Learn More - Watch For Wildlife
About the Plate
The Watch for Wildlife specialty license plate features an icon of the American West, a mule deer, and Mt. Hood, synonymous with Oregon. A species already in decline, mule deer are further threatened by collisions with cars and trucks on busy Highways 97 and 20 as they migrate to and from their winter range in central Oregon.
Plate Concept Idea: Cidney Bowman, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT)
Graphic Designer: Shelley Crick, ODOT
Mule deer Photo credit: Ryan Franklin, ODOT
Cidney, Shelley, and Ryan all helped make the Watch for Wildlife license plate a reality. We greatly appreciate their contributions and support of this project!
Watch for Wildlife FAQs
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Please refer to the DMV's different plate guide here.
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Yes! Like most other Oregon license plates, the W4W plate may be customized for an additional fee. Applications for custom plates are currently being accepted by DMV. For more information please refer to the Oregon DMV website.
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Yes! You are able to maintain your current custom configuration on a W4W plate for an additional fee. Applications for replacement custom plates are currently being accepted by DMV.
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W4W plates are only available for passenger vehicles registered in the State of Oregon. Souvenir or sample plates are not available.
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OWF has established the Watch for Wildlife Fund to receive monies from plate sale and renewal fees. After we’ve recovered the expenses associated with the operation of the voucher campaign, the Fund will support projects that help wildlife move safely around busy roads and between habitat patches.
Here’s a breakdown of how a plate sale or renewal fee is allocated:
$40 DMV plate fee surcharge to purchaser
-$5 DMV fee
=$35 to the Watch for Wildlife Fund
-$3.50 OWF Fund administration fee
=$31.50 for wildlife passage and habitat connectivity projects
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The Foundation publishes press releases and project updates on Watch for Wildlife-related projects. Visit the links above to learn more.
We have a long-established grantmaking program and a Project committee that reviews funding requests and makes awards. The Project committee is tasked with allocating Watch for Wildlife funding to projects using our grantmaking process.