Powder River Sage-Grouse Core Area – Oregon Conservation Strategy

Powder River Sage-Grouse Core Area with Lookout Mountain in the background. Photo Credit: Keith Kohl, ODFW

Located immediately north of Pleasant valley, adjacent to Wallowa Mountains COA, including a significant stretch of the Powder River.

COA ID: 164

Recommended Conservation Actions

Continue to restore and maintain Sagebrush habitats
Restore or enhance riparian habitats

Local Conservation Actions and Plans

Potential Partners

Bureau of Land Management
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Special Features

General

Area includes significant amount of Greater sage-grouse core area
Area provides high-quality habitat for many Strategy Species

Previously Associated With

2006 COA ID BM-19 (Baker Valley)

Protected Areas

Flagstaff
Keating Riparian Area Of Critical Environmental Concern
Keating Riparian Research Natural Area
Oregon Trail
Oregon Trail Area Of Critical Environmental Concern
Powder River
Powder River Area Of Critical Environmental Concern
Thief Valley Reservoir
Wallowa Whitman

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.

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.