Publications
Browse the Willamette Partnership publications below or search by keyword tag.
Accessibility Policy Scan
Read moreThe Accessibility in Outdoor Recreation: Policy Scan highlights policy tools that state and local governments can use to make recreational spaces safe, healthy, and more inclusive for people of all abilities.
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Growing Together: Annual Report 2022
Read moreWe’re growing and supporting new opportunities in 2023. Reflect on the work we did in our 2022 Annual Report, Growing Together.
Oregon Water Justice Framework
Read moreThe Oregon Water Futures Collaborative published the Oregon Water Justice Framework. Shaping state and local efforts to advance a water justice agenda and address long-standing disparities in water resources.
Regenerative Agriculture
Read moreWP Fellow Ruby Howard spent her time with us researching the barriers for transitioning to regenerative agriculture in Oregon.
Annual Report 2021
Read moreCheck out Willamette Partnership’s Annual Report 2021: Building Community through Collaboration.
Strategic Plan 2021-2023
Read moreLearn more about Willamette Partnership’s goals and areas of focus over the next three years.
Owens Farm Community Engagement
Read moreFellow, Silvia Arizmendi joined Oregon State University and Greenbelt Land Trust, interviewing local community members about their experiences in nature.
Natural Infrastructure in Oregon
Read moreThe Natural Infrastructure in Oregon report demonstrates opportunities to invest in natural infrastructure as a solution to infrastructure challenges.
Outdoor Preschool Policy Action Framework
Read moreThe Outdoor Preschool Policy Action Framework helps advocates find a pathway toward licensure that fits their community and their state.
Water Investment Ready Oregon
Read moreWater Investment Ready Oregon takes a look at the last 12 years of water-related funding and answers three key questions on the future of Oregon’s water.
In Gratitude 2020
Read moreThis year, our work has been a refuge that provides a chance for each of us to connect with and contribute to the people and places we love.
Accessibility Toolkit for Land Managers
Read moreThe Accessibility Toolkit for Land Managers is an informative document to help land managers design and maintain with equity and inclusion as a priority.
Accessible Outdoor Recreation Travel Guide
Read moreThe Accessible Outdoor Recreation Travel Guide was created specifically for people in the disabilities community, to provide the information you need to plan a trip before you head outdoors.
Outdoor Preschool Equity Toolkit
Read moreThe ‘Outdoor Preschool Equity Toolkit’ was designed for preschool providers, highlighting best practices schools are doing to help families access outdoor preschool.
Greener Parks for Health
Read moreWith the National Recreation and Park Association, we developed a suite of resources for park and recreation professionals and partners to address the inequitable climate-related health impacts and advocate for solutions.
Building Momentum 2019
Read moreWillamette Partnership invites you to explore some of the stories and people we are proud of in our 2019 annual report, Building Momentum.
Water Infrastructure Workforce Report 2019
Read moreWater, wastewater, and stormwater utilities are the backbone of our communities. Read the report outlining the current and future workforce of these utilities.
Infrastructure NEXT Progress Report March 2019
Read moreCenter for Sustainable Infrastructure, Willamette Partnership, and Portland State University have formed a partnership aimed at innovative investments and job skills for infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest. This 2-page handout provides an overview of the progress made by March 2019.
Evaluating Greening Benefits
Read moreThis template, developed by the Shift Health Accelerator team and Willamette Partnership, is designed as a framework for community groups, cities, and/or coalitions working to increase urban greenspace to use to show the multiple benefits of their activities.
Collective Action: The Story of the Oak Accord
Read moreWatch the video about the Oak Accord, a voluntary grassroots initiative started by landowners to protect and restore what little oak remains in the Willamette Valley.
2018 Annual Report: Leadership
Read moreOur 2018 Annual Report celebrates the leadership of our staff, board, partners, and colleagues. The role our past leaders have played and the emerging leaders we are committed to supporting.
Summary of Workforce Development Programs Led by Water Utilities
Read moreWillamette Partnership researched various workforce development programs led by water utilities throughout the country to see what type of solutions water utilities are implementing to address their workforce needs. Here’s a handout with the summary.
Breaking Down Barriers: Priority Actions for Advancing Water Quality Trading
Read moreThis report from the National Network on Water Quality Trading investigates what’s keeping water quality trading on the sidelines and proposes a detailed action agenda to help get water quality trading on the ground in more watersheds across the United States.
Green Infrastructure & Health Guide
Read moreA national guide to help local government, communities, and health care organizations connect green infrastructure and public health in new ways.
Infrastructure NEXT Progress Report: Oct ’17 – April ’18
Read moreCenter for Sustainable Infrastructure, Willamette Partnership, and Portland State University have formed a partnership aimed at innovative investments and job skills for infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest. This 2-page handout provides an overview of the progress made between Oct. 1, 2017 and April 1, 2018.
Infrastructure Next Handout
Read moreA handout about the Infra-Next project, providing technical assistance to communities actively working through innovative infrastructure investments, like planning a multi-use regional stormwater park, developing a smarter power grid, or rethinking transportation systems.
