Bark

Name

Bark

Legal name

Bark

Website

https://bark-out.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bark is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1999 in Portland, Oregon, dedicated to defending and restoring Mt. Hood National Forest through volunteer-powered groundtruthing, NEPA advocacy, and beaver habitat restoration.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland, OR

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time gifts, monthly giving (Forest Sustainers), and legacy/bequest gifts from individual supporters. Earth Month campaigns and regular fundraising appeals.
2. Business Partnerships: Corporate partnerships and sponsorships for Bark's conservation work.
3. Merchandise Sales: Sale of branded merchandise including t-shirts and stickers through their online store (barkmthood.square.site).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bark is a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization that uses volunteer power and legal tools to monitor, document, and influence logging and restoration activities on Mt. Hood National Forest. Its core offerings include volunteer-powered groundtruthing timber sale monitoring (Forest Watch), beaver habitat restoration with Beaver Dam Analogues installation (Restoration Program), and public lands policy advocacy with a Public Lands Policy Tracker.

Product overview

Bark is a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization offering volunteer-powered forest monitoring, restoration, and education programs. Its core offerings include the Forest Watch Program (groundtruthing timber sales), the Restoration Program (beaver habitat surveys and BDA installation), and educational training for volunteers. The organization also maintains a Public Lands Policy Tracker and developed a Survey123-based beaver habitat survey tool. These programs work together to protect Mt. Hood National Forest through documentation, advocacy, and community engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Forest Watch Program A volunteer-powered timber sale monitoring program that uses groundtruthing to document forest conditions and influence logging projects on Mt. Hood National Forest through NEPA participation and public comment.
• Restoration Program A program focused on increasing beaver habitat in Mt. Hood National Forest to protect keystone species and build climate resilience, including beaver habitat surveys and Beaver Dam Analogues (BDAs) installation.
• Groundtruthing Training Educational field training that teaches volunteers how to monitor proposed timber actions, document forest conditions, and hold the Forest Service accountable using legal tools.
• Public Lands Policy Tracker An online resource tracking federal policy changes affecting public lands including Roadless Rule rescission, NEPA regulation changes, and Forest Service reorganization.
• Survey123 Beaver Habitat Survey Tool A mobile survey tool developed by Bark for recording beaver activity evidence, distinguishing between current, recent, and historic signs for restoration planning purposes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Saved tens of thousands of acres from destructive logging since 1999
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• FUSEE (Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 August 2026Collaborative partnership for fire ecology education. FUSEE joins Bark for guided hikes through Mt. Hood NF areas affected by the 2020 Riverside Fire to explore how fire shapes forest ecosystems.
• Drag Me OutsideminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 August 2026Collaborative drag-themed nature hike partnership. Wildlife professional Thespis D. Light and environmental scientist Efemmera Gendera lead nature hikes combining outdoor recreation with drag performance and ecology education.
• EarthjusticeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 July 2026Co-hosts Tree Fest event with Bark and Oregon Wild for an evening of films, music, and community focused on protecting forests.
• Oregon WildminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 July 2026Co-hosts Tree Fest event with Bark and Earthjustice for an evening of films, music, and community focused on protecting forests.
• Confederated Tribes of Warm SpringscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe tribes' ceded lands include Mt. Hood National Forest and their reservation borders the forest. Bark supports meaningful collaboration with tribes and incorporation of Indigenous knowledge in forest management decisions.
• Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama NationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNative families and tribes historically managed the Lost Lake area, which contained berry fields harvested by people whose descendants are now members of the Yakama Nation.
• Coalition of Local Organizations (H.R. 655 Opposition)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition of angling, land-use, and conservation organizations representing tens of thousands of Oregonians formed to pressure Sen. Ron Wyden to oppose H.R. 655 (The Dalles Watershed Development Act).
• PNW Forest Climate AllianceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional coalition focused on forest climate issues. Currently hiring a Communications Fellow; Bark shares job postings with supporters.
• Shoshanna Krall (OSU Graduate Certificate in GIS program)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOregon State University student featured Bark's beaver habitat survey data in a study examining the impact of beaver presence on wildfire resilience and recovery in Mt. Hood National Forest.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Sierra Club: Large national grassroots environmental organization with active forestry and public lands advocacy. Comparable mission area (protecting national forests from destructive logging) but operates nationally with much larger membership and paid staff infrastructure.
• Center for Biological Diversity: National nonprofit using science, legal action, and advocacy to protect imperiled species and habitats, including old-growth forests. Comparable legal/advocacy approach to federal land management decisions but operates at much larger national scale.
• The Wilderness Society: National nonprofit dedicated to protecting wilderness and public lands, including national forests, through policy and on-the-ground advocacy. Comparable mission space around forest protection policy but with significantly larger staff and national footprint.
• Earthjustice: Major national environmental law organization that litigates and advocates on federal public lands, forestry, and wildlife issues. Comparable in mission (uses legal tools to influence Forest Service decisions) but operates at vastly greater scale and as a legal organization rather than volunteer-driven nonprofit. Co-hosts Tree Fest with Bark.

Emerging players

• Waldo County Anti-Forest War Council (WCAFW): Maine-based grassroots volunteer organization monitoring timber harvests on public lands, particularly in the Penobscot region. Comparable volunteer-powered forest monitoring methodology on public lands, though operating on the opposite coast.

Others

• FUSEE (Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics, and Ecology): National nonprofit of wildland firefighters and fire ecology advocates. Not a direct competitor but a strategic partner for Bark's fire ecology programming and a comparable small advocacy nonprofit in adjacent environmental issue space.

Direct peers

• Oregon Wild: Oregon-based forest advocacy nonprofit that protects and restores Oregon's wild places, including national forests. Closest comparable peer given shared geography, similar grassroots advocacy model, and overlapping coalition work (co-hosts Tree Fest with Bark).
• Cascadia Wildlands: Pacific Northwest nonprofit focused on old-growth forest protection and public lands advocacy in Oregon and Washington. Directly comparable grassroots advocacy nonprofit operating on similar federal forest policy issues.
• Friends of the Clearwater: Idaho-based nonprofit using citizen monitoring, advocacy, and legal tools to protect the Clearwater and Nez Perce national forests. Closely mirrors Bark's volunteer-powered timber sale monitoring and NEPA engagement model.
• Klamath Forest Alliance: Small grassroots nonprofit protecting and restoring forests in the Klamath-Siskiyou region through volunteer monitoring and advocacy. Highly comparable small-team forest watchdog model in the broader Pacific Northwest.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC52qLL5ooH6cjZNwgpnPhkA
• Facebookfacebook.com/barkformthood/?ref=pages_you_manage
• Instagraminstagram.com/barkformthood
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/barkformthood

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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