After more than a decade of working to build trust and a common vision for ecological health and economic vitality in the Willamette Basin, a coalition of conservation, city, business, farm and science leaders formed the Willamette Partnership. The Partnership is committed to developing innovative tools that will deliver broader conservation benefits at lower cost and with reduced conflict in the Willamette River Basin.

The Willamette Partnership is committed to the idea that restoring the health of an ecologically, socially, and economically complex watershed like the Willamette will require a coordinated approach that focuses public and private investments on strategic actions that support ecosystem based improvements. The Willamette Partnership is addressing this need by creating the Willamette Ecosystem Marketplace.

The goal of the Willamette Ecosystem Marketplace is to leverage the conservation expenditures from factories, developers, transportation agencies, cities and sewer and water ratepayers to improve the ecological effectiveness of that investment.