Warner Mountains – Oregon Conservation Strategy

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Area located east of Lakeview along the eastern border of the ecoregion

COA ID: 146

Recommended Conservation Actions

Maintain or restore Aspen Woodland and Sagebrush habitats
Maintain or restore riparian habitat and ecological function
Use fire and thinning as needed to restore and enhance Ponderosa Pine habitats

Local Conservation Actions and Plans

Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Plan (revised 2014)

Potential Partners

Bureau of Land Management
Sage Grouse Initiative
US Fish and Wildlife Service

Special Features

General

Diverse landscape includes extensive Ponderosa Pine habitat, wetlands and wet meadows, sagebrush, and aspen
Part of the Great Basin mountain range, including highly unique soils and geology

Previously Associated With

2006 COA ID EC-22 (Warner Mountains)

Protected Areas

Crane Mountain
Fremont-Winema National Forest
Quamasia Quamash Botanical Area
Thunder Egg Lake Agate Beds

Ecoregions

East Cascades

The East Cascade ecoregion extends from the Cascade Mountains’ summit east to the warmer, drier high desert and down the length of the state. This ecoregion varies dramatically from its cool, moist border with the West Cascades ecoregion to its dry eastern border, where it meets sagebrush desert landscapes.

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

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.

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.