Donate to the Master Watershed
Steward Program
You can contribute to the health of
Oregon's watersheds by making a gift directly to the
Master Watershed Steward program (MWS) through the OSU Foundation.
Your investment will help ensure that the MWS program will
continue to provide information and assistance that changes
lives and improves natural resources. Our goal is to bring
about increased understanding and knowledge of watershed
science and community leadership throughout Oregon. Your
donation can help make this a reality.
There are three ways to give to the
Master Watershed Steward program.
• Mail your contribution
form and check or money order, payable to "OSU
Foundation", to the following address:
Watershed Extension
Master Watershed Steward program
Oregon State University
307 Ballard Hall
Corvallis, Oregon 97331-3604
• Donate
online through the Foundation's encrypted secure server
to make a contribution by credit card. Fill in the "About
You" area, enter only your gift amount under "Giving
Information", then scroll down and fill in the Amount
and Designation Description under "Other". Please
write "Master Watershed Steward program" in
the Designation Description field.
• Make your credit card contribution by phone by calling
the OSU Foundation at (800) 354-7281 or (541) 737-4218.
Please have them designate the gift to the Master Watershed
Steward program.
Why give?
The Master Watershed Steward (MWS)
program has served as Oregon's watershed education
provider since 1995. The program has reached more than 1,000
people who have completed more than 14,400 hours of work
on watershed projects throughout Oregon. Through our program
these individuals have received research-based, comprehensive,
watershed stewardship education unequaled anywhere in the
Pacific Northwest.
MWS programs promote increased understanding
of watershed science and leadership education, and an improved
ability to apply this within communities.
The objectives of each local program
are:
- Provide comprehensive watershed education, giving
people new or additional knowledge, awareness and skills
that they can apply within their community or work setting.
- Provide education on social science and leadership,
resulting in more effective projects and improved social
interaction and decision-making among landowners (both
urban and rural), agency staff, and citizens.
MWS program topics are:
- Watershed and Stream Processes
- Stream Assessment and Restoration
- Soils, Erosion, and Conservation
- Salmonid Biology
- Working Together to Create Successful Groups
- Riparian Area Functions and Management
- Wetland/Estuary Evaluation and Enhancement
- Water Quality Monitoring
OSU's Watershed Extension also
offers education programs that can be tailored to community
requests.
We offer programs for all Oregonians
who are interested in watershed conservation and management:
Landowners, homeowners, urban planners, teachers, foresters,
hobby farmers, large agricultural producers, interested
citizens, nursery growers, fishers, pesticide applicators,
homebuilders and buyers, watershed council members, students,
and natural resource managers.
Our mission is to increase the capacity
of Oregon watershed groups and communities for conserving,
improving, protecting, and sustaining watershed functions
and values. Increasing capacity is achieved through research-based
education, skill-building projects, and new partnerships
among residents, local organizations, businesses, agencies,
and educational institutions.
Your donation will help ensure that
the MWS program continues to provide vital education and
project assistance to Oregon communities statewide.
Donations are made via the non-profit
OSU Foundation, and are tax-deductible to the extent allowed
by law.
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