Ochoco Mountains – Oregon Conservation Strategy

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Immediately adjacent to John Day River area, at the border of Wheeler and Crook Counties

COA ID: 173

Recommended Conservation Actions

Maintain and restore wetland and wet meadow habitat
Restore and maintain complex, continuous sage habitat
Use fire and thinning as appropriate to restore and enhance Ponderosa Pine habitats

Local Conservation Actions and Plans

Eastern Oregon Bird Conservation Plan
Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project (updated 2014)

Potential Partners

Bureau of Land Management
US Forest Service

Special Features

General

Adjacent to Black Canyon Wilderness Area
Includes part of North Fork Crooked River Wild and Scenic Designation
Streams throughout this area provide significant habitat for inland Columbia Basin redband trout

Protected Areas

Black Canyon Wilderness
Delintment Lake
North Fork Crooked River
North Fork Wilderness Study Area
Ochoco National Forest
Prineville District
Round Mountain
Spanish Gulch

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.