
At the southern edge of the ecoregion, adjacent to several COAs and slightly west of the town of Burns
COA ID: 174
Ecoregions

Blue Mountains
Located in NE Oregon, the Blue Mountains ecoregion is the largest ecoregion in the state. It provides a diverse complex of mountain ranges, valleys, and plateaus that extend beyond Oregon into the states of Idaho and Washington.

Northern Basin and Range
The Northern Basin and Range ecoregion covers the very large southeastern portion of the state, from Burns south to the Nevada border and from the Christmas Valley east to Idaho. It is largely a high elevation desert-like area dominated by sagebrush communities and habitats.
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.

Grasslands
Grasslands include a variety of upland grass-dominated habitats, such as upland prairies, coastal bluffs, and montane grasslands.

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.

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.

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.

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

Pacific Marten (Observed)
Martes caurina

Black-backed Woodpecker (Observed)
Picoides arcticus

Bobolink (Observed)
Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Burrowing Owl (Observed)
Athene cunicularia hypugaea

California Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis californicus

Columbia Spotted Frog (Observed)
Rana luteiventris

Ferruginous Hawk (Observed)
Buteo regalis

Flammulated Owl (Observed)
Psiloscops flammeolus

Fringed Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis thysanodes

Great Basin Redband Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus mykiss newberrii

Great Gray Owl (Modeled Habitat)
Strix nebulosa

Greater Sage-Grouse (Observed)
Centrocercus urophasianus

Hoary Bat (Observed)
Lasiurus cinereus

Lewis’s Woodpecker (Observed)
Melanerpes lewis

Loggerhead Shrike (Observed)
Lanius ludovicianus

Long-billed Curlew (Observed)
Numenius americanus

Long-legged Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis volans

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Observed)
Contopus cooperi

Pallid Bat (Observed)
Antrozous pallidus

Pileated Woodpecker (Observed)
Dryocopus pileatus

Silver-haired Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Steelhead / Rainbow / Redband Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus mykiss ssp

Swainson’s Hawk (Observed)
Buteo swainsoni

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

Trumpeter Swan (Observed)
Cygnus buccinator

Western Toad (Observed)
Anaxyrus boreas

White-headed Woodpecker (Observed)
Picoides albolarvatus