Warner Basin Wetlands, COA 199

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Warner Basin Wetlands — Photo Credit: Paul Scheerer, ODFW

Encompassing Warner Valley and associated wetlands, this COA stretches from just above Blue Joint Lake in the north to the Oregon/Nevada border in the south, and includes the Rahilly-Gravelly Research Natural Area, the Fish Creek Rim Research Natural Area, and the Warner Wetlands Area Of Critical Environmental Concern.

COA ID: 199

Recommended Conservation Actions

Improve water management systems to enhance wetlands at Warner Wetlands
Initiate or continue wet meadow conservation and restoration efforts
Maintain or restore riparian habitat and ecological function.
Manage livestock grazing to promote recovery and maintenance of wetland and riparian habitats
Promote early detection and removal of invasive plants
Protect springs as breeding sites for Warner Sucker

Local Conservation Actions and Plans

Potential Partners

Special Features

Previously Associated With

2006 COA ID NBR-03 (Lake Abert-Honey Creek area)
2006 COA ID NBR-04 (Warner Basin)
2006 COA ID NBR-05 (Hart Mountain area)

Protected Areas

Fish Creek Rim Research Natural Area
Fish Creek Rim Wilderness Study Area
Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge
Poker Jim Ridge
Poker Jim Ridge Research Natural Area
Rahilly-Gravelly Research Natural Area
South Warner Basin
Spanish Lake
Warner Wetlands Area Of Critical Environmental Concern

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.

Scott Lake is an example of the Oregon Conservation Strategy Natural Lakes Strategy Habitat.

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.

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

Active and Stabilized Dunes
Alpine-Montane Wet Meadow
Cliff and Rock Habitat
Native Perennial Bunchgrasses
Springs

Strategy Species

American Pika (Modeled Habitat)

Ochotona princeps

American White Pelican (Observed)

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Black-necked Stilt (Observed)

Himantopus mexicanus

Bobolink (Observed)

Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Burrowing Owl (Observed)

Athene cunicularia hypugaea

California Myotis on tree

California Myotis (Observed)

Myotis californicus

Caspian Tern

Caspian Tern (Observed)

Hydroprogne caspia

Columbia Spotted Frog (Modeled Habitat)

Rana luteiventris

Ferruginous Hawk (Observed)

Buteo regalis

Foskett Spring Speckled Dace (Documented)

Rhinichthys osculus robustus

Franklin's Gull

Franklin’s Gull (Observed)

Leucophaeus pipixcan

Great Basin Redband Trout (Documented)

Oncorhynchus mykiss newberrii

Greater Sage-Grouse

Greater Sage-Grouse (Observed)

Centrocercus urophasianus

Greater Sandhill Crane (Observed)

Antigone canadensis tabida

Hoary Bat (Observed)

Lasiurus cinereus

Juniper Titmouse (Observed)

Baeolophus ridgwayi

Long-billed Curlew (Observed)

Numenius americanus

Long-legged Myotis (Modeled Habitat)

Myotis volans

Pallid Bat (Modeled Habitat)

Antrozous pallidus

Peregrine Falcon (Observed)

Falco peregrinus anatum

Pygmy Rabbit (Observed)

Brachylagus idahoensis

Silver-haired Bat (Observed)

Lasionycteris noctivagans

Snowy Egret (Observed)

Egretta thula

Swainson’s Hawk (Observed)

Buteo swainsoni

Townsend's Big-eared Bat

Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Modeled Habitat)

Corynorhinus townsendii

Trumpeter Swan (Observed)

Cygnus buccinator

Warner Sucker (Documented)

Catostomus warnerensis

Western Snowy Plover (Observed)

Charadrius nivosus nivosus

Western Toad (Modeled Habitat)

Anaxyrus boreas

Willow Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher (Observed)

Empidonax traillii