Fields Peak – Oregon Conservation Strategy

Just north of Bear Valley COA and east of the South John day River COA

COA ID: 176

Recommended Conservation Actions

Maintain or restore riparian habitat and ecological function; ensure sufficient habitat complexity for wildlife
Maintain or restore wetland and wet meadow habitat

Potential Partners

Bureau of Land Management
US Forest Service

Special Features

General

Adjacent to Strawberry Mountain Wilderness area (to the east)

Previously Associated With

2006 COA ID BM-09 (Bear Valley)

Protected Areas

Camp Creek Bark Beetle Hazard Plots
Lemon Creek Bark Beetle Hazard Plots
Malheur National Forest
Prineville District
Strawberry Mountain Wilderness
Strawberry Mountain-Sheep Gulch Wilderness Study Area

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.

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.

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.