
Located in the southeast corner of Lake County and the southwest corner of Harney County, this COA encompasses the southern and eastern portion of Guano Valley and continues east from Guano Rim to the foothills of Bald Mountain and Acty Mountain. It includes the Spaulding and Hawk Mountain Wilderness Study Areas and the Hawksie-Walksie Research Natural Area.
COA ID: 201
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

Black-necked Stilt (Modeled Habitat)
Himantopus mexicanus

Burrowing Owl (Observed)
Athene cunicularia hypugaea

California Myotis (Observed)
Myotis californicus

Caspian Tern (Observed)
Hydroprogne caspia

Ferruginous Hawk (Observed)
Buteo regalis

Greater Sage-Grouse (Observed)
Centrocercus urophasianus

Hoary Bat (Observed)
Lasiurus cinereus

Long-billed Curlew (Observed)
Numenius americanus

Long-legged Myotis (Observed)
Myotis volans

Pallid Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Antrozous pallidus

Peregrine Falcon (Observed)
Falco peregrinus anatum

Pygmy Rabbit (Observed)
Brachylagus idahoensis

Silver-haired Bat (Observed)
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Snowy Egret (Modeled Habitat)
Egretta thula

Swainson’s Hawk (Observed)
Buteo swainsoni

Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Observed)
Corynorhinus townsendii

Western Toad (Modeled Habitat)
Anaxyrus boreas

White-tailed Jackrabbit (Observed)
Lepus townsendii

Willow Flycatcher (Modeled Habitat)
Empidonax traillii