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Conservation Education

Updated August 13, 2026

The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office's Conservation Education Program offers rich engagement focused on telling the story of our mission driven work. We provide a diverse array of interactive programming designed to meet the needs of a wide variety of audiences in a variety of settings. 

We create connections to the field of conservation for everyone by offering the following forms of outreach:

  • Interactive, educational, engaging tabling at events
  • Interactive education lessons for camps, schools, or other organized groups
  • Subject specialist speakers
  • Working with universities and interns to empower the next generation of professional conservationists 

Please view this list of topics available for educational tabling and outreach programming: Educational Programming

For more information or to inquire about having a staff member support your outreach event or engage your group with educational programming, please contact our Education and Outreach Specialist, Leah Schrodt, at leah_schrodt@fws.gov or (971) 930-2211.

 

Junior Duck Stamp Program

Calling all science and art students! The Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program is a conservation education experience aimed at engaging and inspiring youth. The program sparks interest in habitat conservation through science, art, math, and technology.

Students are encouraged to explore their natural world, invited to investigate biology and wildlife management principles, and challenged to express and share what they have learned with others through art and a conservation message.

Curriculum is available for teachers in all types of educational settings - pick what works for you!

Each year, students can enter their art and conservation messages into their local state contest.  Best of Show and the top conservation message from each state go on to compete in the national contest. The winning artwork from a national art contest serves as the design for the Junior Duck Stamp, which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service produces annually. One hundred percent of the revenue from the sale of the $5 Junior Duck stamps goes to support recognition and environmental education activities for students who participate in the program.

Junior Duck Stamp Program National Page

Partnership with the Oregon Zoo

For many years we've worked with the zoo to conserve locally imperiled species such as Oregon silverspot butterfly, western pond turtle, Taylor's checkerspot butterfly, California condors, and more! We have worked hand-in-hand with zoo staff in the development of activities, displays, and programs designed to communicate our shared conservation messages.  

Make Your Home a Home for Wildlife

Oregon is home to an enormous diversity of wildlife! However, the habitats native wildlife once called home are changing and, in some cases, disappearing. By making your home safe and healthy, you will not only help support Oregon’s native wildlife species, but you will also improve your living situation by fostering fun, healthy, beautiful, enriching experiences for everyone in your household! Small changes can add up in a big way. 

Learn how to help: Birds, Insects and Pollinators, Mammals, Amphibians & Reptiles, and Bats.

 

 

 

 

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