Are you interested in helping conserve or care for oak habitats?
We have ideas!
Get outdoors and learn
We cannot care for what we do not know. So, for many of us the first step is to head outside and get to know your local oak habitats. Learn about the plants and animals who share the oak woodlands with you. Learn more about current and historic land uses, fire history, and indigenous communities including Yakama Nation and Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs who have been in relationship with this oak landscape since time immemorial. A great place to start your learning journey is on ECOP’s YouTube channel. When you are outside, remember to practice being a good steward: clean the weed seeds off your boots and clothing between visits. Respect trail closures and pick up after your pet.
Connect
Staying connected to our community is another way to help out. You’ll continue learning and you’ll hear about exciting opportunities to take action. Here’s how to stay connected:
Sign up for ECOP’s E-News
Attend an ECOP event
Attend a Decade of the Oak event
Are you curious about oak management and science? Sign up for ECOP’s Oak Stewards listserv to connect with other local oak restoration practitioners where you can pose questions and read responses from locals.
If you’re interested in oak science more broadly, also sign up for the listserv hosted by Cascadia Prairie Oak Partnership in the Willamette Valley.
Check out the iNaturalist app and share your observations.
Connect with local groups rallying around oaks or, if there aren’t any, consider starting your own! Did you know Mosier has its own white oak group?
Steward oak habitats
Whether you have oaks in your backyard, or you make decisions on thousands of acres of oak habitat, your efforts make a difference! Learn how you can care for the oaks and their understory plant communities with ECOP’s management guidance pages and CPOP’s technical resource library.
Spread the word
Be a voice for oaks! Sharing the values of oaks is an easy way you can elevate protection and conservation of these keystone habitats. There are many ways you can help spread the word:
Give oaks some airtime… talk about what you’re learning with friends and family
Share an ECOP brochure
Use your social media to highlight oaks and organizations who protect them
Host a Decade of the Oak event
Participate in community science through bioblitzes and the iNaturalist app
Bring friends and family to ECOP events or partner volunteer events
Invest in oaks
Now is the time to conserve these incredible habitats, and you are part of the solution! Whether you represent a foundation, business, or are a philanthropist at heart, we can help you find the right opportunity to conserve and care for the oak landscape we all love.
