Oregon Wildlife Foundation

The Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation awarded grants to 12 projects across Oregon totalling $86,275. The Foundation served as the fiscal sponsor for 10 projects, providing them with financial management, marketing, and organizational development support. The Foundation's retail store program, spruce gifts & provisions, had gross sales of almost $991,000. Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation aggregated and directed a total of $130,500 to two land acquisition projects and a bird study in klamath national Wildlife refuge in 2022. The Foundation continued its support of two large landscape-scale projects in central Oregon and a Wildlife crossing project in southern Oregon; the metolius mule deer winter range restoration project, greater williams prairie restoration project, and the southern Oregon i-5 Wildlife crossing project. Finally, the watch for Wildlife specialty plate became officially available through dmv offices and online through dmv2u.oregon.gov in may 2022.