Community Focused, Landscape Reflected

The North Fork John Day Watershed Council was formed by local citizens in 1995 and incorporated as a non-profit 501(c)3 organization in 2006.

The North Fork John Day Watershed Council’s mission is to restore and protect the natural resources that make up the North and Middle Fork John Day Watersheds.

The Council represents broad interests, as well as diverse land use and ownership, and encourages collaboration between the people who live, work, and recreate here to plan and implement ridgetop to ridgetop restoration projects that are based on the best available science, promote native plant and wildlife species, respect culturally significant resources, and support our local rural communities.