Fifteenmile Creek, COA 147

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Area just east of The Dalles Airport, following Fifteen Mile Creek, and extending north to the Oregon/Washington border along the Columbia River.

COA ID: 147

Recommended Conservation Actions

Control noxious weeds and manage grazing along riparian corridor.
Habitat restoration activities to increase productivity and abundance of wild steelhead.

Potential Partners

Bureau of Indian Affairs
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
US Forest Service

Special Features

General

Important habitat for Summer and Winter Steelhead

Protected Areas

Columbia River Gorge
County Open Space
The Dalles Unit

Ecoregions

Columbia Plateau

The Columbia Plateau ecoregion was shaped by cataclysmic floods and large deposits of wind-borne silt and sand earlier in its geological history. It is dominated by a rolling landscape of arid lowlands dissected by several important rivers, and extends from the eastern slopes of the Cascades Mountains, south and east from the Columbia River to the Blue Mountains.

Strategy Habitats

Grassland Strategy Habitat

Grasslands

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

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.

Strategy Species

Burrowing Owl (Modeled Habitat)

Athene cunicularia hypugaea

Brewer’s Sparrow (Observed)

Spizella breweri breweri

Chinook Salmon - Spring/Summer Run

Chinook Salmon (Documented)

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Common Nighthawk (Observed)

Chordeiles minor

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Dalles Mountainsnail (Observed)

Oreohelix variabilis variabilis

Ferruginous Hawk (Modeled Habitat)

Buteo regalis

Grasshopper Sparrow

Grasshopper Sparrow (Observed)

Ammodramus savannarum perpallidus

Hoary Bat (Modeled Habitat)

Lasiurus cinereus

Lewis’s Woodpecker (Observed)

Melanerpes lewis

Loggerhead Shrike (Observed)

Lanius ludovicianus

Long-billed Curlew (Observed)

Numenius americanus

Monarch Butterfly (Modeled Habitat)

Danaus plexippus

Northern Sagebrush Lizard (Modeled Habitat)

Sceloporus graciosus graciosus

Pallid Bat (Modeled Habitat)

Antrozous pallidus

Silver-haired Bat (Modeled Habitat)

Lasionycteris noctivagans

Steelhead / Rainbow / Redband Trout (Documented)

Oncorhynchus mykiss ssp

Swainson’s Hawk (Modeled Habitat)

Buteo swainsoni

Townsend's Big-eared Bat

Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Modeled Habitat)

Corynorhinus townsendii

Western Painted Turtle on a log

Western Painted Turtle (Modeled Habitat)

Chrysemys picta bellii