Lost River Area – Oregon Conservation Strategy

Includes the Lost River Basin and surrounding native habitats

COA ID: 143

Recommended Conservation Actions

Maintain or enhance in - channel watershed function, connection to riparian habitat, flow and hydrology
Maintain or restore riparian habitat and ecological function, ensuring sufficient habitat complexity for wildlife
Restore floodplain wetlands

Potential Partners

Bureau of Land Management
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Oregon Dept of Transportation
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department

Special Features

General

Provides habitat for the endangered Lost River Sucker and Shortnose Sucker
Receives heavy use by migrating and wintering waterfowl

Previously Associated With

2006 COA ID EC-19 (Lost River)

Protected Areas

Fremont-Winema National Forest
Gerber Reservoir
Lost River Mitigation Bank
Miller Creek
OC&E Woods Line State Trail
Wetlands Reserve Program

Ecoregions

East Cascades

The East Cascade ecoregion extends from the Cascade Mountains’ summit east to the warmer, drier high desert and down the length of the state. This ecoregion varies dramatically from its cool, moist border with the West Cascades ecoregion to its dry eastern border, where it meets sagebrush desert landscapes.

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.

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.

Oak Woodlands

Oak woodlands are characterized by an open canopy dominated by Oregon white oak.

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.