Baskett Butte, COA 072

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Baskett Butte — Photo Credit: Bernadette Graham-Hudson, ODFW

Located north of Dallas along Highways 22 and 99W. Upland oak-dominated hills, Basket Slough, Ash Swale, and headwaters of Salt Creek, tributary of South Yamhill River.

COA ID: 072

Potential Partners

Special Features

General

Critical Habitat designation for Streaked-horned lark
includes 2,492-acre Basket Slough National Wildlife Refuge
Several ESA-listed plant species present.
This area has been designated a grassland bird conservation area.

Previously Associated With

2006 COA ID WV-11 (Baskett Butte)

Protected Areas

Basket Slough National Wildlife Refuge
Mud Slough Conservation Easement
Mud Slough Wetland Mitigation Bank
Wetlands Reserve Program

Ecoregions

Finley Muddy Creek Area

Willamette Valley

The Willamette Valley ecoregion is bounded on the west by the Coast Range and on the east by the Cascade Range. This long mostly level alluvial plain has some scattered areas of low basalt, and contrasts with productive farmland and large urban areas. It has the fastest-growing human population in the state resulting in challenges due to land-use changes.

Strategy Habitats

Grassland Strategy Habitat

Grasslands

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

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.

Example of Oak Woodlands, which is a Strategy Habitat within the Oregon Conservation Strategy

Oak Woodlands

Oak woodlands are characterized by an open canopy dominated by Oregon white oak.

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.

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.

Strategy Species

Acorn Woodpecker (Observed)

Melanerpes formicivorus

California Myotis on tree

California Myotis (Modeled Habitat)

Myotis californicus

Chipping Sparrow (Observed)

Spizella passerina

Clouded Salamander

Clouded Salamander (Modeled Habitat)

Aneides ferreus

Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Documented)

Oncorhynchus clarki clarki

Common Nighthawk (Modeled Habitat)

Chordeiles minor

Fender’s Blue Butterfly (Observed)

Icaricia icarioides fenderi

Fringed Myotis (Modeled Habitat)

Myotis thysanodes

Grasshopper Sparrow

Grasshopper Sparrow (Observed)

Ammodramus savannarum perpallidus

Hoary Bat (Modeled Habitat)

Lasiurus cinereus

Kincaid’s Lupine (Observed)

Lupinus oreganus

Lewis’s Woodpecker (Observed)

Melanerpes lewis

Northern Spotted Owl (Observed)

Strix occidentalis caurina

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Observed)

Contopus cooperi

Oregon Vesper Sparrow

Oregon Vesper Sparrow (Observed)

Pooecetes gramineus affinis

Short-eared Owl (Observed)

Asio flammeus flammeus

Silver-haired Bat (Modeled Habitat)

Lasionycteris noctivagans

Purple Martin (Observed)

Progne subis arboricola

Southern Torrent Salamander (Modeled Habitat)

Rhyacotriton variegatus

Western Bluebird (Observed)

Sialia mexicana

Western Gray Squirrel (Modeled Habitat)

Sciurus griseus

Western Meadowlark (Observed)

Sturnella neglecta

Western Painted Turtle on a log

Western Painted Turtle (Modeled Habitat)

Chrysemys picta bellii

Northwestern Pond Turtle (Observed)

Actinemys marmorata

Willow Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher (Observed)

Empidonax traillii

Yellow-breasted Chat (Observed)

Icteria virens auricollis

Nelson’s Checkermallow (Observed)

Sidalcea nelsoniana

Northern Red-legged Frog (Observed)

Rana aurora

Streaked Horned Lark

Streaked Horned Lark (Observed)

Eremophila alpestris strigata

White-breasted Nuthatch (Observed)

Sitta carolinensis aculeata

Willamette Daisy (Observed)

Erigeron decumbens