Water Workforce Needs Assessment Handout
Read moreA handout about our plan to deliver a workforce needs assessment that will help water utilities and other infrastructure providers get ready to design, build, and maintain the infrastructure of tomorrow.
Bridging the Divide: Connecting Stormwater and Floodplain Management in Oregon
Read more“Bridging the Divide” is a report on connecting the management of stormwater and floodplains for cleaner, healthier rivers.
2017 Annual Report
Read moreWillamette Partnership’s 2017 Annual Report highlights the significant outcomes of our work over the fiscal year with an emphasis on our value of collaboration.
Prairie, Oaks and People: Project Profiles
Read moreThis document is a companion document to the Prairie, Oaks and People: A Conservation Business Plan to Revitalize Prairie Oak Habitats of the Pacific Northwest, showcasing project profiles.
Prairie, Oaks and People: A Conservation Business Plan to Revitalize the Prairie-Oak Habitats of the Pacific Northwest
Read moreThis conservation business plan aims to revitalize dwindling prairie and oak habitats in the Pacific Northwest in economically and socially beneficial ways.
Seattle Public Utilities Report
Read moreThe way city investments are designed and implemented have an effect on public health. This report explores opportunities for Seattle Public Utilities to expand access to natural areas to improve community health outcomes.
Strategic Plan 2017-2020
Read moreThis Strategic Plan outlines who the Willamette Partnership is, the work we do, and how we plan to achieve our mission in the places we care about deeply.
Joint Regional Recommendations Summary Fact Sheet
Read moreThis five-page fact sheet summarizes innovations in water quality trading tools and progresses through the joint regional recommendation.
Fish Passage Mitigation Banking Fact Sheet
Read moreMigitation banking is a way of creating incentives to remove priority barriers to fish passage that can help improve conditions for native migratory fish.
Working With the Market: Economic Instruments to Support Investment in Green Stormwater Infrastructure
Read moreA new report summarizes how stormwater managers can spur green stormwater infrastructure while tapping new sources to finance that investment.
Guideline for Health in Outdoor Education
Read moreThe guidelines that follow are intended to shape thinking about opportunities to integrate health in outdoor education. As such, they are also useful to school administrators who are considering how much time to allocate to outdoor education; capital improvements to bring greenspace into schools; the capacities and training their…
The Oak Accord Fact Sheet
Read moreHere’s a two-page handout that summarizes The Oak Accord, including why Oregon’s white oak habitat in the Willamette Valley is threatened, why it’s valuable, and the plan for protecting and restoring it.
General Crediting Protocol
Read moreThe General Crediting Protocol outlines the rules on how to buy and sell credits for Willamette Partnership’s Ecosystem Credit Accounting System. It also describes how actions taken on the land translate into credits as well as how credits are verified, registered, and sold.
Case Study: Klamath Tracking and Accounting Program
Read moreThis document describes the background of the Klamath Tracking and Accounting Program and the considerations that went into designing the program protocol, watershed report, and strategy.
2016 Annual Report: Integrity
Read moreFor Willamette Partnership, integrity is our inner compass, directing us to do what is right even when it’s not easy. In this year’s annual report, we present accomplishments from the 2015-2016 fiscal year as well as updated visions for moving each of our program areas forward.
Building a Tracking and Accounting Program
Read moreA how-to guide for groups seeking to track and account for the conservation and restoration investments within their watershed, or other areas of interest.
Oak Accord Agreement
Read moreThe voluntary agreement document for the Oak Accord is a coordinated approach to conservation of oak habitat in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
Water Quality Trading Toolkit
Read moreWillamette Partnership and the Association of Clean Water Administrators release of five water quality trading policy templates designed to make it faster and easier to develop transparent and accountable water quality trading programs that drive meaningful investment toward achieving clean water goals.
Water Quality Trading Program Audit: A Concept Draft
Read moreWe developed a concept draft for a water quality trading program audit that can help balance rigor and cost for environmental credit verification.
Fact Sheet: Floodplains, FEMA, Fish
Read moreGet the facts about the implications of the recent biological opinion on the National Flood Insurance Program for floodplains in Oregon.
Performance Standards for Riparian Revegetation
Read moreHere are revised performance standards for riparian restoration projects generating environmental credits under the Ecosystem Credit Accounting System.
KTAP Stewardship Project Reporting Handbook
Read moreThe Klamath Tracking and Accounting Program Protocol Handbook describes the program purpose, origin, and the thoughtfulness embedded in its design. It also provides a step-by-step guide to submitting project-level information to the KTAP database.
Smarter Floodplain Management Strategies
Read moreHere is information about smarter approach floodplain management built on strategies and tools that have been shown to reduce risk to communities and support natural systems.
Annual Report: Achieving Balance (2015)
Read moreIn this year’s annual report, you’ll see some of the great examples of where a perspective of balance has ripened into some great outcomes–for people and for the environment. This report outlines accomplishments and finances from the 2014-2015 fiscal year.
Oregon Action Framework for Health and the Outdoors
Read moreThe Health and Outdoors Framework seeks to integrate health and conservation efforts and concepts. It provides tools and intervention ideas to healthcare providers, conservation organizations, public health practitioners, and community networks.
