Salmon license plate

Restoration projects include removing invasive plants along waterways, planting native trees and shrubs, and placing large logs in rivers to create cool, slow-moving pools to protect eggs and young salmon. The original salmon plate was one of the earliest custom designs available in Oregon. The new design is a colorful upgrade, showing spawning salmon in a clear stream. Your current salmon plate will remain valid for as long as you continue to renew registration.

You do not need to replace your plate with the new design. If you already have a vehicle with a Classic Salmon Plate you can keep it and renew it like you have in past years. You can also transfer your Classic Salmon Plate to another vehicle if you want. You will just need to pay the plate transfer fee. Your renewal surcharge will go to the same Salmon plate fund and will be used for the same salmon recovery projects as the new plates.

Gretchen Kirchner, an amateur artist and former graphic designer for the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, created the artwork for the new Salmon License plate. Gretchen used watercolor pencil for the original artwork and Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to idealize it for plate usage. Click Here to Bid Now. For more information about the new Salmon License plate, and auction rules and eligibility, visit orsalmonplates.

Kelley's our Executive Director for the Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts and has over 15 years of experience leading collaborative efforts that support conservation. Salmon license plate funds clean water and healthy rivers In Oregon, there are few species as iconic as salmon. Place your bid for the first salmon license plates!

Oregon's salmon license plate, first introduced in , is getting an updated, more colorful look, available Sept. Fans of the classic salmon license plate who want it on their vehicle have until Aug. For local stories that matter, subscribe today. The new design comes from Gretchen Kirchner, an amateur artist and former graphic designer for the watershed board.

To create the plate's design, Kirchner first used watercolor pencil for the original artwork and finalized the design on Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, according to the Oregon Salmon Plate website. July Participants will be able to designate which organization receives their donation if they secure a winning bid.