North Fork Malheur-Monument Rock Area – Oregon Conservation Strategy

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At the border of Baker and Grant Counties, following the North Fork Malheur River and adjacent to Monument Rock Wilderness

COA ID: 182

Recommended Conservation Actions

Maintain and enhance Aspen Woodland habitats
Maintain and restore sagebrush-steppe habitats
Restore and maintain complex, continuous sage habitat

Local Conservation Actions and Plans

Eastern Oregon Bird Conservation Plan
Greater Sage-grouse Conservation Assessment and Strategy
Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project

Potential Partners

Bureau of Land Management
The Nature Conservancy
US Forest Service

Special Features

General

Ecologically diverse area including 5 different sub-ecoregions ranging from the Continental Zone Foothills up through the Subalpine Zone
Includes ODFW Greater sage-grouse core area
includes significant stretches of the North Fork Malheur and Little Malheur Rivers
North Fork Malheur Wild and Scenic River

Previously Associated With

2006 COA ID BM-15 (North Fork Malheur - Monument Rock area)
2006 COA ID BM-16 (Bully Creek 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.