
Located in central Lake County, this COA encompasses Lake Abert, including the Lake Abert Area of Critical Environmental Concern and portions of the Abert Rim Wilderness Study Area.
COA ID: 197
Ecoregions
Strategy Habitats

Natural Lakes
Natural lakes are relatively large bodies of freshwater surrounded by land. For the purposes of the Conservation Strategy, natural lakes are defined as standing water bodies larger than 20 acres, including some seasonal lakes.

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
Sagebrush habitats include all sagebrush steppe- and shrubland-dominated communities found east of the Cascade Mountains.

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

American Pika (Modeled Habitat)
Ochotona princeps

American White Pelican (Observed)
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Black-necked Stilt (Observed)
Himantopus mexicanus

Bobolink (Modeled Habitat)
Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Burrowing Owl (Observed)
Athene cunicularia hypugaea

California Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis californicus

Caspian Tern (Observed)
Hydroprogne caspia

Ferruginous Hawk (Observed)
Buteo regalis

Franklin’s Gull (Observed)
Leucophaeus pipixcan

Fringed Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis thysanodes

Great Basin Redband Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus mykiss newberrii

Greater Sage-Grouse (Observed)
Centrocercus urophasianus

Greater Sandhill Crane (Observed)
Antigone canadensis tabida

Hoary Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasiurus cinereus

Long-billed Curlew (Observed)
Numenius americanus

Long-legged Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis volans

Pallid Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Antrozous pallidus

Peregrine Falcon (Observed)
Falco peregrinus anatum

Pygmy Rabbit (Modeled Habitat)
Brachylagus idahoensis

Silver-haired Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Snowy Egret (Observed)
Egretta thula

Swainson’s Hawk (Observed)
Buteo swainsoni

Trumpeter Swan (Observed)
Cygnus buccinator

Western Snowy Plover (Observed)
Charadrius nivosus nivosus

Western Toad (Modeled Habitat)
Anaxyrus boreas

Willow Flycatcher (Observed)
Empidonax traillii