
This rugged COA begins in Harney County near the confluence of Crane Creek and the South Fork Malheur River. Moving north east, the COA crosses into Malheur County and wraps around Swamp Creek Buttes. Continuing north towards Juntura, it then follows an eastward line (south of US Highway 20) towards Namorf. Finally, the COA heads south and east ending in the area between Freezeout Mountain and Sourdough Mountain.
COA ID: 185
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

Black-necked Stilt (Modeled Habitat)
Himantopus mexicanus

Bobolink (Modeled Habitat)
Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Burrowing Owl (Observed)
Athene cunicularia hypugaea

California Myotis (Observed)
Myotis californicus

Columbia Spotted Frog (Observed)
Rana luteiventris

Ferruginous Hawk (Observed)
Buteo regalis

Golden Buckwheat (Observed)
Eriogonum chrysops

Great Basin Redband Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus mykiss newberrii

Greater Sage-Grouse (Observed)
Centrocercus urophasianus

Hoary Bat (Observed)
Lasiurus cinereus

Long-billed Curlew (Observed)
Numenius americanus

Long-legged Myotis (Observed)
Myotis volans

Mountain Quail (Observed)
Oreortyx pictus

Pallid Bat (Observed)
Antrozous pallidus

Pygmy Rabbit (Observed)
Brachylagus idahoensis

Silver-haired Bat (Observed)
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Snowy Egret (Modeled Habitat)
Egretta thula

Sterile Milkvetch (Observed)
Astragalus cusickii var. sterilis

Swainson’s Hawk (Observed)
Buteo swainsoni

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

Western Toad (Observed)
Anaxyrus boreas

Willow Flycatcher (Observed)
Empidonax traillii