Soldier Creek-Upper Owyhee River, COA 196

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Photo Credit: Philip Milburn, ODFW

The eastern edge of this COA follows the Oregon/Idaho border from the Jordan Valley area south to the North Fork Owyhee River. It then moves west and north into the Owyhee Canyon, and includes the Spring Creek watershed and the Oregon portion of the Soldier Creek watershed. Finally, the COA covers most of Antelope Reservoir and ends its northward journey by abutting the Jordan Creek Wetlands (196) COA.

COA ID: 196

Recommended Conservation Actions

Manage sagebrush habitats to achieve and maintain habitat goals of the Oregon Sage Grouse Strategy
Promote early detection and suppression of invasive plants.
Protect riverine canyons and riparian habitats and restore ecological functions

Local Conservation Actions and Plans

Potential Partners

Special Features

General

Big Sagebrush Steppe
Columbia Spotted Frog breeding sites
Contains complex mix of flowing water, playas, and other wetland types
Sage Grouse Low Density and Core Habitat Areas

Protected Areas

Main Owyhee River
North Fork Owyhee
Owyhee River Canyon Wilderness Study Area

Ecoregions

Trout Creek Mountains

Northern Basin and Range

The Northern Basin and Range ecoregion covers the very large southeastern portion of the state, from Burns south to the Nevada border and from the Christmas Valley east to Idaho. It is largely a high elevation desert-like area dominated by sagebrush communities and habitats.

Strategy Habitats

Example of the Aspen Woodlands Strategy Habitat, within Fremont-Winema National Forest, Oregon

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.

Flowing Water and Riparian Habitats

Flowing Water and Riparian Habitats include all naturally occurring flowing freshwater streams and rivers throughout Oregon as well as the adjacent riparian habitat.

Sagebrush Habitats

Sagebrush Habitats

Sagebrush habitats include all sagebrush steppe- and shrubland-dominated communities found east of the Cascade Mountains.

Ducks on a wetland in Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area, Oregon

Wetlands

Wetlands are covered with water during all or part of the year. Permanently wet habitats include backwater sloughs, oxbow lakes, and marshes, while seasonally wet habitats include seasonal ponds, vernal pools, and wet prairies.

Specialized Local Habitats

Cliffs and Rim Rock
Perennial Bunchgrasses
Springs
Western Juniper Woodlands and Savanna

Strategy Species

American White Pelican (Observed)

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Black-necked Stilt (Observed)

Himantopus mexicanus

Bobolink (Modeled Habitat)

Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Burrowing Owl (Observed)

Athene cunicularia hypugaea

California Myotis on tree

California Myotis (Modeled Habitat)

Myotis californicus

Caspian Tern

Caspian Tern (Observed)

Hydroprogne caspia

Columbia Spotted Frog (Observed)

Rana luteiventris

Ferruginous Hawk (Observed)

Buteo regalis

Franklin's Gull

Franklin’s Gull (Observed)

Leucophaeus pipixcan

Greater Sage-Grouse

Greater Sage-Grouse (Observed)

Centrocercus urophasianus

Greater Sandhill Crane (Observed)

Antigone canadensis tabida

Hoary Bat (Modeled Habitat)

Lasiurus cinereus

Kit Fox (Modeled Habitat)

Vulpes macrotis

Long-billed Curlew (Observed)

Numenius americanus

Long-legged Myotis (Observed)

Myotis volans

Great Basin Redband Trout (Documented)

Oncorhynchus mykiss newberrii

Pallid Bat (Modeled Habitat)

Antrozous pallidus

Pygmy Rabbit (Modeled Habitat)

Brachylagus idahoensis

Silver-haired Bat (Modeled Habitat)

Lasionycteris noctivagans

Snowy Egret (Observed)

Egretta thula

Swainson’s Hawk (Observed)

Buteo swainsoni

Townsend's Big-eared Bat

Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Observed)

Corynorhinus townsendii

Western Toad (Observed)

Anaxyrus boreas

Willow Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher (Observed)

Empidonax traillii