Little Deschutes River – Oregon Conservation Strategy

Area includes the Little Deschutes River, a tributary of the Deschutes River. The Little Deschutes drains a rural area on the eastside of the Cascade Range.

COA ID: 132

Recommended Conservation Actions

Maintain or enhance in-channel watershed function, flow and hydrology
Maintain or restore riparian habitat; provide complex habitat for wildlife
Maintain wetlands and wet meadow habitats

Local Conservation Actions and Plans

Important Bird Areas of Oregon

Potential Partners

Bureau of Land Management

Special Features

General

Includes extensive wet meadow habitat
Includes high-quality riparian shrub habitat
Wild and Scenic River

Previously Associated With

2006 COA ID EC-06 (Big Marsh Creek - Crescent Creek)
2006 COA ID EC-07 (Little Deschutes River Basin)

Protected Areas

Leona Riverfront Park
Rosland Park

Ecoregions

East Cascades

The East Cascade ecoregion extends from the Cascade Mountains’ summit east to the warmer, drier high desert and down the length of the state. This ecoregion varies dramatically from its cool, moist border with the West Cascades ecoregion to its dry eastern border, where it meets sagebrush desert landscapes.

Strategy Habitats

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.

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.