Archives: COAs

In the southwest corner of the ecoregion just west of Antelope.

Located in central Lake County, this COA encompasses Lake Abert, including the Lake Abert Area of Critical Environmental Concern and portions of the Abert Rim Wilderness Study Area.

Area follows the Klamath River to the California border

Large natural marsh with adjacent Ponderosa Pine forest habitat. Williamson River area spans Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge and Sycan Marsh.

The area northeast of Scio south of the North Santiam River and north of Thomas Creek

This corridor in Benton County extends from the south end of Woods Creek Rd. through the town of Wren, along Kings Valley Highway, to the Polk County line

This area contains federal lands intermixed with private ownership in a checkerboard matrix. Habitat is diverse inlcuding mature conifer forests, open early seral habitat created by logging, and oak woodlands. The area may serve as a possible movement corridor connecting the introduced southern Cascade Pacific Fisher population to the native Northern California/Southern Oregon population.

This areas borders the western edge of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness and has unique plant communities due to the serpentine soils endemic to the Klamath Mountains ecoregion.

Located in east-central Malheur County, this small COA encompasses Jorden Valley and the surrounding hills, from the Oregon/Idaho border west into Jordan Creek Canyon.

Follows canyons along the Snake River from Hwy 86 north to the ecoregion boundary