry David Thoreau’s aphorism, In Wildness is the Preservation of the Wild.”
The Group’s focus is on preserving and introducing nature and wilderness into urban areas.
Organization Type: Non-Governmental Organization
(503) 319-7155
According to their website, “The Spokane Riverkeeper is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the health of the Spokane River Watershed. We accomplish this by collaborating, educating, and, when necessary, litigating to preserve the Spokane River’s health now and in the future.
Spokane Riverkeeper is a vigilant guardian of the Spokane River and its watershed and an effective advocate for the restoration and preservation of the river’s ecological health and aesthetic integrity. As a member of the international Waterkeepers movement, Spokane Riverkeeper’s first priority, day-to-day, is to defend the river against pollution and polluters.
The long-term vision of Spokane Riverkeeper is to restore the river to its natural state, undiminished by human activities that cause pollution or divert water from the river, especially during low seasonal flow periods. Our mission recognizes that protecting the river and securing its future as an ecological and spiritual resource for the region is best secured by working with current allies and enlisting new allies in the causes to which we’re committed.”
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(509) 835-5211
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Northwest National Resource Group promotes “the emergence of a sustainable, environmentally sound economy throughout the Pacific Northwest in which healthy ecosystems are fully integrated with the social, economic, and cultural systems of human society.” They focus on conservation and economic goals through market-based conservation tools. They try to understand the links between forestry, watershed health, water quality, habitat corridors and economic performance.
Their mission is to “use the marketplace to restore forests and local economies.”
They work on:
Organization Type: Non-Profit
(206) 971-3709
The non-profit organization Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute’s mission statement is
“to increase citizen involvement in decisions that affect the region’s environment.” The Institute has grown into one of the most successful organizations in the region. In addition to Community Agriculture, they have programs in Watershed Restoration, Environmental Education, and Transportation.” These programs include watershed restoration in northern Idaho and parts of Eastern Washington, promoting alternative energy through tours and host bicycle and vanpool options. PCEI began in 1986 and they have received many awards due to their honest and hardworking operations.
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(208) 882-1444
“The Climate Impacts Research Consortium provides information and tools for making decisions about landscape and watershed management in a changing climate. CIRC is a consortium of three multi-university organizations: The Oregon Climate Change Research Institute , including Oregon State University and the University of Oregon ;Idaho’s project on Water Resources in a Changing Climate, funded by NSF’s Office of Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research , including University of Idaho , Boise State University , and Idaho State University.”
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(541) 737-5705
People For Puget Sound is an organization for the conservation of the greater puget sound area.
Their mission is: “Our vision is a clean and healthy Sound, teeming with fish and wildlife, cared for by people who live here.”
Their work includes:
Advocating for puget sound politically
Educating about conservation
Restoring puget sound to a more natural state
Organization Type: Not for Profit
(206) 382-7007
Mission statement: The Network supports the work of Oregon’s watershed councils to enhance watershed health and benefit their local communities.
According to their webpage, here’s why watershed councils are important:
Organization Type:
(503) 362-1246
The Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership’s focus is on the conservation and protection of the Columbia River Estuary. They are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Their Strategies include Habitat Restoration, Monitoring and Education.
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(503) 226-1565
Mission statement: Ecotrust’s mission is to inspire fresh thinking that creates economic opportunity, social equity and environmental wellbeing. Our goal is to foster a natural model of development that creates more resilient communities, economies, and ecosystems here and around the world.
Ecotrust believes in radical transformation of current institutions and the current ways of living that are unsustainable. Their initiatives include:
•Consulting
•Fisheries
•Food and Farms
•Forests and Ecosystems Services
•Knowledge Systems
•Marine Consulting Initiatives
•Indigenous Affairs Program
•Natural Capital Fund
•Whole Watershed Restoration Initiative
Organization Type:
(503) 327-6225