Regional Environmental Information Network

REIN links

Links to other education, conservation, restoration and monitoring web sites.

Audubon Society of Portland
Urban Conservation Program
City of Portland Parks & Recreation
Search for parks, register for activities, learn about the environment, and more.
Clackamas Co. Soil & Water Conservation Dist.
Mission is to assist communities and landowners in their efforts to conserve, restore, enhance, and protect Clackamas County natural resources.
Clean Water Services
Watershed and wastewater management for Tualatin Basin.
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
The Lab is a nonprofit membership institution whose mission is to interpret and conserve the earth's biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds.
Defenders of Wildlife
A Defenders of Wildlife initiative dedicated to promoting and supporting regional and statewide strategies to conserve biodiversity.
Fauna / Urban Natural Resources Directory
Urban Natural Resources Directory is a resource for citizens seeking to protect, restore, and manage watersheds for fish, wildlife, and people in the Portland-Vancouver Metropolitan Region. It contains links to many other conservation-based orgs.
Hatfield Graduate Internship
New internship being developed for launch in summer 2007. It is intended for graduate students from a variety of disciplines who want to spend the summer working in a region acclaimed for its leadership in sustainability initiatives.
Healthy Waters Institute
The Healthy Waters Institute is an education program of Oregon Trout, a non-profit conservation organization based in Portland, Oregon.
Institute for Natural Resources
The Institute for Natural Resources provides access to current science-based information for natural resources in Oregon.
Living with Urban Wildlife (Audubon)
Our Urban Wildlife Resource Office provides information on stewardship of urban wildlife, current urban wildlife issues and resolving of human-wildlife conflicts.
Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership
The Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership is one of 28 National Estuary Programs across the county.
Metro Home Page
Metro protects open space and parks, plans for land use and transportation, and manages garbage disposal and recycling for 1.3 million residents in three counties and 25 cities in the Portland, Oregon, region.
Network of Oregon Watershed Councils
The Network of Oregon Watershed Councils is dedicated to supporting the work of watershed councils throughout the state by increasing council capacity, improving key relationships and promoting public awareness of watersheds and watershed councils.
Northwest Youth Corps youth development program
Northwest Youth Corps is a youth development and outdoor education organization that has provided opportunities to more than 10,000 young people since its establishment in 1984.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
ODFW's mission is to protect and enhance Oregon's fish and wildlife and their habitats for use and enjoyment by present and future generations.
Oregon DEQ databases
The Oregon DEQ LASAR Web application allows you to retrieve monitoring data from the Laboratory Analytical Storage and Retrieval (LASAR) database.
Oregon Explorer
The Oregon Explorer is designed to provide background and information about natural resources, including plants and animals, habitat, water and air, geology, geography, land and people.
Oregon Institute for Natural Resources
The Institute for Natural Resources provides Oregon leaders with ready access to current, science-based information and methods for better understanding our resource management challenges and developing solutions.
Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB)
OWEB helps create and maintain healthy watersheds and natural habitats that support thriving communities and strong economies. This website provides detailed program information, including grant program.
Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership
The purpose of the Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership (PNAMP) is to provide a forum for coordinating state, federal, and tribal aquatic habitat and salmonid monitoring programs.
The Dirt
The Dirt connects interested active individuals to the environmental community in Portland through our educational content and event calendar.
Tualatin Basin Invasive Species Working Group
Tualatin Riverkeepers, in partnership with Clean Water Services and theTualatin Hills Parks and Rec District have formed the Tualatin Basin Invasive Species Working Group (TBISWG). TBISWG is conducting a basin wide effort to eradicate invasives.
Urban Greenspaces Institute
The Urban Greenspaces Institute works to create great cities-cities where the built and natural environments are interwoven, not set apart. We promote the integration of urban green infrastructure-parks, trails, streams and wetlands.
USGS free data site
Access to nationwide ecological data, free of charge.
West Multnomah Co. Soil & Water Cons. Dist.
To conserve, protect and develop soil and water resources; to help with the development of all natural resources in west county for the benefit of the people, wildlife and the environment.
Wildlife Care Center (Audubon)
Open 7 days a week; care and rehabilitation of native, injured or orphaned wildlife.