The Oregon Register lists Oregon's most important sites with significant natural heritage resources. Sites on the list are primarily on state lands, but also includes voluntarily listed sites on private or municipal lands, and a few federally owned sites that were registered before they were acquired by the government. The Council recommends candidates for registration to the State Land Board for approval. There are 100 natural areas currently registered. For the names and owners of the sites listed on the register, see below. Additional information on these sites, including a basic registry form, is available from ORBIC. 

Oregon State Register of Natural Heritage Resources

Status as of June 30, 2015

Sites currently on the Register:
(owner in parenthesis followed by the year the site was added to the register)

  • Ace Williams Mountain (BLM) - 2001
  • Ainsworth (OPRD) - 1993
  • Bald Hill (City of Corvallis) - 1991
  • Bandon Marsh (USFWS) - 2002
  • Beaver Creek (OPRD) – 2009
  • Benson Addition, Multnomah Falls (OPRD) - 1991
  • Billy Burr Lake (USFWS) - 1993
  • Blacklock Point (OPRD) - 1988
  • Blind Slough Swamp Preserve (TNC) - 1995
  • Blowout Ponds (OPRD) - 1993
  • Borax Lake Preserve (TNC) - 1994
  • Bridal Veil Falls (OPRD) - 1993
  • Bull Flat (DSL) - 1990
  • Camassia Preserve (TNC) - 2003
  • Cape Arago Marine Gardens (OPRD) - 1992
  • Cape Blanco (OPRD) – dedicated in 1991
  • Cape Ferrelo (OPRD) - 1999
  • Cape Lookout (OPRD) - 1988
  • Cape Meares (OPRD) – dedicated in 1988
  • Cape Sebastian (OPRD) - 1999
  • Carl Washburn Blowout Ponds (OPRD) - 1993
  • Cascade Head Preserve (TNC) - dedicated in 1985
  • Clear Lake Ridge Preserve (TNC) - 1989
  • Coburg Ridge Preserve (TNC) – 2008
  • Collier State Park (OPRD) - 1992
  • Columbia Oaks (Hood River Co, OPRD) - 1993
  • Conley Lake (ODFW) - 1999
  • Coopey Falls (OPRD) - 1993
  • Crissey Field (OPRD) - 1999
  • Crooked Creek (OPRD) - 1991
  • Crook Point (USFWS) -1998
  • Crump Lake Preserve (TNC) - 1993
  • Crump Lake South (DSL) - 1990
  • Davis Slough (DSL) - 1989
  • Denman Vernal Pools (ODFW) - 1994
  • Eight Dollar Mountain (OPRD, TNC) - 1988
  • Elowah Falls (OPRD) - 1993
  • Flagg Island (ODOT) - 1993
  • Gary & Chatham Islands (Multnomah Co) - 1992
  • Givan Park (Jackson Co.) - 1993
  • Hart Mountain additions (USFWS) – 1991, 1994
  • Humbug Mountain (OPRD) - 1999
  • Illinois River Forks (OPRD) - 1997
  • Indian Sands (OPRD) - 1991
  • Jackson-Frazier Wetlands (Benton County) - 1991
  • Juniper Hills Preserve (TNC) - 1998
  • Kingston Prairie Preserve (TNC) - 1997
  • Knappa Slough Island (DSL) - 1999
  • Ladd Marsh (ODFW) – 1988, 2004
  • Latourell Falls (OPRD) - 1993
  • Lindsay Prairie Preserve (TNC) - 1988
  • Little North Santiam River (FS) - 1991
  • Little Rock Island and Shore (PRD) - 1988
  • Logan Valley (Burns Paiute Tribe) - 1999
  • Luckiamute Landing (OPRD) - 1993
  • Memaloose (OPRD) - 1993
  • Middle Fork John Day River Preserve - Dunston (TNC) - 1990
  • Middle Fork John Day River Preserve - Oxbow (TNC) - 1999
  • Mill Creek Ridge (BLM) - 1991 & (CLT) 2014
  • Miller Island (ODFW) - 1992
  • Multnomah Falls (OPRD, FS) - 1991
  • Nehalem Bay (OPRD) - 1991
  • Nesika Beach Preserve (TNC) -1998
  • Nestucca Bay (DSL) - 1994
  • Netarts Spit (OPRD) – dedicated in 1989
  • Noble Oaks (Willamina) (TNC) – 2014, 2015
  • North Fork Owyhee River (BLM) - 2004
  • Ochoco State Wayside (OPRD) - 1990
  • Onion Peak Preserve (DSL, ODF, NCLC) – dedicated in 1988
  • Ophir Dunes (ODOT) - 1988
  • Otter Point (OPRD) – 1999
  • Piute Creek (DSL) - 1992
  • Pumpkin Ridge (Private - GROWISER) - 1994
  • Rattlesnake Butte (CTGR) - 1986
  • Rooster Rock (OPRD) – 1990
  • Rough and Ready Creek Preserve (TNC) - 1994
  • Rough and Ready State Wayside (OPRD) - 1989
  • Round Top Butte Preserve (TNC) - 1986
  • Rowena Plateau (OPRD) - 1993
  • Saddle Mountain (OPRD) – dedicated in 2005
  • Scappoose Bay (OPRD) -1999
  • Simpson Reef – Cape Arago (DSL) - 1992
  • Skull & Little Wallace Island (DSL) - 1991
  • Smith Island (DSL) - 1989
  • Snag Boat Bend (USFWS) - 1999
  • South Grouse Gap (FS) - 1998
  • South Slough (DSL) - 1991
  • Succor Creek (PRD) – 1988
  • Squally Point Dunes (OPRD) - 1993
  • Starvation Creek and Warren Creek (OPRD, FS) - 1990
  • Steens Mountain – Ankle Creek (BLM) - 2001
  • Steens Summit (DSL) - dedicated 1979
  • Succor Creek (OPRD) - 1988
  • Sycan Marsh Preserve (TNC) – 1988, 2013
  • Table Rocks (TNC, BLM) – 1986, 2008
  • Tillamook Bay Preserve (TNC) - 2011
  • Tom McCall Preserve at Rowena (TNC) - 1986
  • Twin Rocks Bluffs (OPRD) - 1999
  • Tygh Valley (OPRD) - 1991
  • Umpqua Lighthouse (OPRD) – 2002
  • Upper Klamath Lake (USFWS) - 2013
  • Wallace and Anunde Islands (USFWS) – 1993
  • Westport Slough (USFWS) - 1991
  • West Sand Island (COE) - 1988
  • Whalen Island (OPRD) - 2001
  • Whetstone Savanna Preserve (TNC) - 1995
  • Willamette Confluence Preserve (TNC) – 2010
  • Williamson River Delta Preserve (TNC) – 1997, 2007
  • Willow Creek Preserve (TNC) - 1998
  • Winchuck Slope (DSL) - dedicated 1979
  • Woodcock Creek (DSL) - 1990
  • Yamhill Oaks Preserve (TNC) – 2009, 2013
  • Zumwalt Prairie Preserve (TNC) – 2001, 2006

Ownership abbreviations:

  • CLT – Columbia Land Trust      
  • CTGR – Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde
  • DSL – Department of State Lands  
  • ODF – Department of Forestry  
  • ODFW – Department of Fish and Wildlife    
  • ODOT – Department of Transportation   
  • OPRD – Parks and Recreation Department    
  • TNC – The Nature Conservancy     
  • TWC – The Wetlands Conservancy