Building a Water Quality Trading Program: Options and Considerations
Read moreA publication on how to build a water quality trading program with examples, options, and considerations to help design a program that meets local needs.
A Vision for Smart Floodplain Management
Read moreA summary of Willamette Partnership’s strategies for helping communities build an integrated approach to floodplain management in Oregon.
Overview: National Network on Water Quality Trading
Read moreLearn about the National Network on Water Quality Trading in this summary, including its purpose, what does it do, who is involved, and how it is funded.
Fact Sheet: Integrated Floodplain Management
Read moreA two-page fact sheet on integrating science, tools, and policies to create incentives for communities to better manage their floodplains.
Annual Report (2014)
Read moreWillamette Partnership and its partners are laying the groundwork for conservation that benefits both ecosystems and people. This report outlines accomplishments and finances from the 2013-2014 fiscal year.
Building a TMDL to Better Support Water Quality Trading
Read moreThis report provides information on how a total maximum daily load (TMDL) can be developed to better support water quality trading.
Joint Statement of Agreement for an Ecosystem Credit Accounting System (2009)
Read moreThis Joint Statement affirmed testing and using Willamette Partnership’s Ecosystem Credit Accounting System in 2009 by state, federal, and local agencies.
Verification in Markets for Water Quality and Habitat
Read moreA report on verification in environmental markets with guidelines on building a robust verification system that balances, accountability, trust, and cost.
Regional Recommendations for the Pacific Northwest on Water Quality Trading
Read moreJoint regional recommendations to help increase confidence that water trading quality produces its intended benefits and complies with the Clean Water Act.
Joint Statement – Regional Recommendations for the Pacific Northwest on Water Quality Trading
Read moreThis is the joint statement document for the regional recommendations for the Pacific Northwest on water quality trading.
Upland Prairie Habitat Quality Calculator User Guide
Read moreHow to use the Prairie Habitat Quality Calculator to assess upland prairie habitat quality with modules for at-risk plants and Fender’s blue butterfly.
Protocol for Quantifying Thermal Benefits of Riparian Shade
Read moreDirections on how to quantify thermal benefits of riparian shade using Shade-a-lator version 8.0 and higher for ecosystem credit accounting.
Prairie Habitat Assessment Methodology Use of SHARP Model
Read morePublication on PHAM’s use of the Species and Habitat Asset and Risk Prioritization (SHARP) Model to quantify development and mitigation on prairie habitat.
Prairie Habitat Assessment Methodology Procedure Manual
Read moreProcedure manual for PHAM, a habitat quantification tool that can help standardize a method for mitigating impacts to prairie ecosystems in Thurston County, Washington.
Prairie Habitat Assessment Methodology Protocol
Read moreThe Prairie Habitat Assessment Methodology is a habitat quantification tool to help standardize a method for mitigating impacts to prairie ecosystems through the Critical Areas Ordinance for Thurston County, Washington.
Water Transaction Monitoring Protocols
Read moreThese protocols focus on three stream characteristics and assess the effectiveness of water transactions using data collected through a monitoring program.
Water Temperature Transaction Tool
Read moreUser guide for the Water Temperature Transaction Tool, an easy, interactive model for quickly evaluating stream temperatures under a variety of scenarios.
Annual Report (2013)
Read moreThis report outlines Willamette Partnership accomplishments and finances from the 2013-2014 fiscal year.
How-to Reference for Building Water Quality Trading Programs
Read more“In It Together” is a 3 part reference on how to build water quality trading programs for point and nonpoint sources with existing case studies.
Floodplain Habitat Metric User’s Guide
Read moreUser’s guide to applying the Floodplain Habitat Metric to measure the impact to floodplain habitat on a development site and the habitat improvement on a site managed for conservation.
Oak Habitat Metric User’s Guide and Calculator
Read moreA rapid assessment measuring oak woodland and savanna habitat quality for improved conservation outcomes. Here are the user guide and calculator.
Nutrient Tracking Tool User’s Guide
Read moreUser guide for the Nutrient Tracking Tool, a model developed to calculate nutrient and sediment loss reductions resulting from conservation practices.
Linking Farm Plans to Ecosystem Markets
Read moreA report prepared for USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, connecting their Conservation Planning Process to the Ecosystem Credit Accounting System.
Measuring Up: Synchronizing Biodiversity Measurement Systems for Markets and Other Incentive Programs
Read moreA report on synchronizing biodiversity measurement systems for markets and other incentive programs to help make investments in biodiversity more effective.
Verification Protocol 1.0
Read moreThis document goes into detail on how verification works, how to become a verifier, and ultimately how credits are confirmed and tracked over time in the Ecosystem Credit Accounting System.
Procedure for Using Shade-a-lator v6
Read moreProcedures for using the water quality temperature calculator, Shade-a-lator version 6.2, an approved metric for calculating credits.
The Willamette Restoration Strategy: Restoring a River of Life
Read moreThe product of the Willamette Restoration Initiative, which was charged by Oregon to develop a basin-wide strategy for restoring the Willamette River.
