The Permaculture Land Users Group of Oregon (PLUG-Oregon) seeks to empower a coalition of land users to advance policies supportive of small-scale food production, water security, and climate resilience for people, flora, and fauna through advocacy and education.
About PLUG-Oregon
The impacts of climate change including drought, high temperatures, and increased likelihood and severity of wildfires affect all residents of Oregon.
People involved in food production and land stewardship are acutely aware of these impacts, most especially as they relate to water management, and work to address them every day using innovative practices and techniques.
PLUG’s diverse group of land-owners, permaculture designers, farmers, educators, and policy advocates is advancing these practices and techniques, for wide-scale adoption in order to mitigate the impacts of climate change at home, in the community, and regionally.
Our Approach
PLUG is working to achieve its goals with five primary endeavors to:
Enable small-scale surface water storage and diversion
Promote landscape-scale water retention
Provide education and outreach to property/homeowners to navigate water regulations for the benefit of watershed health
Connect groundwater and surface water conceptually and legally
Identify and address non-scientific water laws that are hindering watershed health
PLUG Spring Tour 2024
PLUG Spring Tour 2024
Center for Rural Livelihoods Water Harvesting Tour
Saturday, May 4th, 2024
Learn Water Harvesting from the Pros
Join us for a tour of water harvesting earthworks at the Center for Rural Livelihoods, a 40+ y/o non-profit sustainable living education and demonstration center. Led by Tao Orion and Abel Kloster of Resilience Permaculture Design.
This free event is from 1PM-3PM (donations greatly appreciated). Email ResiliencePermaculture@Gmail.com to register.
Center for Rural Livelihoods
80574 Hazelton Rd, Cottage Grove, OR 97424
Permaculture Water Systems Intensive
Fri. June 7 -Sun. June 9 2024
This will be a very special course with Andrew Millison & Don Tipping
Come learn how to "Be the Beavers" focusing on the art and science of directing and securing water for smart use in this 3 day weekend workshop learning to design water systems for the permaculture homestead / small farm or mini-farm. The intensive is located at the Siskiyou Seeds home farm in Williams Oregon, which is in it's 24th year of intensive co-development with the local geography.
Seven Seeds Farm
3220 E Fork Williams, OR 97544
Sustainable Forestry Chainsaw Workshop
Fri. June 28 -Sun. June 30 2024
Ready to master your chainsaw skills and safely fell trees?
Limited to 10 students per class-enroll today for exclusive access!
Join us for an immersive chainsaw workshop led by Aaron Stump of Stump Regeneration, CSAW Level 2 trained sustainable forestry professional. Learn the essentials of chain saw maintenance, sharpening, felling, and bucking from an expert. Discover the secrets behind essential cuts like the face cut, back cut, plunge cut, Humboldt, modified hinge, and the Dutchman.
Belle Mare Farm
18100 Mendenhall Rd., Willamina OR 97369
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