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Located immediately north of Pleasant valley, adjacent to Wallowa Mountains COA, including a significant stretch of the Powder River.
COA ID: 164
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.
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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
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American Pika (Modeled Habitat)
Ochotona princeps
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American Three-toed Woodpecker (Modeled Habitat)
Picoides dorsalis
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Black-backed Woodpecker (Modeled Habitat)
Picoides arcticus
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Bobolink (Observed)
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
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Burrowing Owl (Observed)
Athene cunicularia hypugaea
![California Myotis on tree](/media/California-myotis-Michael-Durham-255x170.jpg)
California Myotis (Observed)
Myotis californicus
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Columbia Spotted Frog (Observed)
Rana luteiventris
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Ferruginous Hawk (Observed)
Buteo regalis
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Flammulated Owl (Observed)
Psiloscops flammeolus
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Fringed Myotis (Observed)
Myotis thysanodes
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Great Gray Owl (Observed)
Strix nebulosa
![Greater Sage-Grouse](/media/Greater-Sage-Grouse_Jeannie-Stafford_USFWS_980-255x185.jpg)
Greater Sage-Grouse (Observed)
Centrocercus urophasianus
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Hoary Bat (Observed)
Lasiurus cinereus
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Lewis’s Woodpecker (Observed)
Melanerpes lewis
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Loggerhead Shrike (Observed)
Lanius ludovicianus
![](/media/Long-billed-cerlew_IE-Flickr_Dave-Budeau_460-255x185.jpg)
Long-billed Curlew (Observed)
Numenius americanus
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Long-legged Myotis (Observed)
Myotis volans
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Olive-sided Flycatcher (Observed)
Contopus cooperi
![](/media/Oregon-Basin-Redband-Trout_Terry-Smith-USFS-Fremont-Winema-National-Forest_460-255x185.jpg)
Great Basin Redband Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus mykiss newberrii
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Pallid Bat (Observed)
Antrozous pallidus
![Pileated Woodpecker](/media/Pileated-Woodpecker_Keith-Kohl_980-255x185.jpg)
Pileated Woodpecker (Observed)
Dryocopus pileatus
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Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog (Modeled Habitat)
Ascaphus montanus
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Silver-haired Bat (Observed)
Lasionycteris noctivagans
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Silver-haired Bat (Observed)
Lasionycteris noctivagans
![](/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 (Observed)
Corynorhinus townsendii
![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/Trumpeter-Swan_Tom-Koerner_USFWS_460-255x185.jpg)
Trumpeter Swan (Observed)
Cygnus buccinator
![Western Painted Turtle on a log](/media/W-Painted-Turtle_Keith-Kohl-255x171.jpg)
Western Painted Turtle (Modeled Habitat)
Chrysemys picta bellii
![Western Painted Turtle on a log](/media/W-Painted-Turtle_Keith-Kohl-255x171.jpg)
Western Painted Turtle (Modeled Habitat)
Chrysemys picta bellii
![](/media/Western-toad_460-255x185.jpg)
Western Toad (Observed)
Anaxyrus boreas
![](/media/WH-Woodpecker-female_Simon-Wray_460-255x185.jpg)
White-headed Woodpecker (Modeled Habitat)
Picoides albolarvatus