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At the border of Baker and Grant Counties, following the North Fork Malheur River and adjacent to Monument Rock Wilderness
COA ID: 182
Ecoregions
Strategy Habitats
![Example of the Aspen Woodlands Strategy Habitat, within Fremont-Winema National Forest, Oregon](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/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](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/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.
![Coast Range Ecoregion](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Late-Successional-Mixed-Conifer-Forest_David-Patte_USFWS-e1449604051928-255x185.jpg)
Late Successional Mixed Conifer Forests
Late successional mixed conifer forests provide a multi-layered tree canopy, including large-diameter trees, shade-tolerant tree species in the understory, and a high volume of dead wood, such as snags and logs.
![Ponderosa Pine Woodlands Strategy Habitat, within the Ochoco National Forest, in Oregon.](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/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.
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/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](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/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](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/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
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/American-marten_USFWS_460-255x185.jpg)
Pacific Marten (Observed)
Martes caurina
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/American-pika_Keith-Kohl_460-255x185.jpg)
American Pika (Modeled Habitat)
Ochotona princeps
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/American_three_toed_woodpecker_David_A_460-255x185.jpg)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Observed)
Picoides dorsalis
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Black-backed-woodpecker_USFWS_460-255x185.jpg)
Black-backed Woodpecker (Observed)
Picoides arcticus
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/bobolink-USFWS-S-Maslowski-high_460-255x185.jpg)
Bobolink (Modeled Habitat)
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
![Bull Trout](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Bull-Trout_Terry-Smith_USFS-Fremont-Winema-NF_980-12-255x185.jpg)
Bull Trout (Documented)
Salvelinus confluentus
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Burrowing-Owl_USFWS_460-255x185.jpg)
Burrowing Owl (Modeled Habitat)
Athene cunicularia hypugaea
![California Myotis on tree](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/California-myotis-Michael-Durham-255x170.jpg)
California Myotis (Observed)
Myotis californicus
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Columbia-Spotted-Frog-Adult_USGS_460-255x185.jpg)
Columbia Spotted Frog (Observed)
Rana luteiventris
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Ferruginous-hawk_USFWS_460-255x185.jpg)
Ferruginous Hawk (Modeled Habitat)
Buteo regalis
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Flamulated-Owl_munsel_odfw_460-255x185.jpg)
Flammulated Owl (Observed)
Psiloscops flammeolus
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Fringed-Bat-Michael-Durham-255x170.jpg)
Fringed Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis thysanodes
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Oregon-Basin-Redband-Trout_Terry-Smith-USFS-Fremont-Winema-National-Forest_460-255x185.jpg)
Great Basin Redband Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus mykiss newberrii
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Great_gray_owl_Jim_Richmond_flickr_460-255x185.jpg)
Great Gray Owl (Observed)
Strix nebulosa
![Greater Sage-Grouse](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Greater-Sage-Grouse_Jeannie-Stafford_USFWS_980-255x185.jpg)
Greater Sage-Grouse (Observed)
Centrocercus urophasianus
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Hoary-bat_Wikemedia_460-255x185.jpg)
Hoary Bat (Observed)
Lasiurus cinereus
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Lewis-Woodpecker_Dave-Herr_NPS_460-255x185.jpg)
Lewis’s Woodpecker (Observed)
Melanerpes lewis
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Loggerhead_shrike_Keith_Kohl_460-255x185.jpg)
Loggerhead Shrike (Observed)
Lanius ludovicianus
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Long-billed-cerlew_IE-Flickr_Dave-Budeau_460-255x185.jpg)
Long-billed Curlew (Observed)
Numenius americanus
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/long-legged-Myotis-Michael-Durham-255x170.jpg)
Long-legged Myotis (Observed)
Myotis volans
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Olive-sided-Flycatcher_Dennis-Garrison_USFS_460-255x185.jpg)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Observed)
Contopus cooperi
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/pallid-bat-Michael-Durham-255x170.jpg)
Pallid Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Antrozous pallidus
![Pileated Woodpecker](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Pileated-Woodpecker_Keith-Kohl_980-255x185.jpg)
Pileated Woodpecker (Observed)
Dryocopus pileatus
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Silver-haired-bat_Roger-Rodriguez-255x185.jpg)
Silver-haired Bat (Observed)
Lasionycteris noctivagans
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Swainsons-Hawk_Tom-Koerner_USFWS_460-255x185.jpg)
Swainson’s Hawk (Observed)
Buteo swainsoni
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Western-toad_460-255x185.jpg)
Western Toad (Observed)
Anaxyrus boreas
![Westslope Cutthroat Trout](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Westslope-cutthroat-trout-1_Josh-McCormick_980-255x185.jpg)
Westslope Cutthroat Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi
![](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/WH-Woodpecker-female_Simon-Wray_460-255x185.jpg)
White-headed Woodpecker (Observed)
Picoides albolarvatus
![Wolverine](https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/media/Wolverine_Tambako_the_Jaguar_flickr_980-255x185.jpg)
Wolverine (Observed)
Gulo gulo