
This COA encompasses an area south of US Highway 78 that spans Malheur and Harney Counties from the Sheepshead mountains in the east to Burnt Flat and Comegys Lake on the northern flank of Steens Mountain.
COA ID: 193
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.

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

American White Pelican (Observed)
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Black-necked Stilt (Observed)
Himantopus mexicanus

Bobolink (Modeled Habitat)
Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Burrowing Owl (Modeled Habitat)
Athene cunicularia hypugaea

California Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis californicus

Columbia Spotted Frog (Modeled Habitat)
Rana luteiventris

Ferruginous Hawk (Observed)
Buteo regalis

Franklin’s Gull (Observed)
Leucophaeus pipixcan

Great Basin Redband Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus mykiss newberrii

Greater Sage-Grouse (Observed)
Centrocercus urophasianus

Hoary Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasiurus cinereus

Kit Fox (Modeled Habitat)
Vulpes macrotis

Long-billed Curlew (Observed)
Numenius americanus

Long-legged Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis volans

Pallid Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Antrozous pallidus

Pygmy Rabbit (Modeled Habitat)
Brachylagus idahoensis

Silver-haired Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Snowy Egret (Observed)
Egretta thula

Swainson’s Hawk (Observed)
Buteo swainsoni

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

Trumpeter Swan (Observed)
Cygnus buccinator

Western Toad (Modeled Habitat)
Anaxyrus boreas

Willow Flycatcher (Modeled Habitat)
Empidonax traillii