Program Overview

Introduction to the Oregon Natural Resources Education Program

The Oregon Natural Resources Education Program (ONREP) has over 40 years of experience supporting formal and nonformal educators. Our professional development events, as well as our environmental education curriculum resources, encourage educators to engage their students in nature-based learning both indoors and outside.

About ONREP

ONREP houses the state-programs for both the award-winning Project Learning Tree national environmental education program, Project WILD, one of the largest wildlife education programs in the world, and Project WET, a national water education program.

Professional Development

ONREP provides a variety of professional development, from one-time classes to a series of training sessions, workshops, and multi-day summits.

Educator Resources

We offer PreK-12th grade curriculum and other resources that meet national and state education standards.

Facilitator Information

ONREP facilitators are highly-skilled professionals who design and deliver professional development programming for Oregon's educators.

Upcoming Workshops

• February 3: Nature Journaling in Winter: Cross-Curricular Connections with Self, Place and Community Enhanced by PLT Activities
  • Location: Bend, OR
  • Date: 2/3/2026
• March 2: Under the Canopy: Growing Readers and Building Literacy Skills
  • Location: Bend, OR
  • Date: 3/2/2026
• March 9: Cultivating Access and Inclusion through Universal Design in Outdoor Education
  • Location: Portland, OR
  • Date: 3/9/2026

Featured Facilitator

Corbin Brashear

Corbin Brashear has spent over 30 years working as both a place-based outdoor educator and as an artist in the schools. She runs a fiber arts business creating wool sculptures called Wild and Wooly Feltworks and teaches both art and ecology at local school programs, in galleries, and art retreats. She currently works at Pacifica, A Garden in the Siskiyou, where she works with a team to create their various educational offerings, including a residential outdoor school, a weekly program for homeschool students, and a sculpture trail. Corbin loves creating opportunities for local kids to get outside and connect with the earth and each other.