Antelope Creek-Paynes Cliffs, COA 099

COA ID: 099

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This area includes important and rare low elevation rocky outcropping and cliff habitat as well as Antelope Creek, historically one of the biggest producers of Summer Steelhead in the Rogue Watershed.

Recommended Conservation Actions

  • Acquire instream water rights to augment streamflows downstream of areas with high coho rearing densities, such as South Fork Little Butte Creek, to expand habitat and produce more fish.
  • Focus on providing additional instream flow and improved riparian habitat on South Fork Little Butte Creek and Antelop Creek, which are two of the most productive streams in the Rogue system, to ensure that available habitat can be utilized to the greatest extent possible.
  • Mimic historic disturbance regime with fire and mechanical treatments to restore Ceanothus Shrublands.
  • Promote the development of mature riparian habitat in natural bar or floodplain areas in the mainstem Rogue River to improve junvenile Fall Chinook habitat.
  • Restore ambient streamflow, fish passage, riparian vegetation, fish passage, floodplain connectivity, and in-stream structure.
  • Work with private landowners to protect Golden Eagles and other wildlife using rimrock and cliffs.

Potential Partners

  • Bureau of Land Management
  • Medford Parks Department: Prescott Park
  • Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
  • Souther Oregon Land Conservancy

Previously Associated With

  • 2006 COA ID KM-07 (Shady Cove foothills)
  • 2006 COA ID KM-08 (North Medford area)
  • 2006 COA ID KM-09 (Antelope Creek area)

Protected Areas

  • Agate Airways
  • Prescott Park
  • Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
  • Sharon Fen
  • Harnish Wayside Park
  • Hole-In-The-Rock
  • Hooper Springs Park
  • Howard Prairie Lake
  • Lost Lake
  • Lucas Park

Specialized Local Habitats

  • Bitterbrush Community
  • Cliffs and Rock Outcroppings

Ecoregions

    Key Habitats

      Species of Greatest Conservation Need