
Located in Southeastern Malheur County, this western extent of this COA includes High Peak and Battle Mountain; the eastern edge is found close to Louse Creek; its northern extent is approximately five miles north of Big Antelope Creek – before its confluence with the Owyhee River; and the southern border includes the upper reaches of Big Antelope Creek. The COA includes the Owyhee River Canyon Wilderness Study Area and the Upper West Little Owyhee Wilderness Study Area.
COA ID: 205
Ecoregions
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.

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

Burrowing Owl (Observed)
Athene cunicularia hypugaea

California Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis californicus

Ferruginous Hawk (Observed)
Buteo regalis

Great Basin Redband Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus mykiss newberrii

Greater Sage-Grouse (Observed)
Centrocercus urophasianus

Hoary Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasiurus cinereus

Long-billed Curlew (Modeled Habitat)
Numenius americanus

Long-legged Myotis (Observed)
Myotis volans

Pallid Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Antrozous pallidus

Pygmy Rabbit (Observed)
Brachylagus idahoensis

Silver-haired Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Swainson’s Hawk (Observed)
Buteo swainsoni

Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Corynorhinus townsendii

Western Toad (Modeled Habitat)
Anaxyrus boreas

White-tailed Jackrabbit (Observed)
Lepus townsendii

Willow Flycatcher (Observed)
Empidonax traillii