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Adjacent to Lower John Day COA, just east of the town of Madras.
COA ID: 172
Ecoregions
Strategy Habitats
![Example of the Aspen Woodlands Strategy Habitat, within Fremont-Winema National Forest, Oregon](/media/Aspen-Woodland_USFS-e1450134621200-255x185.jpg)
Aspen Woodlands
Aspen woodlands are woodland or forest communities, dominated by aspen trees with a forb, grass, or shrub understory. Aspen woodlands can also occur within conifer forests.
![Grassland Strategy Habitat](/media/Grasslands_West-Eugene-Wetlands-e1450248034479-255x185.jpg)
Grasslands
Grasslands include a variety of upland grass-dominated habitats, such as upland prairies, coastal bluffs, and montane grasslands.
![Ponderosa Pine Woodlands Strategy Habitat, within the Ochoco National Forest, in Oregon.](/media/Ponderosa-Pine-Woodland_USFS-e1449604613913-255x185.jpg)
Ponderosa Pine Woodlands
Ponderosa pine woodlands are dominated by ponderosa pine, but may also have lodgepole pine, western juniper, aspen, western larch, grand fir, Douglas-fir, mountain mahogany, incense cedar, sugar pine, or white fir, depending on ecoregion and site conditions. Their understories are variable combinations of shrubs, herbaceous plants, and grasses.
![](/media/COA_004_Necanicum-River_Herman-Biederbeck-ODFW-2-247x185.jpg)
Flowing Water and Riparian Habitats
Flowing Water and Riparian Habitats include all naturally occurring flowing freshwater streams and rivers throughout Oregon as well as the adjacent riparian habitat.
![Sagebrush Habitats](/media/Sagebrush-Habitats_Martyne-Reesman-ODFW-e1450249460331-255x185.jpg)
Sagebrush Habitats
Sagebrush habitats include all sagebrush steppe- and shrubland-dominated communities found east of the Cascade Mountains.
![Ducks on a wetland in Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area, Oregon](/media/Wetland_Cathy-Nowak_ODFW-e1449605097558-255x185.jpg)
Wetlands
Wetlands are covered with water during all or part of the year. Permanently wet habitats include backwater sloughs, oxbow lakes, and marshes, while seasonally wet habitats include seasonal ponds, vernal pools, and wet prairies.
Strategy Species
![](/media/American-pika_Keith-Kohl_460-255x185.jpg)
American Pika (Modeled Habitat)
Ochotona princeps
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Black-backed Woodpecker (Modeled Habitat)
Picoides arcticus
![](/media/Burrowing-Owl_USFWS_460-255x185.jpg)
Burrowing Owl (Observed)
Athene cunicularia hypugaea
![California Myotis on tree](/media/California-myotis-Michael-Durham-255x170.jpg)
California Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis californicus
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Ferruginous Hawk (Observed)
Buteo regalis
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Flammulated Owl (Modeled Habitat)
Psiloscops flammeolus
![](/media/Oregon-Basin-Redband-Trout_Terry-Smith-USFS-Fremont-Winema-National-Forest_460-255x185.jpg)
Great Basin Redband Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus mykiss newberrii
![](/media/Great_gray_owl_Jim_Richmond_flickr_460-255x185.jpg)
Great Gray Owl (Modeled Habitat)
Strix nebulosa
![](/media/Hoary-bat_Wikemedia_460-255x185.jpg)
Hoary Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasiurus cinereus
![](/media/Lewis-Woodpecker_Dave-Herr_NPS_460-255x185.jpg)
Lewis’s Woodpecker (Observed)
Melanerpes lewis
![](/media/Loggerhead_shrike_Keith_Kohl_460-255x185.jpg)
Loggerhead Shrike (Observed)
Lanius ludovicianus
![](/media/Long-billed-cerlew_IE-Flickr_Dave-Budeau_460-255x185.jpg)
Long-billed Curlew (Modeled Habitat)
Numenius americanus
![](/media/long-legged-Myotis-Michael-Durham-255x170.jpg)
Long-legged Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis volans
![](/media/Olive-sided-Flycatcher_Dennis-Garrison_USFS_460-255x185.jpg)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Observed)
Contopus cooperi
![](/media/pallid-bat-Michael-Durham-255x170.jpg)
Pallid Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Antrozous pallidus
![Pileated Woodpecker](/media/Pileated-Woodpecker_Keith-Kohl_980-255x185.jpg)
Pileated Woodpecker (Observed)
Dryocopus pileatus
![](/media/Silver-haired-bat_Roger-Rodriguez-255x185.jpg)
Silver-haired Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasionycteris noctivagans
![](/media/Spotted-bat_Paul-Cryan_US_460-255x185.jpg)
Spotted Bat (Observed)
Euderma maculatum
![](/media/steelhead-rainbow-redband-247x185.jpg)
Steelhead / Rainbow / Redband Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus mykiss ssp
![](/media/Swainsons-Hawk_Tom-Koerner_USFWS_460-255x185.jpg)
Swainson’s Hawk (Observed)
Buteo swainsoni
![Townsend's Big-eared Bat](/media/Townsends-Big-earred-Bat_Don-Albright_980-255x185.jpg)
Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Corynorhinus townsendii
![](/media/Western-toad_460-255x185.jpg)
Western Toad (Modeled Habitat)
Anaxyrus boreas
![](/media/WH-Woodpecker-female_Simon-Wray_460-255x185.jpg)
White-headed Woodpecker (Modeled Habitat)
Picoides albolarvatus