Umpqua Headwaters – State Wildlife Action Plan

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Located within the Umpqua National Forest and includes the headwaters of the Umpqua River.

Recommended Conservation Actions

Maintain or enhance in-channel watershed function, connection to riparian habitat, flow and hydrology
Plan and manage for recreational impacts in sensitive areas
Conduct mountain meadow enhancement and protection
Enhance or restore wetland habitats where feasible

Local Conservation Actions and Plans

Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds

Potential Partners

US Forest Service
Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Special Features

General

Area encompasses some of the ecoregion's most important salmon habitat
Area includes the headwaters of the North and South Umpqua Rivers and significant strech of Jackson Creek
Provides important nesting habitat for Northwestern Pond Turtle

Previously Associated With

2006 COA ID WC-09 (Umpqua Headwaters)

Protected Areas

Abbott Creek Research Natural Area
Bohemia
Boulder Creek Wilderness
Cougar Butte Research Natural Area
Fish Lake
Geary Cemetery
Laying Creek Fossil Bed
Limpy Rock
North Umpqua
Rogue - Umpqua Divide
South Umpqua Experimental Forest

Specialized Local Habitats

Off channel habitat
Spring-fed streams

Ecoregions

West Cascades

The West Cascades ecoregion extends from east of the Cascade Mountains summit to the foothills of the Willamette, Umpqua, and Rogue Valleys, and spans the entire length of the state of Oregon. It is largely dominated by conifer forests, moving into alpine parklands and dwarf shrubs at higher elevations.

Key Habitats

Grasslands

Grasslands include a variety of upland grass-dominated habitats, such as upland prairies, coastal bluffs, and montane grasslands.

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.

Natural Lakes

Natural lakes are relatively large bodies of freshwater surrounded by land that were formed through geological processes, such as glacial scouring, tectonic movements, volcanic activity and river meander cutoffs. In Oregon, natural lakes are defined as standing water bodies larger than 20 acres, including some seasonal lakes. Depth is not a reference for characterization of …

Example of Oak Woodlands, which is a Strategy Habitat within the State Wildlife Action Plan

Oak Habitats

There are several oak habitat types in Oregon, where oaks comprise most of the canopy. These can include oak woodlands, oak forest, oak chaparral, and riparian oak. Oak savanna is covered in the Grasslands Key Habitat. Oaks may also co-dominate a canopy in oak/fir, oak pine, and oak hardwood habitats.

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.

Species of Greatest Conservation Need

American Avocet (Modelled)

Recurvirostra americana

American Goshawk, © Ben Meredyk/iNaturalist, some rights reserved (CC-BY)

American Goshawk (Modelled)

Astur atricapillus

American Pika (Modelled)

Ochotona princeps

American Three-toed Woodpecker (Modelled)

Picoides dorsalis

Black-backed Woodpecker (Modelled)

Picoides arcticus

Black Swift (Modelled)

Cypseloides niger borealis

Brewer’s Sparrow (Modelled)

Spizella breweri breweri

California Mountain Kingsnake (Modelled)

Lampropeltis zonata

California Myotis (Modelled)

Myotis californicus

Cascades Frog (Modelled)

Rana cascadae

Chipping Sparrow (Modelled)

Spizella passerina

Clouded Salamander (Modelled)

Aneides ferreus

Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Modelled)

Oncorhynchus clarki clarki

Coastal Tailed Frog (Modelled)

Ascaphus truei

Columbian White-tailed Deer (Modelled)

Odocoileus virginianus leucurus

Common Nighthawk (Modelled)

Chordeiles minor

Flammulated Owl (Modelled)

Psiloscops flammeolus

Foothill Yellow-legged Frog (Modelled)

Rana boylii

Fringed Myotis (Modelled)

Myotis thysanodes

Golden Eagle (Modelled)

Aquila chrysaetos

Great Gray Owl (Modelled)

Strix nebulosa

Harlequin Duck (Modelled)

Histrionicus histrionicus

Hoary Bat (Modelled)

Lasiurus cinereus

Lewis’s Woodpecker (Modelled)

Melanerpes lewis

Little Brown Myotis (Modelled)

Myotis lucifugus

Loggerhead Shrike (Modelled)

Lanius ludovicianus

Long-legged Myotis (Modelled)

Myotis volans

North American Porcupine (Modelled)

Erethizon dorsatum

Northern Red-legged Frog (Modelled)

Rana aurora

Northern Spotted Owl (Modelled)

Strix occidentalis caurina

Northwestern Pond Turtle (Modelled)

Actinemys marmorata

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Modelled)

Contopus cooperi

Oregon Spotted Frog (Modelled)

Rana pretiosa

Pacific Fisher (Modelled)

Pekania pennanti

Pacific Lamprey (Modelled)

Entosphenus tridentatus

Pacific Marten (Modelled)

Martes caurina

Pallid Bat (Modelled)

Antrozous pallidus

Red Tree Vole (Modelled)

Arborimus longicaudus

Ringtail (Modelled)

Bassariscus astutus

Short-eared Owl (Modelled)

Asio flammeus flammeus

Sierra Nevada Red Fox (Modelled)

Vulpes vulpes necator

Silver-haired Bat (Modelled)

Lasionycteris noctivagans

Southern Torrent Salamander (Modelled)

Rhyacotriton variegatus

Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Modelled)

Corynorhinus townsendii

Umpqua Chub (Modelled)

Oregonichthys kalawatseti

Western Bluebird (Modelled)

Sialia mexicana occidentalis

Western Gray Squirrel (Modelled)

Sciurus griseus

Western Grebe (Modelled)

Aechmophorus occidentalis

Western Long-eared Myotis (Modelled)

Myotis evotis

Western Meadowlark (Modelled)

Sturnella neglecta

Western Purple Martin (Modelled)

Progne subis arboricola

Western Rattlesnake (Modelled)

Crotalus oreganus oreganus

Western Small-footed Myotis (Modelled)

Myotis ciliolabrum

Western Toad (Modelled)

Anaxyrus boreas

White-breasted Nuthatch (Pacific) (Modelled)

Sitta carolinensis aculeata

White-headed Woodpecker (Modelled)

Dryobates albolarvatus albolarvatus

Willow Flycatcher (Modelled)

Empidonax traillii

Wrentit (Modelled)

Chamaea fasciata

Yuma Myotis (Modelled)

Myotis yumanensis

American Goshawk (Observed)

Astur atricapillus

American Pika (Observed)

Ochotona princeps

American Three-toed Woodpecker (Observed)

Picoides dorsalis

American White Pelican (Observed)

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Black-backed Woodpecker (Observed)

Picoides arcticus

Black Swift (Observed)

Cypseloides niger borealis

California Mountain Kingsnake (Observed)

Lampropeltis zonata

California Myotis (Observed)

Myotis californicus

Cascades Frog (Observed)